Jim Breyer is Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalist, thanks in part to his lead investment in Facebook back in 2005. Outside of Accel, Breyer–who ranked #1 in the Forbes Midas list of top VCs, serves as a director at Dell, News Corp., Wal-Mart, Brightcove (online video platform, 2012 IPO), Etsy (crafty online marketplace) and ModelN (revenue management).
This June the billionaire, who with a net worth of $1.05 billion fell just short of making this year’s Forbes 400 list of the richest American, flew from California to New York to participate in The Forbes 400 Philanthropy Summit. In the video below Breyer discusses education reform, lessons learned in the charity world and his system for investing in non-profit entrepreneurship.
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