Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins by Tom Perkins
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Book Summary Author: Tom Perkins Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2007-11-01 ISBN: 1592403131 Number of pages: 304 Publisher: Gotham |
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Book Reviews of the Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins
Customer Review: Stories of a Life Well Lived
Summary: 4 Stars
Don't expect "Valley Boy" to be a full autobiography of Tom Perkins. He seems to be much too private to reveal the most intimate aspects of his life--his wife's death serves only as an introduction to a race he got involved in as a way of dealing with his loss, his children are barely mentioned, and his marriage to and divorce from novelist Danielle Steel is only dealt in a "celebrity interview"--but the stories he does tell are absolutely worth reading.
Writing about his beginnings as "one of American venture capitalist's founding fathers," a race that ended up with him being charged with manslaughter in France, his purchase (and help with the design) of the largest private sailboat in the world, fights at the San Francisco Ballet, or his resignation from Hewlett Packard, Perkins offers his stories with candor and (refreshingly for a man of his power and wealth) a sense of humor about himself. Even if you're not particularly interested in Silicon Valley or sailing, you'll enjoy this book, by a man who has lived a very full life.