John Doerr is an industry-leading venture capitalist who has backed some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and companies. John serves on the boards of Google, Zynga and Amyris. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a member of US President Barack Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. A passionate climate activist, he has 287k followers on Twitter and his TED Talks on 'greentech', goal setting and decarbonizing the energy grid have over eight million combined views.