Bill Draper Dies at 98; He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley

(nytimes.com)

8 points | by bookofjoe 2 hours ago

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bookofjoe 2 hours ago
https://archive.ph/YRgDY
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/william-draper...
jhbadger 28 minutes ago
I do wish that "Silicon Valley" would have been elsewhere less useful, though. As mentioned, before it became the tech hub, the Santa Clara valley was extremely productive agricultural land that is now paved over.
hncbw02z5a 1 hour ago
Third generation of Drapers doing this, which is its own kind of rare.