Georges Doriot
Georges F. Doriot (September 1899 – June 1987) was one of the first American venture capitalists. An émigré from France, Doriot became director of the U.S. Army's Military Planning Division, Quartermaster General, during World War II, eventually being promoted to brigadier general. In 1946, he founded American Research and Development Corporation, the world's first publicly owned venture capital firm, earning him the sobriquet "father of venture capitalism". In 1957, he founded INSEAD, a top tier business school with campuses in Fontainebleau (France), Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
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