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'''Thomas James Perkins''' (January 7, 1932 – June 7, 2016) was an American businessman and [[venture capitalist]] who was one of the founders of the venture capital firm [[Kleiner Perkins]].
==Biography==
Perkins received a B.S. in [[electrical engineering and computer science]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1953. He earned an MBA from [[Harvard University]] in 1957.<ref>Extensions of Remarks. Representative [[Anna G. Eshoo]], [http://icreport.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E19AP4-338: ''In honor of Thomas J. Perkins inducted into the Business Hall of Fame by the Santa Clara County Chapter of Junior Achievement''.] Congressional Record. 103rd cong., 2nd sess., 1994, (19 April 1994): E715.</ref> While attending MIT, Perkins joined the [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity. Perkins was mentored by [[Georges Doriot]].
===Career===
In 1963, he was invited by [[Bill Hewlett]] and [[David Packard]] to become the administrative head of the research department at [[Hewlett-Packard]]. He was the first general manager of HP's computer divisions, credited with helping shepherd HP's entry into the minicomputer business. During the 1960s, he also started [[University Laboratories]], which was later merged into [[Spectra-Physics]]. At University Laboratories he was the co-developer of the first low-cost He-Ne laser, having had the idea of how to directly integrate the laser cavity mirrors inside the plasma tube.
In 1973, with [[Eugene Kleiner]], he founded [[Kleiner Perkins]], one of the first [[Sand Hill Road]] venture capital firms. Later, [[Frank J. Caufield]] and [[Brook Byers]] joined the firm, eventually becoming named partners. Perkins was a director at [[Applied Materials]], [[Compaq]], [[Corning Glass]], [[Genentech]], Hewlett-Packard, and [[Philips|Philips Electronics]].<ref>{{cite web
|title = KPCB Biography of Tom Perkins
|url = http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26
|accessdate = 2006-05-14
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060429005117/http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26
|archivedate = 2006-04-29
}}</ref> He was chairman of [[Tandem Computers]], from its founding in 1974 until its 1997 merger with Compaq. Perkins was also chairman of Genentech from 1976 until 1990, when it merged with Roche Holding Ltd.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Tom Perkins to Give Aspen Chairman's Address
| date=August 1, 2005
| url=http://www.pff.org/news/news/2005/080105perkins-aspen.html
}}</ref>
During the [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]]/[[Compaq]] merger fight in 2001, Perkins was a member of the Compaq board and an outspoken supporter of the merger.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Matt Marshall
|title=Venture Capitalist Pushes Hewlett-Packard-Compaq Merger
|date=December 23, 2001
|work=San Jose Mercury News
}}
</ref> He joined the HP board of directors in the merger, retired, and officially rejoined the HP board days before [[Carly Fiorina]] was forced to resign from her posts as chairman and chief executive officer of HP. Perkins led efforts to force Fiorina out.
====Resignation from HP Board====
{{main|Hewlett-Packard spying scandal}}
Perkins resigned from HP's board on May 18, 2006, over the actions taken by the board's chair, [[Patricia C. Dunn]], to ferret out the board-level source of media leaks using methods Perkins considered unethical and possibly illegal.<ref>The comprehensive story of HP spying scandal along with critical discussion on involving corporate governance and ethical issues is available at {{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/62262162/HP-Pretexting-Scandal | title = HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani | publisher = Scribd |date= 2011-08-14 | accessdate = 2011-08-15 | first1=Faraz | last1=Davani}}</ref> HP gave no cause in the SEC-required 8-K filing, and according to Perkins refused to amend the filing to indicate his reasons for resigning.<ref name="perkinsletter">{{cite news
|title=Perkins Letter to HP Board
|url=https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_Perkins-to-HP.pdf
| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> In response, Perkins disclosed his reasons publicly, triggering an SEC investigation and significant media interest into HP's leak-finding activities.<ref name="wsj_leak">{{cite news
|author=Christopher Lawton, Dionne Searcey and Shawn Young
|title=H-P Faces Probe Over Its Inquiry Into Board Leaks
|date=September 7, 2006
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115758813903455834
}}</ref><ref name="newsweek_leak">{{cite news
|first=David A.
|last=Kaplan
|authorlink=David A. Kaplan
|title=Intrigue in High Places
|date=September 5, 2006
|work=Newsweek
|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/45735
|accessdate=2009-08-17
}}</ref>
Perkins's residential phone records were obtained through a method known as [[pretexting]]. AT&T confirmed that someone pretended to be Perkins, using his phone number and his [[Social Security Number]].<ref name="perkinsattletter">{{cite news
|title=Letter from AT&T to Tom Perkins regarding Pretexting
|date=August 11, 2006
|url=https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_ATT-to-Perkins.pdf
| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> HP confirmed that the investigative firm they hired used pretexting to obtain information on the call records of the directors.<ref name="hp8k20060906">{{cite news
|title=HP 8-K Filing Reporting Leak Investigation
|date=September 6, 2006
|url=https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/HPSEC09062006.pdf
| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> HP's investigation found that Dr. [[George Keyworth]] was the source of several leaks. At the May 18, 2006 board meeting, Keyworth admitted to leaking information but refused to resign after the board passed a resolution calling for his resignation. HP's board decided on August 31, 2006, to not renominate Keyworth for another term as director.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the State of California began inquiries into the methods used by HP to investigate its directors.
====News Corp. board====
Perkins sat on the board of directors of [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] along with [[Viet D. Dinh]]. Dinh represented Perkins in the HP board affair. In July, 2011, Dinh and fellow News Corp. board member [[Joel Klein]] took over the investigation of the [[News of the World phone hacking affair]] and related Corporation issues.<ref>Doward, Jamie, Toby Helm, ''et al.'', [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/09/phone-hacking-scandal-rupert-murdoch "Phone-hacking scandal: is this the tipping point for Murdoch's empire?"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 9 July 2011 23.11 BST. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</ref> One business commentator, noting Perkins' prior experience with phone-hacking in the HP scandal, speculated that Perkins "may be [was the] best hope" as News Corp. sought to work out of its phone-hacking scandal.<ref>Goldfarb, Jeffrey, [https://archive.today/20120707190704/http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2011/07/11/tech-guru-may-be-best-hope-for-news-corp-holders/?pending=1&cp=0%23comment-8074 "Tech guru may be best hope for News Corp holders"], Reuters [[Breakingviews]], July 11, 2011 16:25 EDT. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</ref> Perkins did not stand for reelection to the News Corp board for the fiscal year of 2012.
==Personal life==
{{As of|2014}}, Perkins was worth an estimated $8 billion <!-- number is missing from here: (though he has stated publicly that his net worth is less than a $billion)--><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/116350/venture-capitalist-tom-perkins-sees-kristallnacht-ahead-rich |title=Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins Sees Kristallnacht Ahead for the Rich |publisher=New Republic |date=2014-01-25 |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref> He had two children, with his first wife, the late [[Gerd Thune-Ellefsen Perkins|Gerd Thune-Ellefsen]]. After she died in 1994, he married romance novelist [[Danielle Steel]] in March 1998; her book ''The Klone and I'' ({{ISBN|0-385-32392-1}}) was about their friendship. They separated in August 1999 and were later amicably divorced.<ref name="wsjbook">{{cite news
|author=Pui-Wing Tam and Jeffery A. Trachtenberg
|pages=A1
|title=True Romance
|date=January 14, 2006
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113720636713746760
}}</ref>
In 1996, Perkins was convicted in France of [[involuntary manslaughter]] arising from a yacht-racing collision and was fined $10,000.<ref>{{cite web
| first=Nick
| last=Denton
| title=Tom Perkins' manslaughter conviction
| date=June 18, 2007
| accessdate=January 30, 2014
| work=[[Gawker]]
| url=http://gawker.com/269896/tom-perkins-manslaughter-conviction
}}</ref>
Perkins was the subject of a 2007 ''[[60 Minutes]]'' special titled "Captain of Capitalism", which focused on his memoir and featured a tour of his yacht.<ref>Stahl, Lesley. [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4143154n "Captain of Capitalism"]. ''60 Minutes''.</ref> He was also featured in the documentary film ''[[Something Ventured (film)|Something Ventured]]'', which premiered in 2011.
===Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment===
In January 2014, the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' published a letter from Perkins<ref name="Kristallnacht">{{cite news|last=Perkins|first=Tom|title=Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304549504579316913982034286|accessdate=January 25, 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=January 24, 2014}}</ref> that compared the "progressive war on the American one percent" of wealthiest Americans and the [[Occupy movement]]'s "demonization of the rich" to the [[Kristallnacht]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] in [[Nazi Germany]]:
<blockquote>Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on the "one percent", namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich."</blockquote>
The letter was widely criticized and condemned in ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Weissman|first=Jordan|title=Millionaire Apologizes for Comparing Progressives to Nazis, Says His Watch Is Worth a '6-Pack of Rolexes'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/millionaire-apologizes-for-comparing-progressives-to-nazis-says-his-watch-is-worth-a-6-pack-of-rolexes/283391/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/billionaire-venture-capitalist-thomas-perkins-ridiculed-after-writing-letter-comparing-the-treatment-of-rich-americans-to-the-holocaust-9086096.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/billionaire-venture-capitalist-thomas-perkins-ridiculed-after-writing-letter-comparing-the-treatment-of-rich-americans-to-the-holocaust-9086096.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Tom Perkins: Billionaire venture capitalist ridiculed after writing letter comparing the treatment of rich Americans to the Holocaust | work=[[The Independent]] | date=January 26, 2014 | accessdate=January 27, 2014 | author=Williams, Rob}}{{cbignore}}</ref> among bloggers, [[Twitter]] users, and "his own colleagues in [[Silicon Valley]]".<ref name="ross">{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Philip|title=Tom Perkins Responds To Nazi Germany And 1 Percent Criticism, Says Kristallnacht Was 'Terrible Word To Have Chosen'|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/tom-perkins-responds-nazi-germany-1-percent-criticism-says-kristallnacht-was-terrible-word-have|accessdate=January 29, 2014|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> Perkins subsequently apologized for making the comparisons with Nazi Germany, but otherwise stood by his letter, saying, "In the Nazi era it was racial demonization, now it's class demonization."<ref name="ross" />
A month after publication of the letter in the ''Wall Street Journal'', Perkins stated in a [[Commonwealth Club of California|Commonwealth Club]] interview (which can be seen on [[YouTube]])<ref>{{youtube|HYHiOc3TXNU|Commonwealth Club's INFORUM presents Tom Perkins: The War on the 1% (Feb 13, 2014)}}</ref> when asked at the ending for his 60-minute "Plan to Save the World" he said that he believed elections should be set up such that the number of votes a person can cast would be proportional to the amount of taxes that the person pays. Both Perkins, the moderator and the audience were laughing. In an interview afterwards, Perkins said "I intended to be outrageous, and it was."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/investing/tom-perkins-vote/index.html|first=Charles|last=Riley|date=February 14, 2014|title=Some of the media took his joke out of contest. Tom Perkins' big idea: The rich should get more votes|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
===Homes and yachts===
Perkins had houses in [[Belvedere, California|Belvedere, Marin County, California]],<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/19/070219fa_fact_stewart The World of Business : The Kona Files: Reporting & Essays] ''The New Yorker''</ref> and spent about two months a year at [[Plumpton Place]], his [[Elizabethan]] mansion in [[East Sussex]], England, which once belonged to [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist [[Jimmy Page]].<ref name="STimes1" /> In 2010, he purchased the penthouse atop the [[Millennium Tower (San Francisco)|Millennium Tower]] on Mission Street in [[San Francisco]]'s [[Financial District, San Francisco|financial district]].
In July 2006, he formally launched his {{convert|289|ft|adj=on}} sailing yacht named ''[[The Maltese Falcon (yacht)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', at the time the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Tom Perkins Thinks Big
|date = February 2006
|publisher = Lisa Gosselin, Yachting Boats
|url = http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/yachting/boatreviews/article/0,24579,1155296,00.html
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070819163410/http://www.yachtingmagazine.com/yachting/boatreviews/article/0,24579,1155296,00.html
|archivedate = 2007-08-19
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title = Maltese Falcon
|publisher = Perini Navy (the yard, that built the ship)
|url = http://www.perininavi.it/galleria.cfm?IdBarca=37#
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504191356/http://www.perininavi.it/galleria.cfm?IdBarca=37
|archivedate = 2007-05-04
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| title=The Maltese Falcon
| publisher=Homepage
| url=http://www.symaltesefalcon.com/
}}
</ref> The yacht was listed for sale in 2006 on Yachtworld.com, the asking price being [[Euro|€]]99,000,000 with engine hours listed at 1,890 hours.<ref>[http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1877811&ybw=&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=22866&url= 2006 Perini Navi Boat For Sale] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407220619/http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1877811&ybw=&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=22866&url= |date=2008-04-07 }}, Details, yachtworld.com</ref> Perkins sold the yacht for £60 million in July 2009.<ref name="STimes1">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6736074.ece|title=£60m floats Tom Perkins' 289ft boat|work=Sunday Times|date=2009-08-02|accessdate=2009-08-02 | location=London | first=Emma | last=Smith}}</ref>
In 2011 Perkins acquired a Japanese fisheries training vessel, and had it converted into an "adventure" yacht named ''Dr. No'' which is used to carry a "Deep Flight" submarine, manufactured by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, of [[Richmond, California|Richmond]] California. The boat has a website which carries a link to a video documenting encounters with [[Humpback whales]] at depth in [[Tonga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectrepacific.com/ |title=Deep into the Heart of the Pacific... : Poster |publisher=Spectrepacific.com |accessdate=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725034901/http://www.spectrepacific.com/ |archivedate=2014-07-25 }}</ref>
===Death===
Perkins died June 7, 2016, after a prolonged illness at his home in [[Marin County, California]], aged 84.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/technology/tom-perkins-dies.html|title=Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley, Dies at 84|author=Pui-Wing Tam|work=The New York Times |date=June 9, 2016|accessdate=July 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Books==
*''Classic Supercharged Sports Cars'' ({{ISBN|0-9612268-0-3}}) Published in 1984, this is Perkins's account of pre-[[World War II]] classic car collection.
*''Sex and the Single Zillionaire'', ({{ISBN|0-06-085167-8}}) published In January 2006, this is Perkins first romance novel, which he dedicated to Steel. The plot of the book is based on a [[reality TV]] idea which was pitched to Perkins, where he would date a series of women and choose one to marry. He claims that "no 'ghost' did the writing." Proceeds from the book will be donated to Harvard University.<ref name="wsjbook" />
*''Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins.'' ({{ISBN|1-59-240313-1}}) published in November 2007, this is Perkins's memoir. Perkins discussed the book, his time at HP, and his sailboat with [[Lesley Stahl]] on ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in September 2007.<ref>{{cite web
| title=The Life of Tom Perkins
| date=October 6, 2009
| publisher=cbsnews.com
| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/01/60minutes/main3442193.shtml
}}</ref>
*''Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It''. An account of Perkins' building of ''The Maltese Falcon'' – by ''[[Newsweek]]'''s [[David A. Kaplan]] – was published in 2007.<ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-0-06-137402-9 | title=Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It | last1=Kaplan | first1=David A. | date=13 October 2009 }}</ref> The book in 2008 won the [[Gerald Loeb Award]] for best business book of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x3287.xml |title=Gerald Loeb Awards | UCLA Anderson School of Management |publisher=Anderson.ucla.edu |date=2011-02-07 |accessdate=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320024623/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x3287.xml |archive-date=2011-03-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''Thomas James Perkins''' (January 7, 1932 – June 7, 2016) was an American businessman and [[venture capitalist]] who was one of the founders of the venture capital firm [[Kleiner Perkins]].
==Biography==
Perkins received a B.S. in [[electrical engineering and computer science]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in 1953. He earned an MBA from [[Harvard University]] in 1957.<ref>Extensions of Remarks. Representative [[Anna G. Eshoo]], [http://icreport.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E19AP4-338: ''In honor of Thomas J. Perkins inducted into the Business Hall of Fame by the Santa Clara County Chapter of Junior Achievement''.] Congressional Record. 103rd cong., 2nd sess., 1994, (19 April 1994): E715.</ref> While attending MIT, Perkins joined the [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity. Perkins was mentored by [[Georges Doriot]].
===Career===
In 1963, he was invited by [[Bill Hewlett]] and [[David Packard]] to become the administrative head of the research department at [[Hewlett-Packard]]. He was the first general manager of HP's computer divisions, credited with helping shepherd HP's entry into the minicomputer business. During the 1960s, he also started [[University Laboratories]], which was later merged into [[Spectra-Physics]]. At University Laboratories he was the co-developer of the first low-cost He-Ne laser, having had the idea of how to directly integrate the laser cavity mirrors inside the plasma tube.
In 1973, with [[Eugene Kleiner]], he founded [[Kleiner Perkins]], one of the first [[Sand Hill Road]] venture capital firms. Later, [[Frank J. Caufield]] and [[Brook Byers]] joined the firm, eventually becoming named partners. Perkins was a director at [[Applied Materials]], [[Compaq]], [[Corning Glass]], [[Genentech]], Hewlett-Packard, and [[Philips|Philips Electronics]].<ref>{{cite web
|title = KPCB Biography of Tom Perkins
|url = http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26
|accessdate = 2006-05-14
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060429005117/http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26
|archivedate = 2006-04-29
}}</ref> He was chairman of [[Tandem Computers]], from its founding in 1974 until its 1997 merger with Compaq. Perkins was also chairman of Genentech from 1976 until 1990, when it merged with Roche Holding Ltd.<ref>{{cite web
| title=Tom Perkins to Give Aspen Chairman's Address
| date=August 1, 2005
| url=http://www.pff.org/news/news/2005/080105perkins-aspen.html
}}</ref>
During the [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]]/[[Compaq]] merger fight in 2001, Perkins was a member of the Compaq board and an outspoken supporter of the merger.<ref>{{cite news
|author=Matt Marshall
|title=Venture Capitalist Pushes Hewlett-Packard-Compaq Merger
|date=December 23, 2001
|work=San Jose Mercury News
}}
</ref> He joined the HP board of directors in the merger, retired, and officially rejoined the HP board days before [[Carly Fiorina]] was forced to resign from her posts as chairman and chief executive officer of HP. Perkins led efforts to force Fiorina out.
====Resignation from HP Board====
{{main|Hewlett-Packard spying scandal}}
Perkins resigned from HP's board on May 18, 2006, over the actions taken by the board's chair, [[Patricia C. Dunn]], to ferret out the board-level source of media leaks using methods Perkins considered unethical and possibly illegal.<ref>The comprehensive story of HP spying scandal along with critical discussion on involving corporate governance and ethical issues is available at {{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/doc/62262162/HP-Pretexting-Scandal | title = HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani | publisher = Scribd |date= 2011-08-14 | accessdate = 2011-08-15 | first1=Faraz | last1=Davani}}</ref> HP gave no cause in the SEC-required 8-K filing, and according to Perkins refused to amend the filing to indicate his reasons for resigning.<ref name="perkinsletter">{{cite news
|title=Perkins Letter to HP Board
|url=https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_Perkins-to-HP.pdf
| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> In response, Perkins disclosed his reasons publicly, triggering an SEC investigation and significant media interest into HP's leak-finding activities.<ref name="wsj_leak">{{cite news
|author=Christopher Lawton, Dionne Searcey and Shawn Young
|title=H-P Faces Probe Over Its Inquiry Into Board Leaks
|date=September 7, 2006
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115758813903455834
}}</ref><ref name="newsweek_leak">{{cite news
|first=David A.
|last=Kaplan
|authorlink=David A. Kaplan
|title=Intrigue in High Places
|date=September 5, 2006
|work=Newsweek
|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/45735
|accessdate=2009-08-17
}}</ref>
Perkins's residential phone records were obtained through a method known as [[pretexting]]. AT&T confirmed that someone pretended to be Perkins, using his phone number and his [[Social Security Number]].<ref name="perkinsattletter">{{cite news
|title=Letter from AT&T to Tom Perkins regarding Pretexting
|date=August 11, 2006
|url=https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_ATT-to-Perkins.pdf
| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> HP confirmed that the investigative firm they hired used pretexting to obtain information on the call records of the directors.<ref name="hp8k20060906">{{cite news
|title=HP 8-K Filing Reporting Leak Investigation
|date=September 6, 2006
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| work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> HP's investigation found that Dr. [[George Keyworth]] was the source of several leaks. At the May 18, 2006 board meeting, Keyworth admitted to leaking information but refused to resign after the board passed a resolution calling for his resignation. HP's board decided on August 31, 2006, to not renominate Keyworth for another term as director.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the State of California began inquiries into the methods used by HP to investigate its directors.
====News Corp. board====
Perkins sat on the board of directors of [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] along with [[Viet D. Dinh]]. Dinh represented Perkins in the HP board affair. In July, 2011, Dinh and fellow News Corp. board member [[Joel Klein]] took over the investigation of the [[News of the World phone hacking affair]] and related Corporation issues.<ref>Doward, Jamie, Toby Helm, ''et al.'', [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/09/phone-hacking-scandal-rupert-murdoch "Phone-hacking scandal: is this the tipping point for Murdoch's empire?"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 9 July 2011 23.11 BST. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</ref> One business commentator, noting Perkins' prior experience with phone-hacking in the HP scandal, speculated that Perkins "may be [was the] best hope" as News Corp. sought to work out of its phone-hacking scandal.<ref>Goldfarb, Jeffrey, [https://archive.today/20120707190704/http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2011/07/11/tech-guru-may-be-best-hope-for-news-corp-holders/?pending=1&cp=0%23comment-8074 "Tech guru may be best hope for News Corp holders"], Reuters [[Breakingviews]], July 11, 2011 16:25 EDT. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</ref> Perkins did not stand for reelection to the News Corp board for the fiscal year of 2012.
==Personal life==
{{As of|2014}}, Perkins was worth an estimated $8 billion <!-- number is missing from here: (though he has stated publicly that his net worth is less than a $billion)--><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/116350/venture-capitalist-tom-perkins-sees-kristallnacht-ahead-rich |title=Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins Sees Kristallnacht Ahead for the Rich |publisher=New Republic |date=2014-01-25 |accessdate=2014-07-15}}</ref> He had two children, with his first wife, the late [[Gerd Thune-Ellefsen Perkins|Gerd Thune-Ellefsen]]. After she died in 1994, he married romance novelist [[Danielle Steel]] in March 1998; her book ''The Klone and I'' ({{ISBN|0-385-32392-1}}) was about their friendship. They separated in August 1999 and were later amicably divorced.<ref name="wsjbook">{{cite news
|author=Pui-Wing Tam and Jeffery A. Trachtenberg
|pages=A1
|title=True Romance
|date=January 14, 2006
|work=The Wall Street Journal
|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113720636713746760
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In 1996, Perkins was convicted in France of [[involuntary manslaughter]] arising from a yacht-racing collision and was fined $10,000.<ref>{{cite web
| first=Nick
| last=Denton
| title=Tom Perkins' manslaughter conviction
| date=June 18, 2007
| accessdate=January 30, 2014
| work=[[Gawker]]
| url=http://gawker.com/269896/tom-perkins-manslaughter-conviction
}}</ref>
Perkins was the subject of a 2007 ''[[60 Minutes]]'' special titled "Captain of Capitalism", which focused on his memoir and featured a tour of his yacht.<ref>Stahl, Lesley. [http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4143154n "Captain of Capitalism"]. ''60 Minutes''.</ref> He was also featured in the documentary film ''[[Something Ventured (film)|Something Ventured]]'', which premiered in 2011.
===Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment===
In January 2014, the ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' published a letter from Perkins<ref name="Kristallnacht">{{cite news|last=Perkins|first=Tom|title=Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?|url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304549504579316913982034286|accessdate=January 25, 2014|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=January 24, 2014}}</ref> that compared the "progressive war on the American one percent" of wealthiest Americans and the [[Occupy movement]]'s "demonization of the rich" to the [[Kristallnacht]] and [[Anti-Semitism|anti-semitism]] in [[Nazi Germany]]:
<blockquote>Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on the "one percent", namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich."</blockquote>
The letter was widely criticized and condemned in ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Weissman|first=Jordan|title=Millionaire Apologizes for Comparing Progressives to Nazis, Says His Watch Is Worth a '6-Pack of Rolexes'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/millionaire-apologizes-for-comparing-progressives-to-nazis-says-his-watch-is-worth-a-6-pack-of-rolexes/283391/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/billionaire-venture-capitalist-thomas-perkins-ridiculed-after-writing-letter-comparing-the-treatment-of-rich-americans-to-the-holocaust-9086096.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/billionaire-venture-capitalist-thomas-perkins-ridiculed-after-writing-letter-comparing-the-treatment-of-rich-americans-to-the-holocaust-9086096.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Tom Perkins: Billionaire venture capitalist ridiculed after writing letter comparing the treatment of rich Americans to the Holocaust | work=[[The Independent]] | date=January 26, 2014 | accessdate=January 27, 2014 | author=Williams, Rob}}{{cbignore}}</ref> among bloggers, [[Twitter]] users, and "his own colleagues in [[Silicon Valley]]".<ref name="ross">{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Philip|title=Tom Perkins Responds To Nazi Germany And 1 Percent Criticism, Says Kristallnacht Was 'Terrible Word To Have Chosen'|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/tom-perkins-responds-nazi-germany-1-percent-criticism-says-kristallnacht-was-terrible-word-have|accessdate=January 29, 2014|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> Perkins subsequently apologized for making the comparisons with Nazi Germany, but otherwise stood by his letter, saying, "In the Nazi era it was racial demonization, now it's class demonization."<ref name="ross" />
A month after publication of the letter in the ''Wall Street Journal'', Perkins stated in a [[Commonwealth Club of California|Commonwealth Club]] interview (which can be seen on [[YouTube]])<ref>{{youtube|HYHiOc3TXNU|Commonwealth Club's INFORUM presents Tom Perkins: The War on the 1% (Feb 13, 2014)}}</ref> when asked at the ending for his 60-minute "Plan to Save the World" he said that he believed elections should be set up such that the number of votes a person can cast would be proportional to the amount of taxes that the person pays. Both Perkins, the moderator and the audience were laughing. In an interview afterwards, Perkins said "I intended to be outrageous, and it was."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/14/investing/tom-perkins-vote/index.html|first=Charles|last=Riley|date=February 14, 2014|title=Some of the media took his joke out of contest. Tom Perkins' big idea: The rich should get more votes|publisher=CNN}}</ref>
===Homes and yachts===
Perkins had houses in [[Belvedere, California|Belvedere, Marin County, California]],<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/19/070219fa_fact_stewart The World of Business : The Kona Files: Reporting & Essays] ''The New Yorker''</ref> and spent about two months a year at [[Plumpton Place]], his [[Elizabethan]] mansion in [[East Sussex]], England, which once belonged to [[Led Zeppelin]] guitarist [[Jimmy Page]].<ref name="STimes1" /> In 2010, he purchased the penthouse atop the [[Millennium Tower (San Francisco)|Millennium Tower]] on Mission Street in [[San Francisco]]'s [[Financial District, San Francisco|financial district]].
In July 2006, he formally launched his {{convert|289|ft|adj=on}} sailing yacht named ''[[The Maltese Falcon (yacht)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', at the time the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht.<ref>{{cite web
|title = Tom Perkins Thinks Big
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</ref> The yacht was listed for sale in 2006 on Yachtworld.com, the asking price being [[Euro|€]]99,000,000 with engine hours listed at 1,890 hours.<ref>[http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1877811&ybw=&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=22866&url= 2006 Perini Navi Boat For Sale] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407220619/http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/boatFullDetails.jsp?boat_id=1877811&ybw=&units=Feet¤cy=USD&access=Public&listing_id=22866&url= |date=2008-04-07 }}, Details, yachtworld.com</ref> Perkins sold the yacht for £60 million in July 2009.<ref name="STimes1">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6736074.ece|title=£60m floats Tom Perkins' 289ft boat|work=Sunday Times|date=2009-08-02|accessdate=2009-08-02 | location=London | first=Emma | last=Smith}}</ref>
In 2011 Perkins acquired a Japanese fisheries training vessel, and had it converted into an "adventure" yacht named ''Dr. No'' which is used to carry a "Deep Flight" submarine, manufactured by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, of [[Richmond, California|Richmond]] California. The boat has a website which carries a link to a video documenting encounters with [[Humpback whales]] at depth in [[Tonga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spectrepacific.com/ |title=Deep into the Heart of the Pacific... : Poster |publisher=Spectrepacific.com |accessdate=2014-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725034901/http://www.spectrepacific.com/ |archivedate=2014-07-25 }}</ref>
===Death===
Perkins died June 7, 2016, after a prolonged illness at his home in [[Marin County, California]], aged 84.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/technology/tom-perkins-dies.html|title=Thomas J. Perkins, Pioneering Venture Capitalist in Silicon Valley, Dies at 84|author=Pui-Wing Tam|work=The New York Times |date=June 9, 2016|accessdate=July 4, 2016}}</ref>
==Books==
*''Classic Supercharged Sports Cars'' ({{ISBN|0-9612268-0-3}}) Published in 1984, this is Perkins's account of pre-[[World War II]] classic car collection.
*''Sex and the Single Zillionaire'', ({{ISBN|0-06-085167-8}}) published In January 2006, this is Perkins first romance novel, which he dedicated to Steel. The plot of the book is based on a [[reality TV]] idea which was pitched to Perkins, where he would date a series of women and choose one to marry. He claims that "no 'ghost' did the writing." Proceeds from the book will be donated to Harvard University.<ref name="wsjbook" />
*''Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins.'' ({{ISBN|1-59-240313-1}}) published in November 2007, this is Perkins's memoir. Perkins discussed the book, his time at HP, and his sailboat with [[Lesley Stahl]] on ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in September 2007.<ref>{{cite web
| title=The Life of Tom Perkins
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| publisher=cbsnews.com
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*''Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It''. An account of Perkins' building of ''The Maltese Falcon'' – by ''[[Newsweek]]'''s [[David A. Kaplan]] – was published in 2007.<ref>{{cite book | isbn=978-0-06-137402-9 | title=Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It | last1=Kaplan | first1=David A. | date=13 October 2009 }}</ref> The book in 2008 won the [[Gerald Loeb Award]] for best business book of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x3287.xml |title=Gerald Loeb Awards | UCLA Anderson School of Management |publisher=Anderson.ucla.edu |date=2011-02-07 |accessdate=2011-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320024623/http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x3287.xml |archive-date=2011-03-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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</p><p><b>Thomas James Perkins</b> (January 7, 1932 – June 7, 2016) was an American businessman and <a href="/wiki/Venture_capitalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture capitalist">venture capitalist</a> who was one of the founders of the venture capital firm <a href="/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins" title="Kleiner Perkins">Kleiner Perkins</a>.
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-3"><a href="#Resignation_from_HP_Board"><span class="tocnumber">1.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Resignation from HP Board</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Criticism_for_"Kristallnacht"_comment"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Homes_and_yachts"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Homes and yachts</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>Perkins received a B.S. in <a href="/wiki/Electrical_engineering_and_computer_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical engineering and computer science">electrical engineering and computer science</a> from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT) in 1953. He earned an MBA from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> While attending MIT, Perkins joined the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Upsilon" title="Delta Upsilon">Delta Upsilon</a> fraternity. Perkins was mentored by <a href="/wiki/Georges_Doriot" title="Georges Doriot">Georges Doriot</a>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In 1963, he was invited by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewlett" title="Bill Hewlett">Bill Hewlett</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Packard" title="David Packard">David Packard</a> to become the administrative head of the research department at <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">Hewlett-Packard</a>. He was the first general manager of HP's computer divisions, credited with helping shepherd HP's entry into the minicomputer business. During the 1960s, he also started <a href="/w/index.php?title=University_Laboratories&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="University Laboratories (page does not exist)">University Laboratories</a>, which was later merged into <a href="/w/index.php?title=Spectra-Physics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spectra-Physics (page does not exist)">Spectra-Physics</a>. At University Laboratories he was the co-developer of the first low-cost He-Ne laser, having had the idea of how to directly integrate the laser cavity mirrors inside the plasma tube.
</p><p>In 1973, with <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Kleiner" title="Eugene Kleiner">Eugene Kleiner</a>, he founded <a href="/wiki/Kleiner_Perkins" title="Kleiner Perkins">Kleiner Perkins</a>, one of the first <a href="/wiki/Sand_Hill_Road" title="Sand Hill Road">Sand Hill Road</a> venture capital firms. Later, <a href="/wiki/Frank_J._Caufield" title="Frank J. Caufield">Frank J. Caufield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brook_Byers" title="Brook Byers">Brook Byers</a> joined the firm, eventually becoming named partners. Perkins was a director at <a href="/wiki/Applied_Materials" title="Applied Materials">Applied Materials</a>, <a href="/wiki/Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corning_Glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Corning Glass">Corning Glass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Genentech" title="Genentech">Genentech</a>, Hewlett-Packard, and <a href="/wiki/Philips" title="Philips">Philips Electronics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> He was chairman of <a href="/wiki/Tandem_Computers" title="Tandem Computers">Tandem Computers</a>, from its founding in 1974 until its 1997 merger with Compaq. Perkins was also chairman of Genentech from 1976 until 1990, when it merged with Roche Holding Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
</p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">HP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Compaq" title="Compaq">Compaq</a> merger fight in 2001, Perkins was a member of the Compaq board and an outspoken supporter of the merger.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> He joined the HP board of directors in the merger, retired, and officially rejoined the HP board days before <a href="/wiki/Carly_Fiorina" title="Carly Fiorina">Carly Fiorina</a> was forced to resign from her posts as chairman and chief executive officer of HP. Perkins led efforts to force Fiorina out.
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Resignation_from_HP_Board">Resignation from HP Board</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Resignation from HP Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
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<p>Perkins resigned from HP's board on May 18, 2006, over the actions taken by the board's chair, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_C._Dunn" title="Patricia C. Dunn">Patricia C. Dunn</a>, to ferret out the board-level source of media leaks using methods Perkins considered unethical and possibly illegal.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> HP gave no cause in the SEC-required 8-K filing, and according to Perkins refused to amend the filing to indicate his reasons for resigning.<sup id="cite_ref-perkinsletter_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perkinsletter-6">[6]</a></sup> In response, Perkins disclosed his reasons publicly, triggering an SEC investigation and significant media interest into HP's leak-finding activities.<sup id="cite_ref-wsj_leak_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsj_leak-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-newsweek_leak_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newsweek_leak-8">[8]</a></sup>
</p><p>Perkins's residential phone records were obtained through a method known as <a href="/wiki/Pretexting" title="Pretexting">pretexting</a>. AT&T confirmed that someone pretended to be Perkins, using his phone number and his <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_Number" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Security Number">Social Security Number</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-perkinsattletter_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-perkinsattletter-9">[9]</a></sup> HP confirmed that the investigative firm they hired used pretexting to obtain information on the call records of the directors.<sup id="cite_ref-hp8k20060906_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hp8k20060906-10">[10]</a></sup> HP's investigation found that Dr. <a href="/wiki/George_Keyworth" class="mw-redirect" title="George Keyworth">George Keyworth</a> was the source of several leaks. At the May 18, 2006 board meeting, Keyworth admitted to leaking information but refused to resign after the board passed a resolution calling for his resignation. HP's board decided on August 31, 2006, to not renominate Keyworth for another term as director.
</p><p>The Securities and Exchange Commission and the State of California began inquiries into the methods used by HP to investigate its directors.
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="News_Corp._board">News Corp. board</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: News Corp. board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4>
<p>Perkins sat on the board of directors of <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>'s <a href="/wiki/News_Corporation_(1980%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="News Corporation (1980–2013)">News Corporation</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Viet_D._Dinh" title="Viet D. Dinh">Viet D. Dinh</a>. Dinh represented Perkins in the HP board affair. In July, 2011, Dinh and fellow News Corp. board member <a href="/wiki/Joel_Klein" title="Joel Klein">Joel Klein</a> took over the investigation of the <a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World_phone_hacking_affair" class="mw-redirect" title="News of the World phone hacking affair">News of the World phone hacking affair</a> and related Corporation issues.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> One business commentator, noting Perkins' prior experience with phone-hacking in the HP scandal, speculated that Perkins "may be [was the] best hope" as News Corp. sought to work out of its phone-hacking scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> Perkins did not stand for reelection to the News Corp board for the fiscal year of 2012.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>As of 2014<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Perkins was worth an estimated $8 billion <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> He had two children, with his first wife, the late <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerd_Thune-Ellefsen_Perkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerd Thune-Ellefsen Perkins (page does not exist)">Gerd Thune-Ellefsen</a>. After she died in 1994, he married romance novelist <a href="/wiki/Danielle_Steel" title="Danielle Steel">Danielle Steel</a> in March 1998; her book <i>The Klone and I</i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215172403">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#2C882D;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-32392-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-32392-1">0-385-32392-1</a>) was about their friendship. They separated in August 1999 and were later amicably divorced.<sup id="cite_ref-wsjbook_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjbook-14">[14]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 1996, Perkins was convicted in France of <a href="/wiki/Involuntary_manslaughter" class="mw-redirect" title="Involuntary manslaughter">involuntary manslaughter</a> arising from a yacht-racing collision and was fined $10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup>
</p><p>Perkins was the subject of a 2007 <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i> special titled "Captain of Capitalism", which focused on his memoir and featured a tour of his yacht.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> He was also featured in the documentary film <i><a href="/wiki/Something_Ventured_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Something Ventured (film)">Something Ventured</a></i>, which premiered in 2011.
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<h3><span id="Criticism_for_.22Kristallnacht.22_comment"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Criticism_for_"Kristallnacht"_comment">Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Criticism for "Kristallnacht" comment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>In January 2014, the <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> published a letter from Perkins<sup id="cite_ref-Kristallnacht_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristallnacht-17">[17]</a></sup> that compared the "progressive war on the American one percent" of wealthiest Americans and the <a href="/wiki/Occupy_movement" title="Occupy movement">Occupy movement</a>'s "demonization of the rich" to the <a href="/wiki/Kristallnacht" title="Kristallnacht">Kristallnacht</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Semitism">anti-semitism</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>:
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<blockquote><p>Writing from the epicenter of progressive thought, San Francisco, I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on the "one percent", namely its Jews, to the progressive war on the American one percent, namely the "rich."</p></blockquote>
<p>The letter was widely criticized and condemned in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> among bloggers, <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> users, and "his own colleagues in <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-ross_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross-20">[20]</a></sup> Perkins subsequently apologized for making the comparisons with Nazi Germany, but otherwise stood by his letter, saying, "In the Nazi era it was racial demonization, now it's class demonization."<sup id="cite_ref-ross_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ross-20">[20]</a></sup>
</p><p>A month after publication of the letter in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, Perkins stated in a <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Club_of_California" title="Commonwealth Club of California">Commonwealth Club</a> interview (which can be seen on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> when asked at the ending for his 60-minute "Plan to Save the World" he said that he believed elections should be set up such that the number of votes a person can cast would be proportional to the amount of taxes that the person pays. Both Perkins, the moderator and the audience were laughing. In an interview afterwards, Perkins said "I intended to be outrageous, and it was."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup>
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<p>Perkins had houses in <a href="/wiki/Belvedere,_California" title="Belvedere, California">Belvedere, Marin County, California</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> and spent about two months a year at <a href="/wiki/Plumpton_Place" title="Plumpton Place">Plumpton Place</a>, his <a href="/wiki/Elizabethan" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabethan">Elizabethan</a> mansion in <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a>, England, which once belonged to <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a> guitarist <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Page" title="Jimmy Page">Jimmy Page</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-STimes1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STimes1-24">[24]</a></sup> In 2010, he purchased the penthouse atop the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco)" title="Millennium Tower (San Francisco)">Millennium Tower</a> on Mission Street in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Financial_District,_San_Francisco" title="Financial District, San Francisco">financial district</a>.
</p><p>In July 2006, he formally launched his 289-foot (88 m) sailing yacht named <i><a href="/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(yacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Maltese Falcon (yacht)">The Maltese Falcon</a></i>, at the time the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup> The yacht was listed for sale in 2006 on Yachtworld.com, the asking price being <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>99,000,000 with engine hours listed at 1,890 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></sup> Perkins sold the yacht for £60 million in July 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-STimes1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STimes1-24">[24]</a></sup>
</p><p>In 2011 Perkins acquired a Japanese fisheries training vessel, and had it converted into an "adventure" yacht named <i>Dr. No</i> which is used to carry a "Deep Flight" submarine, manufactured by Hawkes Ocean Technologies, of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_California" title="Richmond, California">Richmond</a> California. The boat has a website which carries a link to a video documenting encounters with <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Humpback whales">Humpback whales</a> at depth in <a href="/wiki/Tonga" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></sup>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Perkins died June 7, 2016, after a prolonged illness at his home in <a href="/wiki/Marin_County,_California" title="Marin County, California">Marin County, California</a>, aged 84.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Books">Books</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<ul><li><i>Classic Supercharged Sports Cars</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9612268-0-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-9612268-0-3">0-9612268-0-3</a>) Published in 1984, this is Perkins's account of pre-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> classic car collection.</li>
<li><i>Sex and the Single Zillionaire</i>, (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-085167-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-085167-8">0-06-085167-8</a>) published In January 2006, this is Perkins first romance novel, which he dedicated to Steel. The plot of the book is based on a <a href="/wiki/Reality_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Reality TV">reality TV</a> idea which was pitched to Perkins, where he would date a series of women and choose one to marry. He claims that "no 'ghost' did the writing." Proceeds from the book will be donated to Harvard University.<sup id="cite_ref-wsjbook_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsjbook-14">[14]</a></sup></li>
<li><i>Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins.</i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59-240313-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-59-240313-1">1-59-240313-1</a>) published in November 2007, this is Perkins's memoir. Perkins discussed the book, his time at HP, and his sailboat with <a href="/wiki/Lesley_Stahl" title="Lesley Stahl">Lesley Stahl</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i> in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></sup></li>
<li><i>Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It</i>. An account of Perkins' building of <i>The Maltese Falcon</i> – by <i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a>'</i>s <a href="/wiki/David_A._Kaplan" title="David A. Kaplan">David A. Kaplan</a> – was published in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></sup> The book in 2008 won the <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Loeb_Award" title="Gerald Loeb Award">Gerald Loeb Award</a> for best business book of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></sup></li></ul>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Perkins_(businessman)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Extensions of Remarks. Representative <a href="/wiki/Anna_G._Eshoo" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna G. Eshoo">Anna G. Eshoo</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://icreport.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r103:E19AP4-338:"><i>In honor of Thomas J. Perkins inducted into the Business Hall of Fame by the Santa Clara County Chapter of Junior Achievement</i>.</a> Congressional Record. 103rd cong., 2nd sess., 1994, (19 April 1994): E715.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060429005117/http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26">"KPCB Biography of Tom Perkins"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?26">the original</a> on 2006-04-29<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-05-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=KPCB+Biography+of+Tom+Perkins&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kpcb.com%2Fteam%2Findex.php%3F26&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFMatt_Marshall2001" class="citation news cs1">Matt Marshall (December 23, 2001). "Venture Capitalist Pushes Hewlett-Packard-Compaq Merger". <i>San Jose Mercury News</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=San+Jose+Mercury+News&rft.atitle=Venture+Capitalist+Pushes+Hewlett-Packard-Compaq+Merger&rft.date=2001-12-23&rft.au=Matt+Marshall&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The comprehensive story of HP spying scandal along with critical discussion on involving corporate governance and ethical issues is available at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFDavani2011" class="citation web cs1">Davani, Faraz (2011-08-14). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/62262162/HP-Pretexting-Scandal">"HP Pretexting Scandal by Faraz Davani"</a>. Scribd<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-08-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=HP+Pretexting+Scandal+by+Faraz+Davani&rft.pub=Scribd&rft.date=2011-08-14&rft.aulast=Davani&rft.aufirst=Faraz&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F62262162%2FHP-Pretexting-Scandal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-perkinsletter-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-perkinsletter_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_Perkins-to-HP.pdf">"Perkins Letter to HP Board"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Perkins+Letter+to+HP+Board&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fdocuments%2FWSJ_Perkins-to-HP.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-wsj_leak-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-wsj_leak_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFChristopher_Lawton,_Dionne_Searcey_and_Shawn_Young2006" class="citation news cs1">Christopher Lawton, Dionne Searcey and Shawn Young (September 7, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115758813903455834">"H-P Faces Probe Over Its Inquiry Into Board Leaks"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=H-P+Faces+Probe+Over+Its+Inquiry+Into+Board+Leaks&rft.date=2006-09-07&rft.au=Christopher+Lawton%2C+Dionne+Searcey+and+Shawn+Young&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB115758813903455834&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-newsweek_leak-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-newsweek_leak_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFKaplan2006" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_A._Kaplan" title="David A. Kaplan">Kaplan, David A.</a> (September 5, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/45735">"Intrigue in High Places"</a>. <i>Newsweek</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-08-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=Intrigue+in+High+Places&rft.date=2006-09-05&rft.aulast=Kaplan&rft.aufirst=David+A.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fid%2F45735&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-perkinsattletter-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-perkinsattletter_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WSJ_ATT-to-Perkins.pdf">"Letter from AT&T to Tom Perkins regarding Pretexting"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. August 11, 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=Letter+from+AT%26T+to+Tom+Perkins+regarding+Pretexting&rft.date=2006-08-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fdocuments%2FWSJ_ATT-to-Perkins.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-hp8k20060906-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-hp8k20060906_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/HPSEC09062006.pdf">"HP 8-K Filing Reporting Leak Investigation"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. September 6, 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=HP+8-K+Filing+Reporting+Leak+Investigation&rft.date=2006-09-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fdocuments%2FHPSEC09062006.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doward, Jamie, Toby Helm, <i>et al.</i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/jul/09/phone-hacking-scandal-rupert-murdoch">"Phone-hacking scandal: is this the tipping point for Murdoch's empire?"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>, 9 July 2011 23.11 BST. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Goldfarb, Jeffrey, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120707190704/http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2011/07/11/tech-guru-may-be-best-hope-for-news-corp-holders/?pending=1&cp=0%23comment-8074">"Tech guru may be best hope for News Corp holders"</a>, Reuters <a href="/wiki/Breakingviews" title="Breakingviews">Breakingviews</a>, July 11, 2011 16:25 EDT. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newrepublic.com/article/116350/venture-capitalist-tom-perkins-sees-kristallnacht-ahead-rich">"Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins Sees Kristallnacht Ahead for the Rich"</a>. New Republic. 2014-01-25<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-07-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Venture+Capitalist+Tom+Perkins+Sees+Kristallnacht+Ahead+for+the+Rich&rft.pub=New+Republic&rft.date=2014-01-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F116350%2Fventure-capitalist-tom-perkins-sees-kristallnacht-ahead-rich&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-wsjbook-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wsjbook_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wsjbook_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFPui-Wing_Tam_and_Jeffery_A._Trachtenberg2006" class="citation news cs1">Pui-Wing Tam and Jeffery A. Trachtenberg (January 14, 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113720636713746760">"True Romance"</a>. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>. pp. A1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Wall+Street+Journal&rft.atitle=True+Romance&rft.pages=A1&rft.date=2006-01-14&rft.au=Pui-Wing+Tam+and+Jeffery+A.+Trachtenberg&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB113720636713746760&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Perkins+%28businessman%29" class="Z3988"></span></span>
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<li><i><a href="/wiki/Herbert_River_Express" title="Herbert River Express">Herbert River Express</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Innisfail_Advocate" title="Innisfail Advocate">Innisfail Advocate</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Bulletin" title="The Morning Bulletin">The Morning Bulletin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/NewsMail" title="NewsMail">NewsMail</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Northern_Miner_(Queensland)" title="The Northern Miner (Queensland)">The Northern Miner</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Observer_(Gladstone)" title="The Observer (Gladstone)">The Observer</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Queensland_Times" title="The Queensland Times">The Queensland Times</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Stanthorpe_Border_Post" title="Stanthorpe Border Post">Stanthorpe Border Post</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Daily" title="Sunshine Coast Daily">Sunshine Coast Daily</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Toowoomba_Chronicle" title="The Toowoomba Chronicle">The Toowoomba Chronicle</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Townsville_Bulletin" title="Townsville Bulletin">Townsville Bulletin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Warwick_Daily_News" title="Warwick Daily News">Warwick Daily News</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Western_Star_(Queensland)" title="The Western Star (Queensland)">The Western Star</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Whitsunday_Times" title="Whitsunday Times">Whitsunday Times</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coffs_Coast_Advocate" title="The Coffs Coast Advocate">The Coffs Coast Advocate</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Examiner" title="The Daily Examiner">The Daily Examiner</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Advertiser" title="Geelong Advertiser">Geelong Advertiser</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Northern_Star" title="The Northern Star">The Northern Star</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Tweed_Daily_News" title="Tweed Daily News">Tweed Daily News</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Manly_Daily" title="Manly Daily">Manly Daily</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/North_Shore_Times" title="North Shore Times">North Shore Times</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Northern_District_Times" title="Northern District Times">Northern District Times</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Parramatta_Advertiser" title="Parramatta Advertiser">Parramatta Advertiser</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/News_Review_Messenger" title="News Review Messenger">News Review</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Leader_Messenger" title="Leader Messenger">Leader</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Standard_Messenger" title="Standard Messenger">Standard</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Courier_Messenger" title="Eastern Courier Messenger">Eastern Courier</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/East_Torrens_Messenger" title="East Torrens Messenger">East Torrens</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Messenger" title="Guardian Messenger">Guardian</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Times_Messenger" title="Southern Times Messenger">Southern Times</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Hills_Valley_Weekly" title="Hills Valley Weekly">Hills Valley</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Weekly_Times_Messenger" title="Weekly Times Messenger">Weekly Times</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Portside_Messenger" title="Portside Messenger">Portside</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/City_Messenger" title="City Messenger">City</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Quest_Community_Newspapers" title="Quest Community Newspapers">Quest</a> (Qld)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/South-West_News" title="South-West News">South-West News</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Star_(Brisbane)" title="Southern Star (Brisbane)">Southern Star</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Victoria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leader_Community_Newspapers" title="Leader Community Newspapers">Leader Community Newspapers</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Australia" title="Sky News Australia">Sky News Live</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Extra" title="Sky News Extra">Sky News Extra</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Weather_Channel" title="Sky News Weather Channel">Sky News Weather Channel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Business_Channel" title="Sky News Business Channel">Sky News Business Channel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Election_Channel" title="Sky News Election Channel">Sky News Election Channel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Your_Money_(TV_channel)" title="Your Money (TV channel)">Your Money</a> [50%]</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Agenda_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Agenda (Australian TV program)">Agenda</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Edition_(Australian_TV_program)" title="First Edition (Australian TV program)">First Edition</a></i>
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Weekend_Edition_(Australian_program)" title="Weekend Edition (Australian program)">Weekend</a></i></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Outsiders_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Outsiders (Australian TV program)">Outsiders</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Credlin" title="Credlin">Credlin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murray_Live" title="Paul Murray Live">Paul Murray Live</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bolt_Report" title="The Bolt Report">The Bolt Report</a></i></li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Keneally_and_Cameron" title="Keneally and Cameron">Keneally and Cameron</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/PVO_NewsDay" title="PVO NewsDay">PVO NewsDay</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Pyne_%26_Marles" title="Pyne & Marles">Pyne & Marles</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Contrarians" title="The Contrarians">The Contrarians</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Friday_Show" title="The Friday Show">The Friday Show</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Word_(Australian_TV_program)" title="The Last Word (Australian TV program)">The Last Word</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Morning_Shift" title="The Morning Shift">The Morning Shift</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Point_(TV_program)" title="To the Point (TV program)">To the Point</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Primetime</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Credlin_Keneally" title="Credlin Keneally">Credlin Keneally</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Friday_Live" title="Friday Live">Friday Live</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Hinch_Live" title="Hinch Live">Hinch Live</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Hadley!" title="Hadley!">Hadley!</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Jones_%2B_Co" title="Jones + Co">Jones + Co</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Karvelas" title="Karvelas">Karvelas</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Reporting_Live_with_Stan_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Reporting Live with Stan Grant">Reporting Live with Stan Grant</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Richo_(TV_program)" title="Richo (TV program)">Richo</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Speers_Tonight" title="Speers Tonight">Speers Tonight</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/SportsNight_with_James_Bracey" title="SportsNight with James Bracey">SportsNight with James Bracey</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_B_Team_with_Peter_Berner" title="The B Team with Peter Berner">The B Team with Peter Berner</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cabinet_(TV_series)" title="The Cabinet (TV series)">The Cabinet</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Latest_with_Laura_Jayes" title="The Latest with Laura Jayes">The Latest with Laura Jayes</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nation_with_David_Speers" title="The Nation with David Speers">The Nation with David Speers</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Viewpoint_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Viewpoint (Australian TV program)">Viewpoint</a></i></li></ul>
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</div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Foxtel" title="Template:Foxtel"><abbr title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;box-shadow:none;padding:0;">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Foxtel" title="Template talk:Foxtel"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;box-shadow:none;padding:0;">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Foxtel" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Foxtel"><abbr title="Edit this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;box-shadow:none;padding:0;">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Foxtel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_One" title="Foxtel One">Foxtel One</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Arena_(TV_channel)" title="Arena (TV channel)">Arena</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lifestyle_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Lifestyle (Australian TV channel)">Lifestyle</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox8" title="Fox8">Fox8</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_(TV_channel)" title="Comedy (TV channel)">Comedy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Crime_(TV_channel)" title="Crime (TV channel)">Crime</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Classics_(TV_channel)" title="Classics (TV channel)">Classics</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Docos_(TV_channel)" title="Docos (TV channel)">Docos</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sci-Fi_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Sci-Fi (Australian TV channel)">Sci-Fi</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Showcase (Australian TV channel)">Showcase</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Sleuth_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Sleuth (Australian TV channel)">Sleuth</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/BoxSets_(TV_channel)" title="BoxSets (TV channel)">BoxSets</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/A%26E_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="A&E (Australian TV channel)">A&E</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lifestyle_Food" title="Lifestyle Food">Lifestyle Food</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lifestyle_Home" title="Lifestyle Home">Lifestyle Home</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Movies" title="Foxtel Movies">Foxtel Movies</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Box_Office" title="Foxtel Box Office">Foxtel Box Office</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/History_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)" title="History (Australia and New Zealand)">History</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Crime_%2B_Investigation_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Crime + Investigation (Australian TV channel)">Crime + Investigation</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Real_Life_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Life (TV channel)">Real Life</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Cricket" title="Fox Cricket">Fox Cricket</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Footy" title="Fox Footy">Fox Footy</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_League" title="Fox League">Fox League</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Netball" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Netball">Fox Netball</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_News_(Australia)" title="Fox Sports News (Australia)">Fox Sports News</a></li></ul>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Joint ventures</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic_(Australian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic (Australian TV channel)">NickMusic</a> (35%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Main_Event_(TV_channel)" title="Main Event (TV channel)">Main Event</a> (66.6%)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct channels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bio_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Bio (Australian TV channel)">Bio.</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Channel_V_Australia" title="Channel V Australia">Channel [V]</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Footy_Channel" title="Fox Footy Channel">Fox Footy Channel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Funny" title="Fox Funny">Fox Funny</a></li>
<li>Fox Hits</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Kids" title="Fox Kids">Fox Kids</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_3D" title="Foxtel 3D">Foxtel 3D</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Fuel_TV_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuel TV (Australia)">Fuel TV</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Lifestyle_You" title="Lifestyle You">Lifestyle You</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/SoHo_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="SoHo (Australian TV channel)">SoHo</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Speed_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Speed (TV channel)">Speed</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Binge_(TV_channel)" title="Binge (TV channel)">Binge</a></li>
<li>TV Hits</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/111_(Australian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="111 (Australian TV channel)">111</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/(V)" title="(V)">[V]</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Arts" title="Foxtel Arts">Foxtel Arts</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Smooth" title="Foxtel Smooth">Foxtel Smooth</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Max_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Max (Australian TV channel)">Max</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Channel" title="Country Music Channel">Country Music Channel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/The_Comedy_Channel" title="The Comedy Channel">The Comedy Channel</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)" title="Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)">Nickelodeon</a> (35%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Jr. (Australia)">Nick Jr.</a> (35%)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Streaming</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hubbl" title="Hubbl">Hubbl</a>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binge_(streaming_service)" title="Binge (streaming service)">Binge</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Flash_(streaming_service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash (streaming service)">Flash</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Kayo_Sports" title="Kayo Sports">Kayo Sports</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/WatchAFL" class="mw-redirect" title="WatchAFL">WatchAFL</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/WatchNRL" class="mw-redirect" title="WatchNRL">WatchNRL</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel_Now" title="Foxtel Now">Foxtel Now</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazines</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Big_League" title="Big League">Big League</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/GQ_Australia" title="GQ Australia">GQ Australia</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Vogue_(magazine)" title="Vogue (magazine)">Vogue Australia</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/ARN_Media" title="ARN Media">ARN Media</a> (15%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Broncos" title="Brisbane Broncos">Brisbane Broncos</a> (69%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Business_Spectator" title="Business Spectator">Business Spectator</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a> (65%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/News.com.au" title="News.com.au">News.com.au</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Newspoll" title="Newspoll">Newspoll</a></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_Post-Courier" title="Papua New Guinea Post-Courier">Papua New Guinea Post-Courier</a></i> (63%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/REA_Group" title="REA Group">REA Group</a> (62%)</li>
<li>SuperCoach
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFL_SuperCoach" title="AFL SuperCoach">AFL</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/NRL_SuperCoach" title="NRL SuperCoach">NRL</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />holdings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Associated_Press" title="Australian Associated Press">Australian Associated Press</a> (47%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/ADS_(TV_station)" title="ADS (TV station)">ADS</a> (Adelaide)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Community_Newspaper_Group" title="Community Newspaper Group">Community Newspaper Group</a> (50%)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/HSV_(TV_station)" title="HSV (TV station)">HSV</a> (Melbourne)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Storm" title="Melbourne Storm">Melbourne Storm</a> (Melbourne)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/MX_(newspaper)" title="MX (newspaper)">mX</a></i> (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Herald_(Melbourne)" title="The Herald (Melbourne)">The Herald</a></i> (Melbourne)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_News-Pictorial" title="The Sun News-Pictorial">The Sun</a></i> (Melbourne)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror_(Sydney)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daily Mirror (Sydney)">The Daily Mirror</a></i> (Sydney)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times_(Western_Australia)" title="The Sunday Times (Western Australia)">The Sunday Times</a></i> (Perth)</li>
<li><a href="/wiki/3DB_(Melbourne)" title="3DB (Melbourne)">3DB Radio</a> (Melbourne)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> (1981)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former Daily</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Today_(UK_newspaper)" title="Today (UK newspaper)">Today</a></i> (1987–1995)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sunday</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i> (1981)</li>
<li><i>The Sun on Sunday</i> (2012)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former Sunday</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/News_of_the_World" title="News of the World">News of the World</a></i> (1969–2011)</li>
<li><i>Sunday Today</i> (1987)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Paper" title="The London Paper">The London Paper</a></i> (2006–2009)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:News_UK_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/News_UK_Logo.png/100px-News_UK_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/News_UK_Logo.png/150px-News_UK_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/News_UK_Logo.png/200px-News_UK_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magazine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_Literary_Supplement" title="The Times Literary Supplement">The Times Literary Supplement</a></i> (1981)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="News_Broadcasting_(2016)" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/News_Broadcasting" title="News Broadcasting">News Broadcasting</a> (2016)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Talkradio" title="Talkradio">TalkRadio</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Talksport" title="Talksport">Talksport</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Times_Radio" title="Times Radio">Times Radio</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/TalkTV_(British_TV_channel)" title="TalkTV (British TV channel)">TalkTV</a> (2022)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_News_Corp" title="List of assets owned by News Corp">Other assets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Move_(company)" title="Move (company)">Move</a>
<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Realtor.com" title="Realtor.com">Realtor.com</a></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/News_America_Marketing" title="News America Marketing">News America Marketing</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/News_Outdoor_Group" title="News Outdoor Group">News Outdoor Group</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Storyful" title="Storyful">Storyful</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/Texture_(app)" title="Texture (app)">Texture</a> (partial; shuttered)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><b>See also:</b> <a href="/wiki/21st_Century_Fox" title="21st Century Fox">21st Century Fox</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/News_Corporation" title="News Corporation">News Corporation</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1461218/">FAST</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000026090754">ISNI</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/8778890">VIAF</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/1023792028">Germany</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n84028352">United States</a></span></li>
<li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00452515">Japan</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w699239r">SNAC</a></span></li></ul>
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Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node) | false |
Unix timestamp of change (timestamp) | '1712158061' |
