Arthur Rock

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Arthur Rock (born August 19, 1926) is an American businessman and investor. Based in Silicon Valley, California, he was an early investor in major technology firms such as Intel, Apple Computer, and .
==Early life==
Rock was born and raised in , in a family.An Evening with Legendary Venture Capitalist Arthur Rock by the Computer History Museum, YouTube. 2007-12-06.Harvard Business School: "ARTHUR ROCK" (PDF). Archived September 24, 2015. He was an only child and his father owned a small candy store where Rock worked as a youth. He joined the during but the war ended before he was deployed. He then went to college on the G.I. Bill. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in from in 1948 and earned an M.B.A. from in 1951.Interview with Rob Walker, The Silicon Genesis Project. Archived 2003-08-11.
==Career==
Rock started his career in 1951 as a securities analyst in New York City, and then joined the corporate finance department of in New York, where he focused on raising money for small high-technology companies. In 1957, when the "" left , Rock was the one who helped them find a place to go: he convinced to start .
In 1961, he moved to California. Along with , he formed the San Francisco venture capital firm Davis & Rock.
Rock joined the Apple Board of Directors in 1978 and was on the board when it voted to oust Steve Jobs in 1985. Rock stepped down from the board in August 1993.Arthur Rock leaves Apple Computer board, Telecom.paper. 1993-08-06.
In 2003, Rock donated $25 million to the to establish the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship.
==Awards==
*1987 EY Entrepreneur of The Year Award Recipient, Northern California Region
*1989 Golden Plate Award of the 
==Personal life==
He is married to lawyer Toni Rembe. Together with his wife, Rock has been a supporter of . The organization's annual Social Innovation Award is named in their honor.
==Media portrayals==
Rock was portrayed by actor in the 2013 film dramatization Jobs.Jobs (2013): Full Cast & Crew, Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2022-10-06.
==References==
==External links==
*Arthur Rock at Climate One
* at Wikipedia
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