Michael S. Malone - Michael S. Malone grew up in Silicon Valley and joined the San Jose Mercury News as one of the nation's first daily high-tech reporters.
His book, Infinite Loop, is the inside story of how one of America's most beloved companies - Apple Computer - took off like a high-tech rocket, only to come crashing to Earth twenty years later.
Malone has written for The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other national publications. He is formerly editor of Forbes ASAP, as well as a contributor to Upside and Fast Company magazines.
Among his books are The Big Score, The Virtual Corporation and Intellectual Capital.
He formerly hosted Malone, an interview series on public television.
Tom Perkins - Tom Perkins is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Tom Perkins is a graduate of MIT in Electronic Engineering and Harvard University in Business Administration. He is now, or has been, a Director of the following public corporations: Acuson (Chairman), Applied Materials, Compaq Computer, Corning Glass Works, Genentech (Chairman), Hewlett Packard Company, Hybritech, LSI Logic, The News Corporation, Philips Electronics NV, Spectra-Physics, Symantec and Tandem Computers (Chairman).
Robert Saldich - Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, CA.
A noted figure in the business world, Tom Perkins' presence as a pioneering venture capitalist and entrepreneur has helped drive successful innovations in the high-tech and biotech industries. In 1972, he founded one of the first venture capital firms in the world with Eugene Kleiner.
Perkins' book "Valley Boy" provides an intriguing retrospective of his pioneering career and personal experiences including his marriage to romance novelist Danielle Steel, unexpected resignation from HP's board last year, and friendships with Valley movers and shakers- Commonwealth Club of California