Georges Frédéric Doriot (September 24, 1899 – June 1987) was a French-American venture capitalist. An émigré from France, Doriot became director of the U.S. Army's Military Planning Division, Quartermaster General, during World War II, eventually being promoted to brigadier general. In 1946, he founded American Research and Development Corporation, the world's first publicly owned venture capital firm, earning him the sobriquet "father of venture capitalism". In 1957, he founded INSEAD, the world's top global graduate business school with campuses in Fontainebleau (France), Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
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24 September 1899 Paris, France
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2 June 1987 (aged 87) Boston, Massachusetts
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Zodiac | Libra |
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