C. Richard Kramlich

{{Short description|American venture capitalist (1935–2025)}}

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C. Richard Kramlich (April 27, 1935 – February 1, 2025), also known as Dick Kramlich, was an American venture capitalist.{{Cite news |last=Griffith |first=Erin |date=February 7, 2025 |title=C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/technology/c-richard-kramlich-dead.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Dwen |date=March 1994 |title=Bad Hair Daze |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=92564177&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=Forbes |pages=112–115 |via=EBSCOhost}} He founded the venture capitalist firm New Enterprise Associates in 1978.{{Cite web |title=Artifact Details |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102740039 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Computer History Museum}} He was one of the earliest investors in Apple Computer. His other investments included Silicon Graphics, Ascend Communications, and Juniper Networks.{{Cite news |last=Ryan |first=Vincent |date=April 1999 |title=High roller: C. Richard Kramlich, New Enterprise Assoc. |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/217999453/60F9CA6E1D2A4163PQ/3 |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=Upside|id={{ProQuest|217999453}} }}{{Cite news |last=Himelstein |first=Linda |date=December 11, 2000 |title=Going Back To Dot-coms |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=3823841&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=BusinessWeek |via=EBSCOhost}}

Kramlich and his wife Pamela were among the first private collectors of new media such as video art and projected image installations, starting in the late 1980s.{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Kenneth |date=2003 |title=Seeing in the Dark |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asu&AN=505095872&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=Modern Painters |pages=38–40 |via=EBSCOhost |volume=16 |issue=3}}{{Cite news |last=Greenberger |first=Alex |date=February 4, 2025 |title=Richard Kramlich, Collector Who Invested Deeply in Video Art, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/richard-kramlich-venture-capitalist-collector-dead-1234731586/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=ARTnews}} Kramlich died on February 1, 2025, at the age of 89. He graduated from Northwestern University (BA) and Harvard Business School (MBA).