Mr. Vinson raised more than $470 million for 35 start-up companies. All went on to have significant market caps due to his successful efforts that increased sales, revenues, and profits. In 1975, he created a company that was the first exporter of California wine to Japan, which created a multi-billion export market for California wine. He was an early investor in Netscape, Yahoo!, and many other tech companies. He managed a venture capital fund with $250 million under management.

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