Sanford “Sandy” Robertson, who recently passed away at the age of 93, played an outsized role in the first Silicon Valley boom well before co-founding the tech-centric Francisco Partners in 1999. He closed more than 500 deals in his lifetime. Along the way, he funded Bill Clinton, endured Steve Jobs’ strictly vegetarian road show ahead of Pixar’s IPO, introduced Eugene Kleiner to Tom Perkins and had a falling out with Thom Weisel.
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