Bob Kagle

Robert Kagle is a Director at eBay and a partner at Benchmark Capital, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. In addition to eBay, Kagle sits on the Board of Directors for several companies including: E-Loan, Jamba Juice, Logoworks, Mint.com, Prosper, uShip, and ZipRealty.

Kagle's investment in eBay is seen as his first--and biggest--success. Benchmark Capital's $6.7 million investment in eBay "holds the record for the best performing Silicon Valley investment ever: by the spring of 1999, this stake was worth $5 billion" ^[1]. Kagle's share was $170 million, and he has served as a director for eBay since 1997. ^[2]

Kagle was born and raised by his mother in Flint, Michigan. Kagle began his business career working at General Motors^[3], and received a B.S. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (renamed Kettering University) in 1978. He received his M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1980.

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Before his work at Benchmark Capital, Kagle was a partner at Technology Venture Investors. Prior to his 12 years at TVI, Kagle worked for the Boston Consulting Group.