In Memoriam: Bill Draper started his career more than a decade before Silicon Valley acquired its name in the early 1970s.....

(NYT Sept. 30) Bill Draper, who began funding start-ups in the early 1960s, when the Santa Clara Valley was better known for apricot orchards than microchips,

dies at 98 (See link for article).

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/technology/william-draper-dead.html