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Cisco

The PC Era · 1990s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

John Chambers — Acquisition Machine

CEO

CEO for two decades
Master of the bolt-on acquisition

Leonard Bosack

Co-founder
Stanford network hacker

Sandy Lerner

Co-founder
Later founded Urban Decay

John Morgridge

CEO who took Cisco public

Judy Estrin

CTO
Internet networking pioneer

Don Valentine — Cisco's Kingmaker

Sequoia's founder
Chairman and lead investor

Also on the roster

Sequoia Capital

When Cisco lands on your reels, these are the people you draft — Visionary, Operator, Builder, Financier, one irreversible lock at a time. How few companies in the world will be worth more than yours?

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