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Tom Alberg
Tom A. Alberg (born January 1940) is an American lawyer and businessman, founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, and a director of Amazon.com
since June 1996.
Early life.
Tom Alberg is the son of Thomas A. Alberg and Miriam Twitchell Alberg.
Tom Alberg was educated at Harvard University, where he received a BA in International Affairs in 1962. He then studied at Columbia Law School, where he received a JD degree.
Career.
Alberg
Carl Alberg and yacht broker Tom Potter in 1959. Potter thought that there would be a good market for a 28 foot racer-cruiser boat with stand-up headroom, with sleeping accommodation for a family of four and that would cost less than US$10,000. Alberg designed the boat, with classic lines, but made from a new material at the time, fiberglass and with a price of US$9,700.
Alberg and Potter approached the Pearson Corporation, at that time a small fiberglass sailboat manufacturer, founded in 1956 by