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As a successful venture capitalist, Kathryn Gould, MBA’78, knew the value of hard work and creativity as well as the thrill of nurturing a good idea into a successful business. Perhaps it was not much of a surprise, then, that the high-tech startup expert happily spent her retirement developing a boutique winery in the Sierra Mountain foothills. “I often walk among my grapevines and think how grateful I am for my life right now,” she said in the 2014 University of Chicago Booth School of Business convocation address. “But if the vines had come first, without the adventure and hard work, it wouldn’t be nearly as sweet.” Gould, 65, a University of Chicago trustee, died Nov. 26, 2015, of cancer. A trustee since 2002, she served as chair of the Investment Committee from 2006 to 2010. Gould earned a 90 percent internal rate of return over the course of her investing career, making her one of the most accomplished venture capitalists in the field. She was featured on Forbes magazine’s “Midas

Kathryn Gould, venture capitalist and University trustee, 1950-2015 By Susan Keaton Jan 5, 2016 As a successful venture capitalist, Kathryn Gould, MBA’78, knew the value of hard work and creativity as well as the thrill of nurturing a good idea into a successful business. Perhaps it was not much of a surprise, then, that the high-tech startup expert happily spent her retirement developing a boutique winery in the Sierra Mountain foothills. “I often walk among my grapevines and think how grateful I am for my life right now,” she said in the 2014 University of Chicago Booth School of Business co

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