Georges Doriot
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Georges Doriot was a pioneering French-American venture capitalist and Harvard Business School professor often regarded as one of the fathers of modern venture capital.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georges Doriot canonical | 2 |
| Georges Frédéric Doriot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4077313 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georges Doriot Context triple: [INSEAD, founder, Georges Doriot]
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A.
Michael Sloan
Michael Sloan is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the action-crime series "The Equalizer."
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B.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
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C.
Philip Fisher
Philip Fisher was a pioneering American investor and author whose growth-focused investing philosophy, outlined in his book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," has profoundly shaped modern value investing and influenced figures like Warren Buffett.
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D.
Alfred E. Kahn
Alfred E. Kahn was an American economist and regulator best known as the chief architect of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970s.
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E.
Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and former CEO of the home improvement retail giant The Home Depot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Georges Doriot Target entity description: Georges Doriot was a pioneering French-American venture capitalist and Harvard Business School professor often regarded as one of the fathers of modern venture capital.
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A.
Michael Sloan
Michael Sloan is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the action-crime series "The Equalizer."
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B.
Alfred P. Sloan
Alfred P. Sloan was a prominent American business executive and long-time president and chairman of General Motors, known for pioneering modern corporate management practices and organizational structures.
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C.
Philip Fisher
Philip Fisher was a pioneering American investor and author whose growth-focused investing philosophy, outlined in his book "Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits," has profoundly shaped modern value investing and influenced figures like Warren Buffett.
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D.
Alfred E. Kahn
Alfred E. Kahn was an American economist and regulator best known as the chief architect of U.S. airline deregulation in the late 1970s.
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E.
Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist best known as a co-founder and former CEO of the home improvement retail giant The Home Depot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-American
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business school professor ⓘ person ⓘ venture capitalist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Legion of Honour
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linked to:
Légion d'honneur
|
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1899-09-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1987-06-02 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
École Polytechnique ⓘ |
| employer |
Harvard Business School
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Doriot ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business administration
ⓘ
venture capital ⓘ |
| founded | American Research and Development Corporation ⓘ |
| fullName |
Georges Frédéric Doriot
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linked to:
Georges Doriot
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| givenName | Georges ⓘ |
| industry |
finance
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private equity ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the venture capital industry in the United States ⓘ |
| knownAs | father of venture capital ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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French ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | brigadier general ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the fathers of modern venture capital
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pioneering institutional venture capital investing ⓘ |
| notableWork | early investment in Digital Equipment Corporation ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
university professor ⓘ venture capitalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
|
| placeOfDeath |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| positionHeld |
president of American Research and Development Corporation
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professor of manufacturing at Harvard Business School ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| taughtAt | Harvard Business School ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Georges Doriot Description of subject: Georges Doriot was a pioneering French-American venture capitalist and Harvard Business School professor often regarded as one of the fathers of modern venture capital.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Georges Doriot