Editing Atherton, California (section)

==Notable people==
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* [[Paul Allen]], [[Microsoft]] co-founder.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Meisenzahl|first=Mary|title=A Microsoft cofounder's $35 million mansion in the most expensive town in the US just sold — see inside|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-cofounder-paul-allen-atherton-california-mansion-2020-2|access-date=February 21, 2022|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Marc Andreessen]], co-founder of Netscape and general partner at [[Andreessen Horowitz]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robinson|first=Melia|title=We scouted the homes of the top tech executives, and they all live in this San Francisco suburb for the 1%|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/homes-of-tech-ceos-in-atherton-silicon-valley-2017-10|access-date=February 21, 2022|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mohamed Atalla]], Egyptian-American engineer, inventor of [[MOSFET]] transistor, founder of [[Atalla Corporation]]
* [[Gertrude Atherton]], American author
* [[Faxon Atherton]], namesake of Atherton, California 
* [[CiCi Bellis]], tennis player
* [[Lindsey Buckingham]], of [[Fleetwood Mac]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lindsay Buckingham with Special Guest Stevie Nicks|url=https://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/lbuckingham/bio.htm|year=2005|work=Soundstage|publisher=HD Ready, LLC and WTTW|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303072209/http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/lbuckingham/bio.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2009|access-date=January 18, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Nick Clegg]], [[Meta Platforms]] executive and former [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], and his wife,  [[Miriam González Durántez]], a lawyer<ref>{{cite news|last=Lumley|first=Sarah|date=January 26, 2019|title=Nick Clegg swaps Putney townhouse for £7million California mansion ahead of new Facebook role|work=Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/26/nick-clegg-swaps-putney-townhouse-7million-california-mansion/|access-date=February 9, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Ty Cobb]], Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player
* [[Stephen Curry]] and [[Ayesha Curry]], NBA star and actress
* [[Timothy C. Draper]], venture capitalist and founder of [[Draper Fisher Jurvetson]]<ref name="BusinessWeek: November 6, 2000">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/archives/2000/b3706169.arc.htm |title=Tim Draper's Voucher Crusade |last=Palmeri |first=Christopher |author2=Linda Himelstein |date=November 6, 2000 |work=BusinessWeek |publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. |access-date=June 25, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922115951/http://www.businessweek.com/archives/2000/b3706169.arc.htm |archive-date=September 22, 2010  }}</ref>
* [[Clay Dreslough]], game designer, raised in Atherton
* [[Douglas Engelbart]], computer engineer and inventor of the [[computer mouse]]
* [[Drew Fuller]], actor, known for role on ''[[Charmed]]'' and ''[[Army Wives]]''
* [[Bill Gurley]], venture capitalist; general partner at [[Benchmark (venture capital firm)|Benchmark]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2019/11/06/atherton-uber-drivers-other-contract-workers-protest-outside-of-uber-investors-home|title=Atherton: Uber drivers, other contract workers protest outside of Uber investor's home|last=Swartz|first=Angela|date=November 6, 2019|website=Mountain View Voice|language=en|access-date=November 13, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Holmes]], former biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of fraud.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holmes and Balwani Created LLC to Buy $9 Million Silicon Valley House|url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/elizabeth-holmes-trial-theranos/card/iOWfba6RlzRfX3yrAy3y|access-date=February 21, 2022|website=WSJ|language=en}}</ref> 
* [[Ben Horowitz]], co-founder of [[Andreessen Horowitz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2014/02/27/silicon-valleys-stealth-power/|title=Silicon Valley's stealth power|last=Helft|first=Miguel|work=Fortune|date=February 27, 2014|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ron Johnson (businessman)|Ron Johnson]], former senior executive at [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
* [[Guy Kawasaki]], venture capitalist
* [[Bobbie Kelsey]], [[Stanford University]] women's basketball assistant coach
* [[Andy Kessler (author)|Andy Kessler]], author of books on business, technology, and the health field
*[[Jan Koum]], co-founder of WhatsApp
* [[Robby Krieger]], musician, former guitarist of [[The Doors]]
* [[Charlie Kubal]], music producer, created 2010's Mashup Album of the Year, ''[[the notorious xx]]'', grew up in Atherton
* [[Douglas Leone]] (born 1957), billionaire venture capitalist<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Douglas Leone|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/douglas-leone/|access-date=February 1, 2018|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
* [[Andy W. Mattes]], CEO of [[Diebold]].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Cho | first1=Janet H. | title=New Diebold CEO Andy W. Mattes plans to be direct and ask lots of questions as he steers the company back on track | url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/06/new_diebold_ceo_andy_w_mattes.html | access-date=October 30, 2016 | work=The Plain Dealer | location=Cleveland, Ohio | date=June 7, 2013 | quote=He has also worked in China and Brazil, and now lives in Atherton, Calif.}}</ref>
* [[Willie Mays]], Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.si.com/vault/1969/12/31/105711864/willie-mays | title=Willie Mays | last=Taylor | first=Phil | date=July 14, 2008 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | access-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Bill McDermott]], CEO of [[ServiceNow]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shah |first=Oliver |date=August 12, 2023 |title=Bill McDermott: Losing my sight felt like destiny — vision is not just about what you see |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/bill-mcdermott-why-losing-my-sight-turned-out-to-be-a-beautiful-thing-c6tc0cs2t |work=The Sunday Times |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[Harden M. McConnell]] (1927–2014), physical chemist<ref>{{cite web | title=Harden McConnell, distinguished chemistry professor at Stanford, dies | website=Stanford Report | date=October 15, 2014 | url=https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2014/10/harden-mcconnell-distinguished-chemistry-professor-stanford-dies}}</ref>
* [[Rajeev Motwani]], professor, computer science, Stanford University<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/06/08/financial/f060447D45.DTL |title=Stanford computer prof. Rajeev Motwani found dead |last=AP Associated Press |date=June 8, 2009 |work=SFGate |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc. |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611052510/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2009%2F06%2F08%2Ffinancial%2Ff060447D45.DTL |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Farzad Nazem]], former chief technology officer of [[Yahoo!]] and one of its longest-serving executives, now an [[angel investor]]
* [[Chamath Palihapitiya]], CEO of [[Social Capital (venture capital)|Social Capital]], and board member of [[Golden State Warriors|the Golden State Warriors]].
* [[J. B. Pritzker]], Governor of [[Illinois]] and co-founder of the Pritzker Group
* [[Tom Proulx]], co-founder of [[Intuit]].<ref name="BusinessWeek">{{cite news|last=Cortese|first=Amy|date=August 7, 1997|title=My Jet Is Bigger Than Your Jet|work=BusinessWeek|publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.|url=http://www.businessweek.com/1997/34/b354180.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=June 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108064147/http://www.businessweek.com/1997/34/b354180.htm|archive-date=November 8, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Vivek Ranadive]], chairman, CEO and founder of [[TIBCO Software]]<ref name="sfgate">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/21/LVT7184SGL.DTL|title=The Buzz – the week that was|date=June 21, 2009|work=[[SFGate]] |publisher=Hearst Communications Inc.|pages=K–1 of the San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=June 25, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Jerry Rice]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[gridiron football|football]] player<ref name="BDP">{{cite news|url=http://www.berkeleydaily.org/issue/2001-06-06/article/5297?headline=Jerry-Rice-becomes-newest-Oakland-Raider |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922073745/http://www.berkeleydaily.org/issue/2001-06-06/article/5297?headline=Jerry-Rice-becomes-newest-Oakland-Raider |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2010 |title=Jerry Rice becomes newest Oakland Raider |last=The Associated Press |date=June 6, 2001 |newspaper=The Berkeley Daily Planet |access-date=June 25, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[George R. Roberts]], co-founder of [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]].
* [[Ted Robinson (sportscaster)|Ted Robinson]], sports broadcaster and former [[San Francisco 49ers]] play-by-play announcer
* [[Maureen Kennedy Salaman]], author and proponent of alternative medicine
* [[James R. Scapa]], co-founder, chairman and CEO of [[Altair Engineering]]
* [[Eric Schmidt]], former executive chairman and CEO of [[Google]]<ref name="NYTIMES">{{cite news|last=Dolan|first=Kerry A.|date=n.d.|title=World's Billionaires List: The Richest in 2021|work=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|access-date=February 20, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Charles R. Schwab]], founder and CEO of the [[Charles Schwab Corporation]]<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|year=2009|title=#58 Charles R Schwab|work=The 400 Richest Americans|publisher=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/AX8B.html|access-date=January 18, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Komal Shah (art collector)|Komal Shah]], art collector, philanthropist, and businessperson
* [[Shirley Temple]], child movie star and diplomat
* [[Y.A. Tittle]], 49ers & Giants QB, NFL HOFer, resident until his death in 2017
* [[Bob Weir]], of the [[Grateful Dead]] and [[Ratdog]], raised in Atherton<ref name="mcnally">{{cite book | first=Dennis | last=McNally | title=A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead | location=New York | publisher=Broadway Books | date=2002 | isbn=978-0-7679-1185-6 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/longstrangetripi00mcna_0 }}</ref>
* [[Steve Westly]], former [[State Controller of California]], major [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] fundraiser, and venture capitalist.<ref name="USA TODAY">{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-11-15-google-obama_N.htm | title=Google staffers quiz candidate Obama | date=November 15, 2007 | work=USA Today | publisher=USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. | access-date=January 18, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Meg Whitman]], diplomat, former president and CEO of [[Hewlett-Packard]], former CEO of [[eBay]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.riponsociety.org/article/the-ripon-profile-meg-whitman-of-california-former-ceo-of-ebay-inc/ | title=The Ripon Profile — Meg Whitman of California, Former CEO of eBay Inc. | work=The Ripon Forum | date=November–December 2008 | access-date=April 23, 2009}}</ref>
*[[Dennis Woodside]], president of [[Impossible Foods]], former COO of [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]]
*[[Quadeca]], Singer-Songwriter/Youtuber grew up in Atherton
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