Five meetings at headquarters, and the introduction onward
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Chief executive of Cisco Systems from 1988 to 1995, taking it from a small company to a large one, and afterwards its chairman. Known for an unusual frugality at the top of a company that size, and — with his wife Tashia — for very large-scale philanthropy.
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Introduced by Michael Spence while Hare was at Consilient, the two met perhaps five times at Cisco headquarters. Morgridge then introduced Hare to John Chambers.
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Vice Chairman of Consilient, and the introduction into Cisco
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