Woodside People
Joan Baez
Folk singer and 1960s icon Joan Baez, a contemporary of Bob Dylan, still performs and remains active on social causes.
Robert Bass
Texas financier.
Jim Clark
A founder of SGI, Netscape and Healtheon, he bought Bank of America heiress Claire Giannini Hoffman's 12-acre Woodside estate for a $52 million for its land, even though the house was rather small.
John Doerr
Politically active and outspoken venture capitalist, a partner in Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
Larry Ellison
The decabillionaire CEO of Oracle software is the world's second-richest man. He enjoys yachts, fighter jets (a MIG and a Italian Marchetti S211) and Japanese gardens.
Charles N. Huggins
President and chief executive officer of See's Candies.
Steve Jobs
Although he lives in Palo Alto these days, the Apple Computer CEO and co-founder maintains a Woodside residence where Bill Clinton likes to stay when he's in town.
Mike Markkula
Apple Computer co-founder.
Gordon Moore
Co-founder of Intel, philanthropist and namesake of Moore's Law, which established the benchmark for advances in computing power.
Jerry Yang
Stanford student who co-founded the Internet company Yahoo!
Neil Young
Rock icon.
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