London: Former British prime minister Tony Blair, who has landed a job as adviser to Indian-born billionaire Vinod Khosla's US-based venture capital firm, says he shares a "clear vision" with the tycoon, one of the earliest leaders in cleantech investment.
Blair is to lend his expertise and global relationships to the California-based Khosla Ventures, which specialises in promoting environmental friendly technology, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.
Vinod Khosla is one of the founders of the computer firm Sun Microsystems. The 55-year-old tycoon has a fortune estimated by Forbes magazine at $ 1.1 billion. He says that the world should look for technological breakthroughs to find ‘clean’ alternatives to oil, coal, cement and steel.
’Solving the climate crisis is more than just a political agenda item - it's an urgent priority that requires innovation, creativity and ambition,’ said Blair.
"I share a clear vision with Vinod, one of the earliest leaders in cleantech investment, that entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and beyond will have a tremendous impact on our environmental future," a statement quoted Blair as saying.
His appointment to the Silicon Valley firm was announced on Monday at a summit for the firm's investors in Sausalito, near San Francisco, said the media report.
Blair told the Wall Street Journal that the job was not a pro bono role.
Khosla said the arrangement would allow him to ask Tony for advice and he told the WSJ: "Tony's going to help us in many areas that techie nerds like us in Silicon Valley don't understand."
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