1955 marked a moment of transition—when one generation of scientists and builders gave way to the next.

Every era has its inflection point, when foundational discoveries begin to move beyond the people who made them and into the hands of those who will build with them.

We believe that moment is happening again—at the frontier of science, where advances in biology, materials, and computation are giving rise to the next generation of companies.

1955 Capital takes its name from that idea: that breakthrough thinking, applied at the right moment, can define entire industries.Departures


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Albert Einstein
(1879-1955, relativity)

Alexander Fleming
(1881-1955, penicillin)

Mary McLeod Bethune
(1875-1955, civil rights)

Charlie Parker
(1920-1955, bebop jazz)

Cy Young
(1867-1955, baseball)


Arrivals


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Bill Gates
(1955- , Microsoft)

Steve Jobs
(1955-2011, Apple)

Vinod Khosla
(1955- , Sun, Kleiner Perkins)

Eric Schmidt
(1955- , Sun, Google)

Rosa Parks launches civil rights movement