In College Scandal's Wake, Parents Like John Doerr Keep Distance
- Doerr’s daughter in video for Singer’s early consulting firm
- Goldman Sachs, PIMCO probe possible consulting with Singer
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A high-school senior had deftly promoted her “brand” for the Ivy League, a college consultant boasted. In a 2013 promotional video, William Rick Singer, the mastermind of an elaborate admissions corruption scheme, showered praises on the young woman.
She’d started her own organization to fight climate change, he said. She’d eventually enroll in Brown. That student, it turns out, was Mary Doerr, a daughter of John Doerr, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and early backer of Google and Amazon.