High-tech pioneer to speak at business leadership breakfast Facebook Twitter Email SMS WhatsApp Share By J. Correspondent | May 11, 2012 Personal computing innovator Mitchell Kapor will deliver the keynote address at the Business Leadership Council’s annual breakfast. The event takes place 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market St., San Francisco. The BLC is a program of the S.F.-based Jewish Com-munity Federation and Endowment Fund. Mitchell Kapor Founder of the Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3 software, Kapor helped propel the high-tech boom in Silicon Valley. After leaving Lotus in 1987 as CEO, Kapor helped create startup companies through his current venture, Kapor Capital. As a philanthropist, he has focused on education, serving on the board of directors and as a major funder of the Level Playing Field Institute in San Francisco, among other boards. He also has his own S.F.-based family foundation. The BLC breakfast is open to JCF 2012 campaign donors of $1,000 or more (or $500 for those under 30 years old who are applicants to the BLC mentorship program). Registration for the breakfast is $100; to register or for more information visit www.jewishfed.org/blc. J. Correspondent Also On J. Bay Area Shellfish dump at Cal frat leads to kosher awareness event Letters Help others during Sukkot; Which religions get their own month? Politics 50 years after Yom Kippur War, vets see echoes in current crisis U.S. Meeting between Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders gets personal Subscribe to our Newsletter Enter Email Sign Up