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 Roelof Botha, September 2010 | |
| Born | Roelof Frederik Botha 19 September 1973 (age 51) Pretoria, South Africa |
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| Occupation | Venture capitalist |
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Roelof Frederik Botha (born 19 September 1973)[1] is a South African-American actuary, venture capitalist and company director.
Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and as of 2022 sits on the boards of MongoDB, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Natera, Square, Unity, and Xoom. He also worked with AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram, Mixpanel and Mu Sigma.[2] He previously sat on the board of directors of Meebo and YouTube before they were each acquired by Google, Weebly before they were acquired by Square, and Tumblr before they were acquired by Yahoo!. He previously sat on the boards of Eventbrite, Jawbone, Mahalo, Nimbula, Tokbox, and Whisper.
On Forbes' Midas List, an annual ranking of venture capital professionals, he ranked 22nd in 2008,[3] 9th in 2021,[4] and 36th in 2022.[5]
- ^ Bouma, Hilda (12 April 2022). "'Boere Billionaire' Botha van Sequoia is van het stemmetje af" ['Boere Billionaire' Botha from Sequoia has lost his voice]. Het Financieele Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 April 2022.
- ^ Roelof Botha profile. Sequoia Capital.
- ^ "#22 Roelof Botha", Forbes.com Midas List 2008, 24 January 2008[dead link]
- ^ "Roelof Botha". Forbes.
- ^ "The Midas List 2022". Forbes. Retrieved 10 November 2022.