Roelof Botha

Roelof Botha - I’d rather not prescribe what areas I’m interested in. My interests are eclectic, so I prefer the flexibility of keeping an open mind.

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The latest Tweets from Roelof Botha (@roelofbotha). @Sequoia 2003-present. PayPal CFO before. Inspired to work with great entrepreneurs: YouTube, Square, Evernote, Eventbrite, Natera, MongoDB, Unity. Menlo Park, CA

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Sequoia Capital Partner Roelof Botha speaks with Evelyn Rusli about what he looks for in a founder. (TechCrunch)

Roelof Botha is a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. He has been involved in many businesses. He also writes: "Some democratize technology access (Square, Eventbrite, Unity); some create global user communities (YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Whisper, QuizUp); and others disrupt markets through innovative business models (Evernote, Weebly, Xoom)." In 2000, prior to his…

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Grew up in Cape Town. Came to @Stanford University in 1998. Joined @PayPal in 2000 & became CFO. Joined Sequoia in 2003. Invested in @YouTube in 2005.

Roelof F. Botha focuses on Internet, services and software investments. He is a Director of Eventbrite, Evernote, Inside.com, MongoDB, Natera (NTRA), Plain Vanilla, Square (SQ), Unity Technologies, Weebly, and Whisper. He is also involved with Sequoia Capital portfolio companies including AssureX and Mapillary. Previously, he was a Director of YouTube.com (GOOG), Insider Pages (IACI), Meebo (GOOG), TokBox (Telefonica Digital), Nimbula (ORCL), Tumblr (YHOO), Jawbone, and Xoom (XOOM), and led Sequoia's investment in Instagram (FB). Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2003, Roelof served as the Chief Financial Officer of PayPal (PYPL), an online payments company. Earlier, he worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company. Roelof is a certified actuary (Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries) and holds a B.S. in Actuarial Science, Economics and Statistics from the University of Cape Town and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Roelof F. Botha[2] (born 19 September 1973[1]) is a venture capitalist and company director. By training, he is a qualified actuary.Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and currently sits on the boards of Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Weebly, Unity, Whisper and Xoom. He also works with 10gen, AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram, Mixpanel and MuSigma.[3] He previously sat on the board of directors of Meebo and YouTube before they were each acquired by Google.On Forbes' Midas List, an annual ranking of venture capital professionals, he ranked 22nd in 2008[4] and 26th in 2009.[5]