Partner at Sequoia Capital
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Member, Board of Directors at Aliph
- Member, Board of Directors at TokBox
- Member, Board of Directors at Mahalo
- Member, Board of Directors at meebo
- Partner at Sequoia Capital
- Member, Board of Directors at Xoom Corporation
- Past
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- Member, Board of Directors at YouTube
- CFO at PayPal
- Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
- Education
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- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- University of Cape Town
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Roelof Botha’s Summary
Partner at Sequoia Capital
I am currently closely involved with the following companies: Gene Security Network, Jawbone, Mahalo, Meebo, Tokbox, Xoom, and a few stealth investments. Prior portfolio companies include YouTube (acquired for $1.65bn by Google in 2006) and Insider Pages (acquired by CitySearch in 2007).
http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/
Prior to Sequoia, I was the CFO at PayPal. I helped to take the company public in February 2002, and participated in negotiations for the sale of PayPal to eBay for $1.5bn in October 2002.
Stanford Business School: MBA, 1998-2000
McKinsey & Co.: Business Analyst, 1996-1998, South Africa
Fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries, Scotland
University of Cape Town: Bachelor of Business Science, with majors in Actuarial Science, Economics, and Statistics
Roelof Botha’s Specialties:
Financial services, online consumer businesses
Roelof Botha’s Experience
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Member, Board of Directors
Aliph
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
Serve as a Director on Aliph's Board.
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Member, Board of Directors
TokBox
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
Serve as a Director on TokBox's Board
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Member, Board of Directors
Mahalo
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
Serve as a Director on Mahalo's Board
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Member, Board of Directors
meebo
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
2005 — Present (3 years)
Serve as a Director on Meebo's Board
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Partner
Sequoia Capital
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 10 months)
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Member, Board of Directors
Xoom Corporation
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
2003 — Present (5 years)
Serve as a Director on Xoom's Board
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Member, Board of Directors
YouTube
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; GOOG; Internet industry)
2005 — 2006 (1 year)
Served as a Director on YouTube's Board until the Google acquisition in 2006
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CFO
PayPal
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; pypl; Internet industry)
June 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 8 months)
· Responsible for managing Accounting, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Corporate Development, Investor and Public Relations
· Developed PayPal’s business model through integration of financial and strategic management, and managed PayPal’s finances to GAAP profitability (Q1 2002) and free cash flow positive results (Q4 2001).
· $81m IPO in February 2002 and $131m secondary offering in June 2002: managed finance team, recruited key personnel, managed SEC registration process, and led analyst and investor education.
· Involved in due diligence during $1.5bn acquisition of PayPal by eBay.
· Financial management: managed financial planning and analysis function including all financial presentations to board of directors and financial due diligence processes with potential acquirers during 2001 and early 2002.
· Risk management: developed corporate fraud and risk models, and actuarial loss forecasting models. -
Business Analyst
McKinsey & Company
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1996 — June 1998 (1 year 11 months)
Roelof Botha’s Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA, 1998 — 2000
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University of Cape Town
Additional Information
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Roelof Botha’s Interests:
Technology start-ups, rugby
Roelof Botha’s Groups:
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PayPal Corporate Alumni (worked there previously) -
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Stanford Business School Alumni Association
Roelof Botha’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- new ventures
- business deals
- getting back in touch
