Roelof Botha
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Roelof F. Botha[2] (born 19 September 1973[1]) is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director.
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Born | 19 September 1973 (1973-09-19) (age 50)[1] Pretoria, South Africa |
Alma mater | University of Cape Town Stanford University |
Occupation | Venture capitalist |
Known for | CFO of PayPal Partner, Sequoia Capital Chairman of the Board of Directors, Unity Technologies |
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.[3] 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,[4] 9th in 2021,[5] and 36th in 2022.[6]