Portrait of Kavitark Ram Shriram

Rank #1020

Kavitark Ram Shriram

Net worth $4.2B

Google, venture capital · United States

Born
Jan 21, 1957
Age
69
Source
Google, venture capital
Residence
Menlo Park, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Madras

Net worth over time

Biography

  • An early Google backer, Kavitark Ram Shriram has sold of most of his stock but remains on the board of its parent company, Alphabet.
  • Born in India, Shriram studied math at the University of Madras. After moving to the U.S. he joined Netscape in 1994 as an executive.
  • Later he became president of Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm acquired by Amazon in 1998. Ram took on a vice president position at Amazon.
  • He left Amazon and since 2000 has been investing in technology startups through his firm, Sherpalo Ventures.
  • His portfolio includes online invitation service Paperless Post, online HR service provider Gusto and mobile advertising company InMobi.
  • In 2014, Shriram and his wife donated $61 million to engineering initiatives at Stanford University, which both of his daughters attended and where he is a trustee.
  • The name of Shriram's VC company, Sherpalo, comes from combining the words sherpa and Palo Alto.

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