Roelof Botha was CFO for PayPal and is currently a Partner at Sequoia Capital. He was the first venture capitalist to get behind YouTube and is on Mahalo's Board of Directors.
Roelof graduated with a BS in Actuarial Science, Economics, and Statistics from the University of Cape Town and also has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/roelof-botha
Roelof Botha is currently involved with the following companies: Blippy, Challenge, eHarmony, Eventbrite, Gene Security, Insider Pages, Jawbone, Mahalo, Meebo, Nimbula, Thread, TokBox, Unity, Xoom, and YouTube.http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/roelof-botha
Roelof was ranked #26 on the 2009 Forbes Midas list.http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/99/midas09_Roelof-Botha_U9W3.html The Midas list is a list of the world's top tech deal makers according to Forbes.
Pik Botha
Roelof Botha is the grandson of the former South African Foreign Affairs Minister Pik Botha, who, served as the country's foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era.
Roelof Botha on TWiST with Jason Calacanis
Roelof Botha is on the board of Mahalo.com and in this video, he joins the CEO of Mahalo, Jason Calacanis, for an interview. He is an investor with the Sequoia Capital group and in this video they talk about start up companies.
Roelof Botha Professional Profile
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- CFO, PayPal
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Venture capitalist
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Interests
Technology start-up companies, rugby
