Kavitark Ram Shriram

Managing Partner, Sherpalo Ventures

$2.94B

$6.5M (0.2%)

as of 10/04/24

About Kavitark Ram Shriram

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.

Personal stats

Citizenship

United States of America

Source of wealth

Venture capital, Google

Residence

Menlo Park, California

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/21/57 (age 67)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Madras

Self-made

self-made