RAM SHRIRAM

Ram Shriram is a founding board member of Google Inc. (now Alphabet), investing $250,000 in late 1998 when Google was a garage startup. His 2% stake was worth $450 million at Google's IPO in 2004. He founded Sherpalo Ventures in 2000, focusing on early-stage technology investments. His portfolio includes Paperless Post, InMobi, and Skyroot Aerospace. Prior to Google, Ram was an officer at Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos after Amazon acquired Junglee (where he was president) in August 1998.