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Name

Kavitark Ram Shriram

Primary Residence

Menlo Park, California

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Madras

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

Sherpalo Ventures

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

venture capital, Google, Self Made

Net Worth

$2,200,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/kavitark-ram-shriram16

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

1116

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#1116 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#368 Forbes 400 2018

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

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. Rahm took on a vice president position at Amazon. He left Amazon and since 2000, Shriram 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.

Did you know?

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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Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Shriram