Ram Shriram
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| Born | 1956/1957 (age 56–57)[1] Madras, India |
| Residence | Woodside, California |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | University of Madras |
| Net worth | $1.6 billion (2012)[1] |
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| Spouse(s) | Married, 2 children |
Kavitark Ram Shriram is a board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google.[2][3] He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Shriram was president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Shriram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue.[3]
Shriram holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Loyola College, Chennai of the University of Madras.[4] He is a founding board member of Google and 247-inc.com. Shriram is also an investor in a global mobile Ad Network, InMobi, previously mKhoj. Shriram serves on the boards of StumbleUpon, Zazzle, Next Jump, Mevio and PaperlessPost.com, and also serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com, a classifieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market. He owned 3.4 million shares of Google.[5] As of September 2007, Shriram owned 1.7 million shares of Google.[6]
Shriram started Sherpalo,[7][8] a venture capital firm that invests in promising new disruptive technologies, in January 2000.
References
- ^ a b "The World's Billionaires: #655 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 3, 2010.
- ^ "Future of Internet is bright in India". NDTV. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b "2 Indians in Forbes' richest Americans list". rediff. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/profile/kavitark-ram-shriram/
- ^ "Forbes 400: #258 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ "Ram Shriram or Kavitark Ram Shriram". Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "About Sherpalo".
- ^ "Meet Ram Shriram".