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Douglas Leone

United States 69 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth: Venture capital
Industry: Finance & Investments
Residence: Atherton, California
Organization: Sequoia
Education: Columbia University (Master of Science)
Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
MIT Sloan School of Management (Master of Business Administration)
Marital Status: Married
Children: 4

Assets

Airbnb, Inc

1,624,000 shares @ -

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ABNB-US
Alphabet

8,503,000 shares @ -

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GOOGL-US
Amazon

628,000 shares @ -

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AMZN-US
Amplitude

242,000 shares @ -

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AMPL-US
Booking Holdings

0 shares @ -

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BKNG-US
DoorDash, Inc

1,019,000 shares @ -

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DASH-US
Freshworks

744,000 shares @ -

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FRSH-US
Google Inc. (Cl C)

8,975,000 shares @ -

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GOOG-US
LinkedIn Corp

0 shares @ -

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LNKD-US
Meta Platforms

518,000 shares @ -

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META-US
Palo Alto Networks Inc.

3,571,000 shares @ -

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PANW-US
Rackspace Hosting Inc.

0 shares @ -

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RAX-US
RingCentral

294,000 shares @ -

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RNG-US
ServiceNow

1,750,000 shares @ -

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NOW-US
Snowflake

406,000 shares @ -

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SNOW-US
Unity Software

1,131,000 shares @ -

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U-US
Zoom Video Communications

475,000 shares @ -

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ZM-US

Biography

Doug Leone ran VC firm Sequoia from 1996 to 2022.

During his tenure, Leone guided Sequoia into tech investments including Rackspace, RingCentral, ServiceNow, Nubank, and Wiz, which Google offered to acquire for $32 billion in March 2025.

He inherited the reins from firm founder Don Valentine in the mid-1990s, alongside Michael Moritz.

He started his tech career at Sun Microsystems, a firm cofounded by another billionaire venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla.

An Italian immigrant, Leone looks for entrepreneurs from humble, far-flung backgrounds.

About

When Leone moved to New York with his family at age 11, he barely spoke a word of English.

He's known for getting up at 4:30 a.m. to work out before a day at the firm.

Leone's first job was collecting golf balls by hand at a driving range. He lasted two days.