Kavitark Ram Shriram
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Google, venture capital
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- Menlo Park, California
- Organization
- Managing Partner at Sherpalo Ventures
- Education
- University of Madras (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Alphabet1,811,000 shares @ --GOOGL-US
- Google Inc. (Cl C)2,958,000 shares @ --GOOG-US
Biography
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.
About
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.