Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha is a partner and advisor at Sequoia Capital, where he served as Managing Partner and Steward from 2022 until late 2025. He joined Sequoia in 2003 after serving as CFO of PayPal, where he guided the company through its 2002 IPO. Botha is best known for leading early-stage investments in companies such as YouTube, Block (formerly Square), and MongoDB, generating over $50 billion in returns for limited partners over his career. He holds board seats at Block, MongoDB, Natera, and several other portfolio companies.
“Roelof Botha: Partner at Sequoia Capital; joining SpaceX board of directors”
“I went to see Roelof from Sequoia around the time we were raising a Series A right after we had raised it.”
Source→“He was like, you're talking to me about how far you've come and I don't give a shit. The only thing I care about is am I excited looking forward?”
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