Sequoias investment memo on youtube the infovores dilemma. It includes 23andme, mongodb, eventbrite, evernote, bird, square, tumblr, unity, youtube. It was ranked the fifthmostpopular website on alexa, far outpacing even myspaces rate of growth. The only public domain investment memo i have found is by roelof botha recommending that sequoia make a seed investment in youtube 1. He is a director of eventbrite, evernote, mongodb, natera ntra, plain. Roelof botha of sequoia capital on using this time to lean in to product development and community duration. Botha 2 born 19 september 1973 1 is a venture capitalist and company director. Dr roelof botha, economic consultant and professor, who obtained his doctorate in economics from rand afrikaans university. The number of vr projects doubled yearoveryear at this years e3 2015, rising to 30 new projects or titles. Roelof botha what he looks for in a founder youtube. Roelof botha has had a seat on each of these companies boards, but. Botha in 1989 and to free nelson mandela in february 1990. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover roelof.
Well, i prefer the blue bulls because i was born close to its hq a kilometre or so from loftus and because i grew up in cape town, i still have a. Roelof botha has spent 16 years as a partner at sequoia capital, where he has shown a broad appetite for investments, including 23andme, square, mongodb, and evernote. Heres sequoias original 2005 investment memo about youtube. I think its very hard to be in venture capital if you havent walked in the shoes of a founder or entrepreneur, or been involved in building a company when it would have been easy to see youtube as risky or frivolous, we saw it as having the potential to change the way the planet consumes media.
Sequoias roelof botha is more optimistic about startups. View roelof bothas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Enuspik botha from saf pronunciation voice of america. Roelof botha played an integral part in the building of two of the most successful internet companies of all time.
Jul 11, 2012 sequoia capital partner roelof botha speaks with evelyn rusli about what he looks for in a founder. Meet your disrupt sf startup battlefield final round judges. Roelof botha is partner at one of silicon valleys more successful venture capital firms, sequoia capital. Jan 09, 2020 youtube one of the fastest growing website on the world wide web hosting more than 65,000 new video uploads. View the profiles of professionals named roelof botha on linkedin. The 33yearold venture capitalist made a fast fortune for.
Join facebook to connect with roelof frederik botha and others you may know. The site delivered an average of 100 million video views per day. Youtube is currently based in san bruno, california, and is available in 76 languages. Genetics is a particular interest for the paypal mafia. Declaration of chad hurley in support of defendants motion for summary judgment, filed march 5, 2010 king opening decl. Declaration of roelof botha, filed march 5, 2010 chan opening decl. Dr roelof botha received his early schooling in stockholm sweden, cologne germany, the hague the netherlands, christiana north west, cape town and pretoria. Dow jones, a news corp company news corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news. Youtube is predominantly an adsupported platform, but also offers rental options for a growing number of movie titles. Nov 04, 2019 in addition, roelof botha a business partner and former paypal chief financial officer joined the board of directors of youtube llc. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Botha is a venture capitalist and company director. Made public in 20 as part of viacom international inc.
Its the rationale for sequoia to invest in youtube. The confidential youtube investment memo by sequoia. Dow jones, a news corp company news corp is a network of leading companies. Sequoias roelof botha, who runs the firms us business, has a portfolio thats rather impressive. Join facebook to connect with roelof botha and others you may know. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. In february 2005 two paypal pals of his started a video weblet called youtube. Roelof botha has silicon valley at his feet moneyweb. Mar 10, 2017 a diversified career in management accounting, financial journalism, lecturing, economic research and consulting has provided dr roelof botha with numerous opportunities to contribute to the formulation of macroeconomic policies within several of the southern african development community sadc countries, including projects commissioned by the european union and other international donor. May 02, 2014 roelof botha urged his colleagues to act quickly as other suitors lurked. Apr 19, 2017 his shoes have been filled by south african native roelof botha, who is 34th on the 2017 list. Roelof frederik botha roelof frederik botha is a minister of mineral, energy affairs, deputy leader of the, national party in transvaal, national partyintransvaal, minister of foreign affairs, member of parliament, south african ambassador to the united states, minister of international relations, coope. Since joining sequoia in 2003, roelof botha has led partnerships with companies including eventbrite, evernote, instagram, square, tumblr, youtube, and unity.
Declaration of david king in support of defendants motion. View roelof botha s profile on angellist, the startup and tech network vc menlo park grew up in cape town. Pik botha died a happy man son dr roelof botha youtube. He has been an economic adviser to pricewaterhousecoopers for the past 17 years and is an. Botha born 19 september 1973 is a south african actuary, venture capitalist and company director botha is a partner at sequoia capital and currently sits on the boards of mongodb, jawbone, eventbrite, evernote, bird, ethos, mahalo, natera, nimbula, square, tokbox, tumblr, weebly, unity, whisper and xoom. Anna joined the stonehage fleming group in 2018 as client service manager for the wealth planning team. A collection of documents made public via depositions and discovery in viacom youtube litigation. Sep 07, 2016 roelof botha is a partner at sequioia capital where he focuses on internet, services and software investments. Botha retired from politics in 1996 when the national party withdrew from government of national unity. Sequoia capital partner roelof botha analyzes youtube. Well, i prefer the blue bulls because i was born close to its hq a kilometre or so from loftus and because i grew up in cape town, i still have a soft spot for the stormers. She is responsible for oversight of our client service team, processes and procedures as well as oversight of the advice process from draft through to implementation, working closely with directors, planners, business manager, group hr, compliance. A venture capitalist at sequoia capital, botha is best known for his early investment in youtube. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
Roelof botha has had a seat on each of these companies boards, but his list of investments is much, much long extra crunch live. Youtube i think its very hard to be in venture capital if you havent walked in the shoes of a founder or entrepreneur, or been involved in building a company. Roelof has made over 3 trades of the square stock since 2015, according to the form 4 filled with the sec. He is the partner who led the investment in videosharing sensation, youtube.
View roelof botha s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Oct 12, 2018 media in category roelof frederik botha the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Roelof botha msc astrophysics, phd laser physics national. Holding a soontobepublished doorstopper of a biography pik botha and his times, by theresa papenfus in. Sequoias original 2005 investment memo on youtube by roelof botha. His son dr roelof botha said this at a memorial service for his father.
In addition, roelof botha a business partner and former paypal chief financial officer joined the board of directors of youtube llc. Meet the worlds best venture capitalists including this. An actuary is a business professional who deals with the measurement and management of risk and uncertainty. Dr roelof botha economist speaker dr roelof botha s broad experience includes management accountant of a listed industrial company, financial editor of a d. May 22, 2012 techcrunch founder mike arrington sat down with sequoia capital partner roelof botha in another fireside chat at techcrunch disrupt ny 2012 this morning. Dr roelof botha economist is currently joint managing director of gopa group sa, a multidisciplinary research company that specialises in development facilitation he has been an economic adviser to pricewaterhousecoopers for the past 17 years and is an. South african among the top venture capitalists in the world. Dr roelof botha, economic advisor to pwc cover publications.
Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Botha born 19 september 1973 is a south african actuary, venture capitalist and company director botha is a partner at sequoia capital and currently sits on the. His honours and masters degrees in economics were both obtained cum laude at the university of pretoria, whilst the doctorate was completed at the university of johannesburg. He started his career as cfo of nascent paypal while finishing his mba at stanfordand took the role based on a combination of intuition, interest in the company, and a very real need to pay the rent. Sequoia partner roelof botha and ethos life cofounder and ceo peter colis dive into the major issues with life insurance and how ethos life can make a difference. Sequoias investment memo on youtube by roelof botha. Botha has spent over 15 years building companies in silicon valley. Since then, he has followed a diversified career in management accounting, financial journalism, lecturing, economic research and consulting. Numerous opportunities have been utilised to contribute to the formulation of macroeconomic policies within several of the southern african development community sadc countries, especially via projects commissioned by the european union and other. His shoes have been filled by south african native roelof botha, who is 34th on the 2017 list.
May 16, 2016 roelof botha has no intention of returning to south africa from silicon valley thats the one thing im looking for when recruiting people for the companies im involved with is it a person who will wait for instructions, or is it someone who will take initiative, wholl see a problem and solve it. When it would have been easy to see youtube as risky or frivolous, we saw it as having the potential to change the way the planet consumes media. In 2005, roelof botha from sequoia wrote an investment memo proposing to the investment committee ic that they invest in the seed round of a video company. Dr roelof botha economist is currently joint managing director of gopa group sa, a multidisciplinary research company that specialises in development facilitation. Dec 03, 2010 however, the botha of todays interview is pallid, his eyes bloodshot, his mood dark. The late former foreign affairs minister pik botha, died a happy man because the anc elected president cyril ramaphosa. As the former cfo of paypal, he still has a soft spot for payments companies, forbes said. Gopro and others have jumped in with 360 video cameras for shooting liveaction vr, and youtube has started to offer experimental support for 360 video. A great life insurance company has not been built for 150 years, and while the existing players have massive amounts of capital, ethos is relying on their speed of execution and digital advantage. Roelof botha is a virgo and was born in the year of the ox life. Roelof has supported some of the most exceptional companies over the past decade including youtube i think one of his first, instagram, tumblr, evernote, square, mongodb and others. The onetime cfo of paypal also oversees sequoias investments in eharmony. He was considered a liberal at least in comparison to others in the ruling national party and among the afrikaner community but the bulk of his career was spent defending south africas apartheid system. Roelof frederik pik botha, dms 27 april 1932 12 october 2018 was a south african politician who served as the countrys foreign minister in the last years of the apartheid era.
He was considered a liberal at least in comparison to others in the ruling national party and among the afrikaner community but the bulk of his career. We partnered with youtube from the very beginning, incubating the three founders in our office. Youtube was founded by chad hurley, steve chen, and jawed karim when they worked for paypal, prior to working for paypal, hurley studied design at the indiana. Roelof botha was born in south africa on wednesday, september 19, 1973 generation x. He began within the walls of nascent paypal, where he joined in march 2000 while completing his mba at. Letters letters to the editor letters the economist. Roelof botha urged his colleagues to act quickly as other suitors lurked. He is also on the board insider pages, luxim, meebo and xoom. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Youtube was created by paypal employees as a videosharing website where users could upload, share and view content.