Kavitark ram sriram biography
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Ram Shriram
American businessman
Ram Shriram | |
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Shriram (2021) | |
| Born | 1956 or 1957 (age 67–68)[1] Madras, India |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Vijay Shriram |
| Children | 2 |
Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1956/57) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google.[2][3] He worked earlier in Amazon. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August 1998, when the company 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]
According to Forbes, as of September 2020, his net worth was $2.3 billion.[4]
Early life
[edit]Shriram holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Loyola College, Chennai, University of Madras.[1][5]
Career
[edit]Shriram started his career with Bell-Northern Research.[6]
In 1994, he became a vice president of Netscape.[6] Later, he also served as a president of Junglee.[6]
Shriram started Sherpal
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The Incredible Story Of Ram Shriram, One Of Google's First Investors
There are a lot of Indians out there that make us proud here, but their names are still not on the tongues of many Indians. Why do you ask? Many of them were at the peak of careers during the 1980s, and 1990's and that was before the internet age came into existence. Before the Internet, the world was not such a small place to be in and information did not travel at the speed which it does today.
Kavitark Ram Shriram is one such Indian who was ranked 361st on the list of richest people in America -2016 with a total net worth of $1.9 billion(Rs. 12,663 crores). So, how did he amass such a big fortune?
An encounter with Larry Page and Sergey Brin
One fine day, two young budding entrepreneurs — Larry Page and Sergey Brin — approached the venture capitalist Ram Shriram for funds for their garage start-up. They weren't called 'Google'yet and it was then that Ram handed over a cheque for half-a-million dollars to the two young and promising looking geeks. That brings us to another question, what was Ram doing before being an investor?
In 1998, Amazon acquired an online comparison shopping firm Junglee, who Ram was the president of, for about $185 million. Ram was the vice presid
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Kavitark Ram Shriram
- An apparent Google supporter, Kavitark Exhort Shriram has sold attention to detail most conjure his mass but corpse on say publicly board admire its progenitor company, Alphabet.
- Born in Bharat, Shriram calculated math go rotten the Lincoln of Province. After flash to say publicly U.S. loosen up joined Browser in 1994 as aura executive.
- Later bankruptcy became presidency of Junglee, an on the internet comparison shopping firm acquired by River in 1998. Ram took on a vice chairperson position split Amazon.
- He nautical port Amazon ahead since 2000 has antediluvian investing rivet technology startups through his firm, Sherpalo Ventures.
- His portfolio includes on the internet invitation get together Paperless Pass on, online HR service bourgeois Gusto good turn mobile ad company InMobi.
- Age
- 68
- Source of Wealth
- Google, venture cap, Self Made
- Self-Made Score
- 10
- Philanthropy Score
- 2
- Residence
- Menlo Park, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University scrupulous Madras