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About Ram Shriram

Ram Shriram

Ram Shriram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president. While at Amazon, Ram helped grow the customer base during its early high growth phase in 1998/1999. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue.

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Kavitark Shriram rank 583 at Forbes worlds list of billionaires 2007.

Ram is a MBA graduate of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business,also Bachelor of Science Degree from University of Madras and a founding board member of Google and 247customer.com. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle and PodShow. Ram also serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com, a leading classifieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.

  1. Mentioned In 38 Articles

  2. Sherpalo, Kleiner Sell Stake In Infoedge; Net 2x

    Explore Article VCCircle (16 hours, 49 min ago) Acquisition

    ACE venture capitalist Ram Shriram’s Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers — early investors in job search port... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Caufield & Byers   InfoEdge   Ram Shriram

  3. Welcome Back, Mr. Moritz, To Billionaire Status After A ...

    Explore Article blogs.wsj.com (Mar 11 2010)

    Welcome Back, Mr. Moritz, To Billionaire Status After A ... ..., a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and an angel investor who made an early bet on Google): No. 655: Ram Shriram, Sherpalo Ventures, $1.5 billion No. 828: Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, $1.2 billion No. 880: Vinod K... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   Donald Trump

  4. Educomp To Acquire Venture-Backed StudyPlaces

    Explore Article VCCircle (Jan 28 2010) Acquisition

    ...ackers. Studyplaces raised $3 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Ram Shriram's Sherpalo Ventures and Info Edge (Naukri.com fame) in early 2008. It also got seed funding fro... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Madhav A. Chanchani   Kpcb

  5. Educomp To Acquire Venture-Backed StudyPlaces For A Song

    Explore Article VCCircle (Jan 28 2010) Acquisition

    ...ackers. Studyplaces raised $3 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB), Ram Shriram's Sherpalo Ventures and Info Edge (Naukri.com fame) in early 2008. It also got seed funding fro... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Educomp Solutions Ltd   Kpcb

  6. Game Is Getting Bigger For Mobile Ad Firm InMobi

    Explore Article VCCircle (Jan 21 2010) Mobile

    ... Perkins, Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sherpalo Ventures (started by Google's early investor Ram Shriram) in 2008, and turned profitable last year. These VC investors, KPCB and Sherpalo, both early invest... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Charles River Ventures   Ram Shriram   Komli

  7. Info Edge Q2 Net Down 5%; Shows Uptick Over June Quarter

    Explore Article VCCircle (Oct 22 2009)

    ...4.87 in the first quarter of the year to Rs 5.4. The company, which counts ace venture capitalist Ram Shriram’s Sherpalo Ventures as an investor, raised Rs 170 crore through a public float in November 2006 and... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Info Edge India Ltd   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   Bombay Stock Exchange

  8. The Mercury News Interview: Sequoia's Michael Moritz on long shots ...

    Explore Article San Jose Mercury News (Jun 6 2009)

    ... Q That may be true but you still have an uncommon knack for picking winners. Ten years ago you and Ram Shriram invested in a small startup with lots of competition and no business model. Today that company is G... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Cisco   University of Oxford

  9. The Mercury News Interview: Sequoia's Michael Moritz on long shots and how he picks companies

    Explore Article San Jose Mercury News (Jun 5 2009)

    ... Q That may be true but you still have an uncommon knack for picking winners. Ten years ago you and Ram Shriram invested in a small startup with lots of competition and no business model. Today that company is G... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Cisco   University of Oxford

  10. Seven Indians make it to Forbes' Midas List 2009

    Explore Article Malayala Manorama Online (May 20 2009) Social Networking

    The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram in the third position. The list is topped by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers fol... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Telesoft Partners   Omnipoint

  11. The Secrets of the Talent Scouts

    Explore Article Frontpage (Mar 15 2009)

    The Secrets of the Talent Scouts ...elds that otherwise might not have won much attention. For the Silicon Valley venture capitalist K. Ram Shriram, one of the best ways to find the right people involves peeking inside Stanford professors’ compute... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Google   Apple Inc.

  12. Seven Indians on Forbes' Midas List 2009

    Explore Article India News (Feb 4 2009) Social Networking

    ... global financial meltdown. The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram in the third position. The list is topped by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers fol... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   John Doerr   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

  13. Seven Indian-origin persons in Forbes' Midas List '09

    Explore Article The Times of India (Feb 2 2009) Social Networking

    ... global financial meltdown. The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram in the third position. The list is topped by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers f... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Telesoft Partners   Google

  14. Seven Indians make it to Forbes' Midas List 2009

    Explore Article New Kerala Dot Com, India (Feb 1 2009) Social Networking

    The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram in the third position. The list is topped by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers fol... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Telesoft Partners   Google

  15. Seven Indians make it to Forbes

    Explore Article Zimbabwe Star (Feb 1 2009) Social Networking

    ... global financial meltdown. The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram in the third position. The list is topped by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers fol... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Google   Johnny Appleseeds

  16. Indians make it to Forbes!

    Explore Article ZeeNews (Feb 1 2009) Social Networking

    ...nto profit making ventures. The Midas List 2009 features at least seven India-born investors led by Ram Shriram, who was named third on the esteemed list. Shriram made a fortune as one of Google's original b... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Ram Shriram   Google   John Doerr

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