About 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.
Read MoreKavitark 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.
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Sherpalo, Kleiner Sell Stake In Infoedge; Net 2x
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Welcome Back, Mr. Moritz, To Billionaire Status After A ...
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..., 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...
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Educomp To Acquire Venture-Backed StudyPlaces
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...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)
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Educomp To Acquire Venture-Backed StudyPlaces For A Song
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...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)
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Game Is Getting Bigger For Mobile Ad Firm InMobi
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... 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)
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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)
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The Mercury News Interview: Sequoia's Michael Moritz on long shots ...
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... 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)
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The Mercury News Interview: Sequoia's Michael Moritz on long shots and how he picks companies
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... 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)
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Seven Indians make it to Forbes' Midas List 2009
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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)
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The Secrets of the Talent Scouts
Explore Article Frontpage (Mar 15 2009)
...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...
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Seven Indians on Forbes' Midas List 2009
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... 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)
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Seven Indian-origin persons in Forbes' Midas List '09
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... 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)
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Seven Indians make it to Forbes' Midas List 2009
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Seven Indians make it to Forbes
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Indians make it to Forbes!
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...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)
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