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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Forbes Midas List Top 100 Venture Capitalists (multiple years: 2008-#22, 2020-#3, 2021-#9, 2022-#36, 2025-#13)
★Stanford GSB valedictorian and best undergraduate GPA in University of Cape Town history
★McKinsey & Company recognition as top performing VC alumni
Notable Facts
→Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital (2022-2025), one of the most prestigious VC firms globally
→Former CFO of PayPal, led company through IPO in 2002
→Board member/investor in major companies: YouTube, Instagram, MongoDB, Block (Square), Unity
→Part of the 'PayPal Mafia' along with Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Keith Rabois
→Led Sequoia's investments in some of tech's biggest successes including Instagram acquisition by Meta
→Grandson of South African politician Pik Botha, adding to his public profile
→Recently stepped down as Sequoia managing partner in November 2025
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