Ram Shriram
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 Shriram with Jessica Guynn and Michael Arrington |
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| Born | 1956/1957 (age 54–55)[1] Madras,India |
| Residence | Woodside, California |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | University of Madras |
| Net worth |  US $ 1.6 billion (est.) (2011)[1] |
| Board member of | |
| Spouse | Married, 2 children |
Kavitark Ram Shriram (Tamil : ராம் ஸ்ரீராம்) is the founding board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google.[2][3] He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon 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]
Kavitark Shriram ranked 583 at Forbes worlds list of billionaires 2007, ranked 677 in 2008,[4] 601 in 2009.[5] and 655th in 2010.[1] On Forbes' The Midas List Shriram ranked 4 in 2007, and ranked 3 in 2008.[6] He was not ranked for 2011.[7]
Shriram holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Madras. He is a founding board member of Google and 247customer.com. Shriram is also an investor in a global mobile Ad Network, InMobi, previously mKhoj. Shriram serves on the boards of StumbleUpon, Zazzle, Next Jump, Mevio and also serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com, a classifieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.[4]
As of 2005, Shriram owned 3.4 million shares of Google.[8] As of September 2007, Shriram owned 1.7 million shares of Google.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "The World's Billionaires: #655 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 3, 2010. http://www.forbes.com/profile/Kavitark-Ram-Shriram.
- ^ "Future of Internet is bright in India". NDTV. http://www.ndtvprofit.com/2008/03/29200359/Future-of-Internet-is-bright-i.html. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b "2 Indians in Forbes' richest Americans list". rediff. http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/sep/22indians.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ a b "The World's Billionaires: #677 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 5, 2008. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Kavitark-Ram-Shriram_PED7.html. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires: #601 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 11, 2009. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Kavitark-Ram-Shriram_PED7.html. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "The Midas List: #3 Ram Shriram". Forbes. 28 January 2008. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/99/biz_08midas_Ram-Shriram_PED7.html. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ^ "The Midas List". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/lists/midas/2011/midas-list-techs-top-investors.html.
- ^ "Forbes 400: #258 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/PED7.html. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ "Ram Shriram or Kavitark Ram Shriram". http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIentrepreneurs/USA/A_Z/S/Kavitark_Ram_Shriram/index.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
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