Ram Shriram
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| Born | 1956 or 1957 (age 67–68)[1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | University of Madras Ross School of Business |
| Board member of | Google& other |
| Spouse(s) | Married, 2 children |
Kavitark Ram Shriram 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]
Shriram is an MBA graduate of the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, and also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from 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.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "The World's Billionaires: #655 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 3, 2010.
- ^ "Future of Internet is bright in India". NDTV. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b "2 Indians in Forbes' richest Americans list". rediff. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b "The World's Billionaires: #677 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
- ^ "The World's Billionaires: #601 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. March 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
- ^ "Forbes 400: #258 Kavitark Ram Shriram". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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