Roelof Botha has served as a member of our board of directors since 2007.
Botha has been with Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm, since 2003 and has been a managing member of Sequoia Capital Operations LLC since 2007. From 2000 to 2003, Botha served in a number of roles at PayPal Inc., ultimately as the chief financial officer. Botha currently serves on the board of directors of Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.), a provider of payments, financial, and marketing services; MongoDB Inc., a document-oriented database program developer; Unity Inc., a 3D and VR content development platform; and a number of private companies.
Botha has previously served on the board of directors of 23andMe, a personal genetics company, from September 2017 through September 2024; Bird Global, a last-mile electric vehicle sharing company, from May 2018 through December 2022; and Eventbrite Inc., an event management and ticketing platform, from October 2009 through June 2022.
Botha holds a Bachelor of Science in actuarial science, economics, and statistics from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from Stanford University.