Roelof Botha has served as a member of our board of directors since 2007.
Botha was with Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm, from 2003 to 2026. He was a partner for over 20 years,
and was most recently the managing member of the partnership. From 2000 to 2003, Botha served in a
number of roles at PayPal Inc., ultimately as chief financial officer.
Botha currently serves on the boards of directors of SpaceX, a space exploration, satellite, and
technology company; Block Inc. (formerly Square Inc.), a provider of payments, financial, and marketing
services; Ethos, a life insurance technology company; MongoDB Inc., a document-oriented database
program developer; Unity Inc., a 3D and VR content development platform; and a number of private
companies.
Botha previously served on the boards of directors of 23andMe, a personal genetics company, from
2017-2024; Bird Global, a last-mile electric vehicle sharing company, from 2018-2022; and Eventbrite
Inc., an event management and ticketing platform, from 2009-2022.
Botha holds a Bachelor of Science in actuarial science, economics, and statistics from the University of
Cape Town and an MBA from Stanford University.