page_title: Roelof Botha
hierarchical_section_title: Roelof Botha
caption_attribution_description: English: Roelof Botha of Sequoia Capital, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2010.
context_page_description: Roelof F. Botha is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director.
  Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and currently sits on the boards of MongoDB, Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Weebly, Unity, Whisper and Xoom. He also works with AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram, Mixpanel and MuSigma. He previously sat on the board of directors of Meebo and YouTube before they were each acquired by Google.
  On Forbes' Midas List, an annual ranking of venture capital professionals, he ranked 22nd in 2008 and 26th in 2009. He is a regular member of the Midas List and has continued to move up the ranks to #14 in 2018.
context_section_description: Roelof F. Botha (born 19 September 1973) is a South African actuary, venture capitalist and company director.
  Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and currently sits on the boards of MongoDB, Jawbone, Eventbrite, Evernote, Bird, Ethos, Mahalo, Natera, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Weebly, Unity, Whisper and Xoom. He also works with AssureRX, FutureAdvisor, Instagram, Mixpanel and MuSigma. He previously sat on the board of directors of Meebo and YouTube before they were each acquired by Google.
  On Forbes' Midas List, an annual ranking of venture capital professionals, he ranked 22nd in 2008 and 26th in 2009. He is a regular member of the Midas List and has continued to move up the ranks to #14 in 2018.
caption: Roelof Botha, September 2010
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