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10 Renowned Tamilians in America
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 00:36 IST |
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Ram Shriram
Kavitark Ram Shriram is a board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He runs his own investment firm, Sherpalo Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in promising new disruptive technologies, established in the year 2000.In 2005, Shriram was named as one among the top three high-tech dealmakers by Forbes, recognizing his talents and foresight. Recently, he also made it to Forbes’ list of ‘richest Indian Americans’, with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
'He is always eager to roll up his sleeves and work closely with founding teams on the challenging issues that confront and sometimes confound early stage ventures,' says Google, reports Rediff.
Shriram is also an investor in a global mobile Ad Network, InMobi. He serves on the boards of StumbleUpon, Zazzle, Next Jump, Mevio and PaperlessPost.com, and also serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com.
Shriram completed his graduation in science from Loyola College of Chennai, Madras University and holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business affiliated to University of Michigan.
