• In  2016, Ram Shriram  has been recognized by Forbes Magazine and is  one of the 5 NRIs in the Forbes 400 richest people. Ram has been ranked 361 on the list with a net worth of $1.9 billion.
  • According to Forbes, Shriram, who was one of Google's early backers, has sold of most of his stock but remains on the board of its parent company, Alphabet. Since 2000, he has been investing in young technology startups through his firm, Sherpalo Ventures.
    
    Sriram's portfolio includes online card and invitation service Paperless Post, web and mobile app testing service Optimizely, and mobile advertising company Inmobi.

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• Jan 31, 2009: The Midas List #3 , Ram Shriram- Age 52

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• Sep. 22, 2007
  Kavitark Ram Shriram, 51 is an early investor and a board member of Google who owns 1.7 million shares worth $870 million despite selling over 3 million shares in 2004, when it went public.

NRI Ram Shriram, placed fourth on Forbes' 2007 Midas List

WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2007
Ashok Mehta

NRI Ram Shriram founder of Sherpalo have placed fourth to the Forbes' 2007 Midas list ranking of the US' top 100 tech dealmakers.He is one of the eight NRIs in Forbes' 2007 Midas list.

Shriram was one of just two Indian Americans to find a place in the Forbes' list of 400 richest Americans two years back. In 2005, his net worth was about $1.3 billion.

Ram Shriram started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early stage ventures. As a technology industry insider for over 25 years he has worked in companies large and small across all functional areas and through fluctuating business cycles. 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.

Ram's knowledge of and advice on issues ranging from raising venture capital, key management hiring, making the right product choices and defining and adapting the business model to changing market conditions can help you to secure early customer wins, build momentum from a standing start, and generate international growth.

A hallmark of Ram's success is the ability to create the right DNA for a young growth company with a focus on revenue and profitability, by establishing a virtuous cycle of talented employees/owners and happy customers/users. Ram enjoys the process of turning founders' dreams into successful businesses and takes a long term view that serves as a guidepost for decision making. Ram is thoughtful, cerebral, easy to communicate with, deeply committed to the tasks he undertakes, and has a keen intuitive sense for what works in the marketplace.

Ram has partnered with the venture capital industry and its many famous and successful members all across Silicon Valley. Because of his domain and market expertise, he brings a unique value to the building of companies with successful outcomes that fits well with the value offered by venture capital firms.

This year Ram was named one of the top 3 dealmakers in high-tech by Forbes magazine.

Experience
Immediately prior to founding Sherpalo, Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president. While at Amazon, Ram helped grow the customer base during its early high growth phase in 1998/1999. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue. He drove the many partnerships and channels that Netscape employed to get massive distribution for its browser and server products during those now legendary early days of the Internet.

Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc. and 247customer.com. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle.com and PodShow. Ram serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com, a leading classfieds site in India which has leading marketplaces in jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.

The 400 Richest Americans
#242 Kavitark Ram Shriram
09.21.06, 10:00 AM ET

512 Kavitark Ram Shriram
Age: 50
Fortune: self made
Source: Google

Net Worth: 1.5

Country Of Citizenship: United States
Residence: Mountain View, California, United States, North America
Industry: Technology
Marital Status: married, 2 children

Schooled in Madras, India; created shop bot Junglee. Sold to Amazon in 1998. Later backed tech outfits Yodlee, 24/7 Customer, Plaxo, Zazzle.com. Bubble era taught him to adapt: "Living in a world where everything is changing constantly, you learn to change." Views self as "Sherpa" investor rather than angel because it makes him feel more like a guide than a checkbook. Early investor, board member of Google. Sold $400 million in Google stock at offering, still owns more than 3 million

• Ram Shriram is a founding board member of Google Inc. and 247customer.com.
• As a technology industry insider for over 25 years, he has worked in companies large and small across all functional areas and through fluctuating business cycles.
• A hallmark of Shriram's success is the ability to create the right DNA for a young growth company with a focus on revenue and profitability, by establishing a virtuous cycle of talented employees/owners and happy customers/users.
• Shriram started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early stage ventures.
• In 2006, Shriram was named one of the top 3 dealmakers in high-tech by Forbes magazine.