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Doug Leone

Disciplines:
venture capital
enterprise software

Summary

Italian-American venture capitalist and former global managing partner at Sequoia Capital, who built Sequoia's enterprise software franchise and appeared on Acquired to explain the firm's decision-making process.

Core Contribution

Built Sequoia's enterprise software investment practice and managed the firm's global expansion — extending its platform beyond consumer internet into enterprise, security, and international markets — while codifying the firm's talent-first investment philosophy.

Historical Influences

Don Valentine Michael Moritz

Intellectual Lineage

Sequoia Capital Investment Tradition Silicon Valley Venture Capital

Contemporaries & Peers

Michael Moritz Roelof Botha Alfred Lin

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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