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person1990s–present

Ram Shriram

Disciplines:
e-commerce
technology entrepreneurship
value investing/angel investing

Summary

American technology executive and angel investor who sold Junglee to Amazon in 1998 and subsequently became one of Google's original four investors — one of the most consequential angel investments in history.

Core Contribution

Made the early Google investment that returned billions and became the model for backing technical founders before product-market fit — and his Junglee sale to Amazon provided the network and capital that enabled the Google investment.

Historical Influences

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Intellectual Lineage

Silicon Valley Angel Investing TraditionEnterprise Technology

Contemporaries & Peers

Ron Conway Andy Bechtolsheim Jeff Bezos

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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