Editing Roelof Botha (section)

==Education and career==
Botha was born in [[Pretoria]], South Africa, and at the age of six he moved to [[Cape Town]] with his parents. He was raised in [[Hout Bay]], a suburb of Cape Town, and attended [[Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck]]. Botha earned a BSc in [[Actuarial Science]], Economics, and Statistics from the [[University of Cape Town]], graduating in 1996. He worked as a business analyst at [[McKinsey & Co.]] in [[Johannesburg]] from 1996 through 1998. He then moved to the United States, where he received an MBA from the [[Stanford University Graduate School of Business]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=McBride |first=Sarah |date=April 5, 2022 |title=South African Roelof Botha to head US venture capital giant which backed Apple, Airbnb |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/south-african-roelof-botha-to-head-us-venture-capital-giant-which-backed-apple-airbnb-20220405 |publisher=Bloomberg News |via=News24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0212/046.html |title=The Art of Selling Out |date=January 26, 2007 |work=Forbes}}</ref>

In 2000, prior to his graduation from Stanford, Botha became director of corporate development for [[PayPal]]. He moved on to vice-president of finance and was named [[Chief financial officer|CFO]] in September 2001. PayPal went public in February 2002, and was purchased by [[eBay]] in October 2002. [[Meg Whitman]] offered Botha the opportunity to stay on as CFO post-acquisition, but [[Sequoia Capital]]’s [[Michael Moritz]], who had invested in PayPal and served as a board member, offered him a partnership, which he accepted in January 2003.<ref name="Protocol">{{cite news |last1=Carson |first1=Biz |title=Sequoia’s invisible hand: How Roelof Botha became one of the most powerful people in venture capital |url=https://www.protocol.com/sequoia-roelof-botha |access-date=2 March 2025 |publisher=Protocol |date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415225821/https://www.protocol.com/sequoia-roelof-botha |archive-date=15 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="20VC">{{cite web |url= https://thetwentyminutevc.com/roelof-botha/ |title= Roelof Botha |date= 26 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0212/046.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070202005230/http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0212/046.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 February 2007 |title= The Art of Selling Out |first= Erika |last= Brown |date= 12 February 2007 |work= [[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref name="FM">{{cite web |url= http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |title= Roelef Botha: Hi-tech market mover |first= Duncan |last= McLeod |date= 14 December 2007 |work= [[Financial Mail]] |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101123014915/http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |archive-date= 23 November 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Sequoia">{{cite web |url= http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/ |title= Roelof Botha profile |publisher= Sequoia Capital |access-date= 2007-04-30}}</ref>

At Sequoia, Botha oversaw the firm's investment in [[YouTube]], [[Instagram]], and [[Block, Inc.|Block (formerly Square)]], among others.<ref name=ForbesProfile /><ref>{{cite news |last=de la Merced |first=Michael |date=31 January 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital Reshuffles Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/business/dealbook/sequoia-capital-.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |access-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref> He also helped to plan the acquisition of [[Xoom Corporation|Xoom]] by [[PayPal]].<ref name=ForbesProfile>{{cite news |title=Roelof Botha |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/roelof-botha/ |work=Forbes |access-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref> In 2017, Botha took over lead responsibility for Sequoia's US operations from [[Jim Goetz]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=31 January 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital has quietly announced a leadership change-up, with partner Jim Goetz taking a step back |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/sequoia-capital-quietly-announcing-leadership-change-up-with-partner-jim-goetz-taking-a-step-back/ |work=Tech Crunch |access-date=13 July 2017 }}</ref> In April 2022, Sequoia announced that, starting in July 2022, Botha would replace Doug Leone as Senior Steward of Sequoia's global brand and operations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Konrad |first=Alex |date=4 April 2022 |title=VC Heavyweight Sequoia Names Roelof Botha As New Global Leader|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2022/04/04/vc-firm-sequoia-names-roelof-botha-global-leader |work=Forbes |access-date=23 April 2022 }}</ref>

Botha has led or co-led Sequoia's investments in several early and growth stage companies. As of 2022, his active investments include Ethos, [[Evernote]], GenEdit, Landis, mmhmm, Pendulum, Skiff, Temporal Technologies, and The Org.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roelof Botha |url=https://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Sequoia Capital US/Europe |language=en-US}}</ref>

On October 9, 2023, Botha became chairman of the board of directors at [[Unity Technologies]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=Unity Announces Leadership Transition |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231009494331/en/Unity-Announces-Leadership-Transition |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-09 |title=Unity Software CEO to retire effective immediately |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/unity-software-ceo-retire-effective-immediately-2023-10-09/ |access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unity Technologies - Governance - Board of directors - Person Details |url=https://investors.unity.com/governance/board-of-directors/person-details/default.aspx?ItemId=70523a40-b3a6-4a2f-84e0-5e8d8af97f6e |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=investors.unity.com}}</ref>