Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc and 24/7 Customer. He is a leading angel investor in Silicon Valley. Ram Shriram holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Madras, India and an MBA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.



Ram Shriram, is also Managing Partner at Sherpalo. Prior to this he was Vice President - Business Development at Amazon.com, reporting to Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO. During Shriram's tenure at Amazon.com he grew the customer count from 3 million to 11 million users. Prior to Amazon.com, Shriram was CEO of Junglee Corp., a company that Amazon acquired in 1998. Before joining Junglee, Shriram was an early member of the Netscape Communications executive team. He initiated and built relationships with a targeted set of partners worldwide, helping Netscape to build market share and revenue momentum.