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S8E1: Roelof Botha Doesn’t Believe in “the Top”

S8E1: Roelof Botha Doesn’t Believe in “the Top”

Update: 2025-04-09
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In a candid conversation with Kailash Sundaram, MBA ’25, Roelof Botha, MBA ’00 — leader of one of the most influential venture capital firms in the world — reflects on his journey from South Africa to Sequoia Capital. 

From meeting his wife and partner Huifen Chan, MBA '00, at Stanford Graduate School of Business, to lessons about ambition and failure, Botha reflects on his life and career so far — and why he believes he’s still “not at the top."

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S8E1: Roelof Botha Doesn’t Believe in “the Top”

S8E1: Roelof Botha Doesn’t Believe in “the Top”