Kavitark Ram Shriram Net Worth & Biography

Kavitark Shriram is an Indian-American businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the world’s living billionaires, and one of the first investors and founding board members of the popular tech company Google. Mr. Shriram was earlier employed to work for Jeff Bezos’ Amazon. He became an employee of the company in August 1998 when the leading online business venture acquired Junglee, an online shopping firm that Shriram controlled as president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Shriram worked with Netscape as a member of the company’s executive team, joining them in 1994, before they started shipping products or posted revenue. Kavitark Shriram is 66 years old currently and has been the Independent Director of Alphabet Incorporated since 1998.

Early Life: Childhood, Education

He was born Kavitark Ram Shriram in 1956 in Madras, India. For his studies, he attended and graduated from the University of Madras. He later immigrated to the United States where he eventually earned United States citizenship.

A well-learned man, Shriram holds a degree in mathematics from Loyola College, Chennai of the University of Madras.

Professional Life: Entrepreneurial Career

When Shriram had completed his education, he started his career with Bell-Northern Research. He joined Netscape and became the company’s vice president in 1994. Later on, he was appointed president of Junglee until he started Sherpalo in 2000, as a venture capital firm that invests in upcoming disruptive technologies,

Kavitark Ram Shriram is currently the Independent Director of Alphabet Inc. He has been a board member of the company since September 1998 in addition to being a managing partner of Sherpalo Ventures, LLC, an investment company, since January 2000.

From August 1998 to September 1999, Mr. Shriram worked at the popular eCommerce company Amazon.com as Vice President of Business Development. He was an early member of Netscape Communications Corporation’s executive team. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Vice-Chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees.

Achievements: Awards & Honors

Mr. Ram is one of the world’s known billionaires who made their money from modest beginnings. His work-rate to date is being appreciated by all his beneficiaries, and his accomplishments in the fields of business and academics are evidence of his hard work and dedication towards achieving almost anything he makes up his mind about. As of 2020, he was selected for the Ellis Island medal of honor in recognition of his efforts.

Personal Life: Family, Personal Interests, Charity Works

Ram is married to Vijay Shriram and they have two children together.

His family has made financial contributions through the education-focused Dhanam Foundation. Ram and his wife have funded the Shriram Family Fellowship in Science Education at Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Shriram Family Professorship in Science Education. Furthermore, they have funded the establishment of the Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering at Stanford University through a $57 donation. The couple also donated $61 million to the newly established Stanford School of Bioengineering in 2014.

Asides from his business and philanthropic concerns. Mr. Ram is well-known for his joviality and social presence. He spends his free time watching sports, traveling and visiting new places, and interacting with new people.

He currently lives in Menlo Park, California. To also mention, he is an active philanthropist in his home country of India, where he devotes his time and wealth to improving education in the country.

Kavitark Ram Shriram Net Worth: Salary, Assets, Income Sources

This Indian-born American businessman and investor is said to have an estimated net worth of 2 billion dollars. He made his wealth by working for numerous companies and maintaining top positions of leadership in most of them. Some of these companies include Netscape, Junglee, Amazon, and Google, where he has, since 2012, unloaded about 70 percent of his shares in the company. His other lucrative investments include InMobi and mKhoj. In addition to serving on the board of Google, he also maintains a position on the boards of several other reputed establishments, including notable names like Zazzle, Paperless Post, and StumbleUpon.

An early Google backer, this intelligent businessman has sold off most of his shares but remains on the board of Alphabet, its parent company. As of the time of this writing, Mr. Shriram owns more than 5,000 units of Alphabet Inc stock valued at over $161 million and over the last six years, he sold GOOG shares worth more than $28 million. In addition, he makes around $428,298 as an Independent Director at Alphabet Inc. Most recently, as of February 2022, he sold 5,000 units of GOOG stock worth more than $13 million. There are just about 5 executives at Alphabet Inc. getting paid more salary than Kavitark Shriram, with Sundar Pichai having the highest compensation of $280,622,016 according to recent reports.