Ram Shriram

Kavitark Ram Shriram (born 1956/57) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is a founding board member and one of the first investors in Google. He worked earlier in Amazon. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August 1998, when the company acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Shriram was president. Before Junglee and Amazon, Shriram was a member of the Netscape executive team, joining them in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue.

Early life Shriram holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Loyola College, Chennai, University of Madras.

Career Shriram started his career with Bell-Northern Research.

In 1994, he became a vice president of Netscape.

Philanthropy Shriram and his wife have donated funds through education-focused Dhanam Foundation. They have also funded $57 million to establish Shriram Center for Bioengineering & Chemical Engineering at Stanford University.

Personal life He is married to Vijay Shriram.