Douglas Leone

Douglas M. Leone is an American billionaire venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital. 

  • Doug Leone is the managing partner at venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, which operates in China, India, Israel and the U.S.
  • Leone guided Sequoia into tech investments including Medallia, Rackspace, RingCentral and ServiceNow.
  • Leone inherited the reins from firm founder Don Valentine in the mid-1990s, alongside Michael Moritz.
  • He started his tech career at Sun Microsystems, a firm cofounded by another billionaire venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla.
  • An Italian immigrant, Leone looks for entrepreneurs from humble, far-flung backgrounds.
  • Leone’s first job was collecting golf balls by hand at a driving range. He lasted two days.

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