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Roelof Botha is a US-based venture capitalist born in South Africa in 1973.

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7 May, 2014

Whisper, Sequoia interview

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Arrington talks with Whisper co-founder Heyward and Botha from Sequoia Capital about Whisper’s business model and impact, whether celebrity gossip counts as whistleblowing, and whether CrunchBase should be spun off from AOL. Heyward:

Whisper is all about creating a place of authenticity and a place of openness

Whisper's Michael Heyward Talks Business | Disrupt NY 2014

3 Apr, 2014

The Actuary interview

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Botha talks with the magazine about being the youngest qualified actuary in South Africa, working at PayPal and investing in Youtube, and how he spends free time. His vision for the next 10 years:

From a career perspective, I would be most proud of the companies that I am involved with today and companies that I will support in future being enduring businesses in 2024.

11 May, 2007

Mercury interview

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Botha is interviewed for the San Jose newspaper about billion-dollar deals and how he got into tech. He says that before joining PayPal:

I’d no idea what venture capital was.