Man who funded Google - Kavitark Ram Shriram
Kavitark Ram Shriram: Founding Director of Google It all began at Stanford University where Larry Page and Sergey Brin were PhD students working on the PageRank algorithm . When they decided to float their own company, they approached Kavitark Ram Shriram . Ram signed one of the first-ever cheques to fund Google—a $500,000 investment that changed tech history. Kavitark Ram was born in Bangalore and raised in Chennai. Despite losing his father at the age of three, his academic journey was stellar. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Loyola College (Madras University) and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Before becoming a billionaire angel investor, Ram held key roles at Netscape and served as President of Junglee (acquired by Amazon). He worked closely with Jeff Bezos as a Vice President at Amazon before launching his own firm, Sher...