Ram Shriram started Sherpalo in January, 2000 with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early stage ventures. As a technology industry insider for over 25 years, Ram has worked with companies large and small across all functional areas and through fluctuating business cycles. He was ranked number three on the Forbes Midas List in 2007.

Immediately prior to founding Sherpalo, Ram served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Ram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of which Ram was president. While at Amazon, Ram helped grow the customer base during its early high growth phase in 1998/1999. Before Junglee and Amazon, Ram was a member of the Netscape executive team, having joined Netscape in 1994, before they shipped products or posted revenue. Ram drove the many partnerships and channels that Netscape employed to get massive distribution for its browser and server products during those now legendary early days of the Internet.

Ram is a founding board member of Google Inc. and 247customer.com. Ram also serves on the boards of Plaxo, Zazzle.com and PodShow. Ram serves on the advisory board of Naukri.com, a leading classifieds site in India, which has leading marketplaces in jobs, matrimony and real estate serving the Indian market.