Alfred Lin
Co-steward, Sequoia Capital
As a Harvard student he resold pizza by the slice, which caught Tony Hsieh's eye and led to Zappos; he now co-leads Sequoia as managing partner.
- Born
- 1972, Taiwan
- Now
- Co-steward, Sequoia Capital
- Studied
- Stanford University, Harvard University
Interesting facts
- Early start
At Harvard he bought whole pizzas, cut them into slices and resold them at a profit, which is how Tony Hsieh noticed him.
en.wikipedia.org - Detour
Dropped out of a Stanford statistics PhD to become CFO of Tony Hsieh's startup LinkExchange.
en.wikipedia.org - Numbers
Microsoft bought LinkExchange for $265 million, giving Sequoia a 17x return in 17 months.
sequoiacap.com - Before AI
Ran Zappos' finance and warehouse operations as COO and CFO through its $1.2 billion sale to Amazon.
en.wikipedia.org - Early start
Moved from Taiwan to New York with his parents at age six and went to Stuyvesant High School.
en.wikipedia.org - Numbers
Every company he worked at was acquired, the smallest for $265 million, which led TechCrunch to credit him with the Midas touch.
en.wikipedia.org
Career
- Sequoia CapitalCo-steward2010 to now
- ZapposChairman, COO and CFO2005–2010
- Tellme NetworksVP of Finance and Business Development
- Venture FrogsCo-founder
- LinkExchangeCFOfrom 1996
Education
- MS, Statistics, Stanford University, 1996
- Attended, left without a degree, Statistics (PhD), Stanford University
- BA, Applied mathematics, Harvard University, 1994
