Alfred Lin is a partner at Sequoia Capital, where he focuses on consumer and enterprise investments and co-leads Sequoia’s early-stage investment business in the United States and Europe. He is a director of Airbnb (ABNB), Cobalt Robotics, Dia & Co., Dolls Kill, DoorDash (DASH), Found, Houzz, Kalshi, Citadel Securities, Truework, and Zipline, and was previously on the boards of Achievers (HAWK), FutureAdvisor (BLK), Humble Bundle (JCOM), and Shopular (Ebates/Rakuten). He is also on the advisory board of FTX.

Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2010, Alfred was a seasoned operator and held a variety of roles across technology startups including chairman and COO/CFO of Zappos.com (AMZN), VP of Finance and Business Development of Tellme Networks (MSFT), and VP of Finance of Link Exchange (MSFT). Alfred also co-founded Venture Frogs, LLC and invested in companies such as Ask Jeeves (IACI), OpenTable (OPEN), Tellme Networks (MSFT), and Zappos.com (AMZN).

Alfred also serves as a board trustee at Code.org. He has a B.A. in applied mathematics from Harvard and an M.S. in statistics from Stanford.

This appearance by Alfred Lin is part of the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series. Join us virtually as we bring founders, investors and industry influencers to center stage and invite them to share what it takes to become a disruptor.

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