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== Onderwys en loopbaan ==
Botha is gebore in [[Pretoria]], [[Suid-Afrika]], en op die ouderdom van ses het hy saam met sy ouers na [[Kaapstad]] verhuis. Hy is grootgemaakhet in [[Houtbaai]] grootgeword en hetaan die [[Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck]] bygewoonskool gegaan. Botha het 'n BSc in [[Aktuariële Wetenskap]], [[Ekonomie]] en [[Statistiek]] aan die [[Universiteit van Kaapstad]] behaal, en in 1996 gegradueer met die hoogste GPA in die geskiedenis van die program. Botha het van Augustus 1996 tot Junie 1998 as 'n bedryfsontleder by McKinsey & Co., [[Johannesburg]] gewerk. Hy het daarna na die [[Verenigde State]] verhuis, waar hy van 1998 tot 2000 die Stanford University Graduate School of Business gestudeer het en 'n [[MBA]] behaal het, waar hy was die Henry Ford II-Geleerde as Stanford GSB-valedictorian.
In 2000, voor sy studies aan Stanford, word Botha direkteur van korporatiewe ontwikkeling vir [[PayPal]]. Hy is aangestel as vise-president van finansies en is in September 2001 as finansiële hoof aangestel. Botha was 28 toe PayPal in Februarie 2002 genoteer'n isopenbare maatskappy geword het. Die [[maatskappy]] is in Oktober 2002 deuraan [[eBay]] gekoopverkoop. Botha het in Januarie 2003 by Sequoia Capital aangesluit.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0212/046.html |title= The Art of Selling Out |first= Erika |last= Brown |date= 12 Februarie 2007 |work= [[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref name="FM">{{cite web |url= http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |title= Roelef Botha: Hi-tech market mover |first= Duncan |last= McLeod |date= 14 Desember 2007 |work= Financial Mail |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101123014915/http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |archivedate= 23 November 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Sequoia">{{cite web |url= http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/ |title= Roelof Botha profile |publisher= Sequoia Capital |accessdate= 2007-04-30}}</ref>
 
InBy Sequoia het Botha toesig gehou oor die onderneming se belegging in onder meer [[YouTube]], [[Instagram]] en Square.<ref name=ForbesProfile /><ref>{{cite news |last=de la Merced |first=Michael |date=Januarie 31, 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital Reshuffles Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/business/dealbook/sequoia-capital-.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=Julie 13, 2017 }}</ref> Hy het ook gehelp om die verkryging van Xoom deur [[PayPal]] te beplan.<ref name=ForbesProfile>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Roelof Botha |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/roelof-botha/ |work=Forbes |location= |access-date=13 Julie 2017 }}</ref> In 2017 het Botha die hoofverantwoordelikheid vir Sequoia se Amerikaanse bedrywighede oorgeneem van Jim Goetz.<ref>{{cite news |last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=31 Januarie 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital has quietly announced a leadership change-up, with partner Jim Goetz taking a step back |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/sequoia-capital-quietly-announcing-leadership-change-up-with-partner-jim-goetz-taking-a-step-back/ |work=Tech Crunch |location= |access-date=13 Julie 2017 }}</ref>
In 2000, voor sy studies aan Stanford, word Botha direkteur van korporatiewe ontwikkeling vir [[PayPal]]. Hy is aangestel as vise-president van finansies en is in September 2001 as finansiële hoof aangestel. Botha was 28 toe PayPal in Februarie 2002 genoteer is. Die [[maatskappy]] is in Oktober 2002 deur [[eBay]] gekoop. Botha het in Januarie 2003 by Sequoia Capital aangesluit.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2007/0212/046.html |title= The Art of Selling Out |first= Erika |last= Brown |date= 12 Februarie 2007 |work= [[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref name="FM">{{cite web |url= http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |title= Roelef Botha: Hi-tech market mover |first= Duncan |last= McLeod |date= 14 Desember 2007 |work= Financial Mail |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101123014915/http://www.izwi.com/emigretalent/onfolio-files/Roelof%20Botha.htm |archivedate= 23 November 2010 |df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Sequoia">{{cite web |url= http://www.sequoiacap.com/people/roelof-botha/ |title= Roelof Botha profile |publisher= Sequoia Capital |accessdate= 2007-04-30}}</ref>
 
In Sequoia het Botha toesig gehou oor die onderneming se belegging in onder meer [[YouTube]], [[Instagram]] en Square.<ref name=ForbesProfile /><ref>{{cite news |last=de la Merced |first=Michael |date=Januarie 31, 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital Reshuffles Leadership |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/business/dealbook/sequoia-capital-.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=Julie 13, 2017 }}</ref> Hy het ook gehelp om die verkryging van Xoom deur [[PayPal]] te beplan.<ref name=ForbesProfile>{{cite news |last= |first= |date= |title=Roelof Botha |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/roelof-botha/ |work=Forbes |location= |access-date=13 Julie 2017 }}</ref> In 2017 het Botha die hoofverantwoordelikheid vir Sequoia se Amerikaanse bedrywighede oorgeneem van Jim Goetz.<ref>{{cite news |last=Loizos |first=Connie |date=31 Januarie 2017 |title=Sequoia Capital has quietly announced a leadership change-up, with partner Jim Goetz taking a step back |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/sequoia-capital-quietly-announcing-leadership-change-up-with-partner-jim-goetz-taking-a-step-back/ |work=Tech Crunch |location= |access-date=13 Julie 2017 }}</ref>
 
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