Jim Goetz is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, where he has been affiliated as both an entrepreneur and investor for 25 years. Jim and his partners have made historic early investments into a cadre of category-defining technology companies, including Apple, Cisco, Google, Nvidia, Oracle and PayPal — and more recently during his tenure — AirBnB, ByteDance, DoorDash, Github, Hubspot, Instagram, LinkedIn, ServiceNow, Snowflake, Square, Stripe, TikTok, Toutiao, Unity, WhatsApp, YouTube and Zoom. Sequoia’s close alliances with young founders have helped transform fledgling companies into institutional household names exceeding $5 trillion in total market cap, an industry record.Jim was appointed Steward of Sequoia Capital in 2012, where he co-led the global partnership with Neil Shen and Doug Leone until 2017. Prior to serving as Steward, Jim co-led Sequoia’s venture business with Roelof Botha. In 2009, he spearheaded the expansion into the long/short hedge effort, Sequoia Capital Global Equities. Jim apprenticed under Sir Michael Moritz until he became a Partner in 2005.In 2020, he moved much of his energy towards philanthropy with the creation of Mae Philanthropies & Casimir Holdings. Through his philanthropic work, Jim promotes digital inclusion, supports tuition costs for low-income university students and funds criminal justice reform. Both Mae Philanthropies & Casimir Holdings are based in Coconut Grove, Florida. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital as an investor, Jim co-founded VitalSigns in 1996. Sequoia led its Series A fundraising and Pierre Lamond joined the board. VitalSigns became the pioneer in application performance management. By the turn of the century, the company had established itself as a profitable market leader deploying more than 25 million agents and generating more than $100 million in annual sales.Throughout Jim’s early career, he served as Vice President of Network Management at Synoptics (SNPX) and held various engineering and marketing roles at AT&T, AT&T Bell Labs and Digital Equipment. Jim earned a BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and an MSEE Computer Systems from Stanford University.Jim is a board member of Intel Corporation (INTC), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and numerous private companies. Jim also Co-Chairs the Stanford Engineering Venture Fund.