Alfred Lin
Investor, Sequoia
Age – 53
Residence – San Francisco, California
Citizenship – United States
Education – Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Master of Science, Stanford University
Rank – #1 The Midas List: Top Tech Investors (2025)
Notable Deal – OpenAI
Since joining Sequoia in 2010, Lin has spearheaded some of the venture firm’s biggest investments, including DoorDash and Airbnb. He is the co-captain of Sequoia Capital’s early-stage investment business alongside Luciana Lixandru.
Lin co-led Sequoia’s 2021 investment in OpenAI, which was valued at $300 billion in a March 2025 round. He also led Sequoia’s Series B investment in Reddit. In March 2024, Reddit went public in a $6.5 billion IPO.
Lin holds a board seat at Citadel Securities, which sold a $1.15 billion stake in its company to Sequoia and Paradigm in January 2022.
Lin also cofounded Venture Frogs LLC, where he bet on companies including Ask Jeeves , OpenTable, and Zappos.com.
Prior to joining Sequoia in 2010, Lin helped launch the online retailer Zappos with his Harvard classmate Tony Hsieh. He served as the company’s COO and CFO. In July 2009, Amazon acquired Zappos.
