Sequoia's Support for Shaun Maguire
Roelof Botha, managing partner at Sequoia, defended his colleague Shaun Maguire's controversial comments, stating that the firm values "spiky" individuals.
During an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Botha addressed the backlash against Maguire's comments, which included calling New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani an "Islamist" who "comes from a culture that lies about everything" in a July 4 post on X.
Sequoia believes in its partners' right to "free speech"
The remarks sparked a significant online debate about the reputational risk to the VC firm, which has backed companies like Airbnb, Google, Nvidia, and Stripe.
Author's summary: Sequoia supports partner despite controversy.
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