Alfred Lin⁠

I back founders and serve on the boards of the companies I invest in.

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Alfred Lin⁠

I back founders and serve on the boards of the companies I invest in.

Experiences

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Alfred Lin⁠

I back founders and serve on the boards of the companies I invest in.

Experiences

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Alfred Lin⁠

About

Experiences

Sequoia CapitalHunting outlier founders at Sequoia, 1 in 1,000

Professional · 2025Ranked #1 on the Forbes Midas List in 2021 and 2025

Sequoia CapitalLed Sequoia's FTX deal, a $200M write-off

Sequoia CapitalHelped Airbnb through an 80% drop in March 2020

Co-Founder & General Manager@Venture FrogsMade 27 seed bets in a year, returned 7.5 to 8x

Chairman & COO@ZapposGrew Zappos to $1.6B in sales and sold it to Amazon

VP Finance@Link ExchangeQuit a Stanford PhD for LinkExchange, sold it for $265M

B.A. Applied Mathematics in Applied Mathematics@Harvard UniversitySold pizza by the slice to my Harvard roommates

Early lifeCame to New York from Taiwan at 6 with no English

MarathonsRan 32 marathons in 22 states

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Alfred Lin⁠

About

Experiences

Sequoia CapitalHunting outlier founders at Sequoia, 1 in 1,000

Professional · 2025Ranked #1 on the Forbes Midas List in 2021 and 2025

Sequoia CapitalLed Sequoia's FTX deal, a $200M write-off

Sequoia CapitalHelped Airbnb through an 80% drop in March 2020

Co-Founder & General Manager@Venture FrogsMade 27 seed bets in a year, returned 7.5 to 8x

Chairman & COO@ZapposGrew Zappos to $1.6B in sales and sold it to Amazon

VP Finance@Link ExchangeQuit a Stanford PhD for LinkExchange, sold it for $265M

B.A. Applied Mathematics in Applied Mathematics@Harvard UniversitySold pizza by the slice to my Harvard roommates

Early lifeCame to New York from Taiwan at 6 with no English

MarathonsRan 32 marathons in 22 states

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Alfred Lin⁠

About

Experiences

Sequoia CapitalHunting outlier founders at Sequoia, 1 in 1,000

Professional · 2025Ranked #1 on the Forbes Midas List in 2021 and 2025

Sequoia CapitalLed Sequoia's FTX deal, a $200M write-off

Sequoia CapitalHelped Airbnb through an 80% drop in March 2020

Co-Founder & General Manager@Venture FrogsMade 27 seed bets in a year, returned 7.5 to 8x

Chairman & COO@ZapposGrew Zappos to $1.6B in sales and sold it to Amazon

VP Finance@Link ExchangeQuit a Stanford PhD for LinkExchange, sold it for $265M

B.A. Applied Mathematics in Applied Mathematics@Harvard UniversitySold pizza by the slice to my Harvard roommates

Early lifeCame to New York from Taiwan at 6 with no English

MarathonsRan 32 marathons in 22 states

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