Sequoia Capital names veteran Doug Leone as chairman

Sequoia Capital has named former senior steward Doug Leone as chairman, partners at the storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm said in X posts on Tuesday.

Leone, who has been with the firm since ‌1988, passed ⁠on the role ⁠of senior steward to Roelof Botha in 2022, although he continued to represent Sequoia on the boards of its portfolio companies and remained a general partner in its existing funds.