Sequoia's Support for Shaun Maguire
Roelof Botha, managing partner at Sequoia, defended his colleague Shaun Maguire's controversial comments in an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.
Sequoia believes in its partners' right to "free speech"
Maguire's comments, which sparked an online backlash, 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 has backed companies like Airbnb, Google, Nvidia, and Stripe
- The firm needs "spiky" people, according to Roelof Botha
Author's summary: Sequoia defends colleague's free speech rights.
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