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.
Sequoia believes in its partners' right to "free speech."
Maguire's comments, made in a July 4 post on X, sparked an online backlash after he referred to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as an "Islamist" from a culture that "lies about everything."
This incident led to a debate about the reputational risk to Sequoia, a firm that has backed notable companies like Airbnb, Google, Nvidia, and Stripe.
Author's summary: Sequoia defends colleague's free speech.
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