Cornell University; Columbia University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
Cornell University College of Engineering.
Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science.
His focus is on internet, software and communication investments. He was ranked #4 on Forbes Magazine"s Midas List in 2013. Forbes also named Leone to their list of the top 10 venture capitalists in the United States in 2001.
Leone also led the international expansion of Sequoia Capital in China and India.
He emigrated from Italy with his family aged 11, and they settled in Mount Vernon, New New York He holds an Mississippi in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University, and an Mississippi in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.
Leone earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1979. Leone joined Sequoia Capital in 1988.
Prior to 1988, he worked at Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, and Prime Computer in sales and sales management positions.
Leone is also a former Trustee of Menlo School, an independent, coeducational college preparatory day school for grades 6–12. Leone currently sits on the board of directors for PlanGrid, Birst, CafePress.com, Hayneedle, Medallia, MedExpress, RingCentral, ServiceNow and Zirmed. His notable past partner companies include Arbor/Hyperion, Aruba, Meraki, Netezza and Rackspace among others
