# Bryan Schreier

> Bryan Schreier is a partner on Sequoia Capital's seed and early-stage team, where he's spent nearly two decades building category-defining companies from their earliest days. After launching Google's European headquarters and serving as interim President of Sales in China, he joined Sequoia in 2008 and became the first institutional investor in companies like Dropbox, Qualtrics, and Thumbtack. Known for hands-on board work and detailed founder playbooks, he specializes in marketplace and services infrastructure businesses that transform how work gets done, often partnering with bootstrapped or non-Bay Area founders to help them use data to find product-market fit and scale into category leaders.

- **Role:** Partner at Sequoia Capital
- **Organizations:** Sequoia Capital, Google (former), Morgan Stanley (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Princeton University, High School Diploma, Bellarmine College Preparatory
- **Known for:** Ranked #67 on the 2023 Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists, First institutional investor in Dropbox, Qualtrics, and Thumbtack, Launched Google's European headquarters

## Career timeline

- **1996-2000** — Studied Computer Science at Princeton University
- **2000-2003** — Analyst in Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley
- **2003-2008** — Senior Director of International Online Sales and Operations at Google, launched European headquarters, served as interim President of Sales in China
- **2008** — Joined Sequoia Capital as Partner on seed/early team
- **2008** — First institutional investor in Dropbox after one pre-launch demo
- **2015** — Ranked #84 on Forbes Midas List
- **2017** — Ranked #97 on Forbes Midas List
- **2021** — Qualtrics portfolio company went public
- **2023** — Ranked #67 on Forbes Midas List

## Achievements

- Ranked #67 on the 2023 Forbes Midas List of top venture capitalists
- First institutional investor in Dropbox, Qualtrics, and Thumbtack
- Launched Google's European headquarters
- Served as interim President of Sales for Google in China
- Led 76+ investments with sweet spot of $5M across marketplace and infrastructure companies
- Board member at multiple billion-dollar companies including Dropbox, Qualtrics, Retool, Thumbtack
- Helped scale Qualtrics from bootstrapped to publicly traded company
- Partner at Sequoia Capital for 17+ years on seed/early team

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Active on social media discussing economic policy and manufacturing strategy
- **2023-09** — Highlighted Retool's AI agents automating corporate work
- **2023-07** — Updated professional headshot on Sequoia Capital website

## Links

- Website: https://sequoiacap.com/people/bryan-schreier/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanschreier/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/schreier
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rbschreier/

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Last updated: 2026-05-02