2005
Joins Zappos
Joins the company after work at LinkExchange, Venture Frogs and Tellme Networks.1
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Person · AL
Investor and former operating executive
Alfred Lin
Partner at Sequoia Capital as of August 9, 2026, and former Zappos COO/CFO
Alfred Lin is an investor and former operating executive. As of August 9, 2026, Sequoia Capital presents him as a partner on its seed and early team. Before joining Sequoia, he worked at companies including LinkExchange, Tellme Networks and Zappos. In the 2014 lecture retained by Ooléle, he examines company culture as a set of values made visible through repeated action.1,2,5
01 · The profile
Background & perspective
Sequoia’s profile traces a path through LinkExchange, the Venture Frogs investment and incubation firm, Tellme Networks in 2001, and Zappos in 2005. Sequoia states that he served as COO and CFO at Zappos before joining the investment firm as a partner.1,2,4
In the 2014 lecture with Brian Chesky, Alfred Lin defines company culture through core values, real action and mission. He presents values as reference points for decisions, including choices about what an organization will not do. This is an executive and investor framework, not an independent measure of every employee’s lived experience.5
02 · Verified landmarks
The journey in a few dates
A selective timeline established from identified sources.
03 · Ooléle
Read next
04 · Transparency
Profile sources
- 01Alfred LinSequoia Capital
- 02Seven Questions with Alfred LinSequoia Capital
- 03Airbnb: Building (and Rebuilding) User Trust to Revolutionize TravelSequoia Capital
- 04ZapposSequoia Capital
- 05Lecture 10 - Culture (Brian Chesky, Alfred Lin)YC Root Access