
Gokul Rajaram
Angel investor in Jolly’s Series A
About
Gokul Rajaram has served on Pinterest's board since February 2020 and on Coinbase's since August 2020. He has angel-invested in more than 300 startups, including Figma and Postman. Early in his career, he helped launch Google AdSense and grew it past $1 billion in revenue, which earned him the nickname "Godfather of AdSense." He then led ads product at Facebook from 2010 to 2013, as advertising revenue grew from $1.87 billion to $6.99 billion. He spent six years at Square leading Register and then Caviar, and moved with Caviar to DoorDash after the acquisition, staying until April 2024. In January 2025, he co-founded Marathon Management Partners.
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Notable experience

Marathon Management Partners
Founding Partner and Company Helper
Jan 2025 – Present
Board Member
Aug 2020 – Present
Pinterest (opens in a new tab)
Board Member
Feb 2020 – Present
The Trade Desk (opens in a new tab)
Board Member
May 2018 – Apr 2026
Product and Business Helper
Nov 2019 – Apr 2024
Course Hero (opens in a new tab)
Board Member
Jun 2008 – Dec 2020
Education
The University of Texas at Austin (opens in a new tab)
M.S., Computer Science
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (opens in a new tab)
B.Tech, Computer Science
1995




