Financial Times perspective: Flying SA flag high - Sequoia Capital's new boss, Roelof Botha

Roelof Botha once dressed up as Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear to meet a new recruit called Jess Lee for Sequoia Capital. Another partner, Jim Goetz, was dressed as the other main character, Woody. They were inviting Lee to be their Jessie. In this respect, the apple does not fall far from the tree. Botha is the grandson of former South African foreign minister, Pik Botha, who was known to smoke skelm cigarettes outside the Cabinet room with ANC cabinet minister Kadar Asmal whom he befriended when they both served in the Government of National Unity in the '90s. His grandson,…