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Carl Eschenbach
Director/Board Member at
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
Net worth: 61 M $ as of 2026-07-30
Profile
Carl M. Eschenbach is General Partner at Sequoia Capital Operations LLC and on the board of 10 other companies. In his past career Mr. Eschenbach occupied the position of President & Chief Operating Officer at VMware, Inc., Principal at 3com Megahertz Corp., Principal at EMC Corp., Principal at Lucent Technologies, Inc. and Vice President-North America Sales at Inktomi Corp.
Known holdings in public companies
| Company | Date | Number of shares | Valuation | Valuation date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | 332,217 ( 0.17% ) | 53 M $ | 2026-07-30 | |
| 2025-12-08 | 22,123 ( 0% ) | 7 M $ | 2026-07-30 |
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Carl Eschenbach active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Director/Board Member | 2013-05-22 |
Workday BV
 Workday BV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud application for finance and HR | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Raintank, Inc.
 Raintank, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops open observability platform to support data monitoring, visualization and metric analytics | Director/Board Member | - |
Salt Security, Inc.
 Salt Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an agentic security platform for AI agents, MCP servers and APIs | Director/Board Member | 2020-11-30 |
Gong.io, Inc.
 Gong.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI based revenue management software | Director/Board Member | 2019-11-30 |
ThousandEyes LLC
 ThousandEyes LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software as a service tools for the networking community | Director/Board Member | 2017-07-31 |
Aurora Operations, Inc.
 Aurora Operations, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Designs and develops software and hardware & provides data services | Director/Board Member | 2019-02-06 |
Cohesity, Inc.
 Cohesity, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI-powered data security and management software | Director/Board Member | 2017-05-31 |
Sequoia Capital
 Sequoia Capital Investment ManagersFinance Sequoia Capital seeks investment opportunities in companies across the globe. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed, seed, early and growth capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | 2016-03-31 |
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 22 |
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3com Corp. (Massachusetts)
 3com Corp. (Massachusetts) Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides voice and data networking products and services | Technology Services |
EMC Corp.
 EMC Corp. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Manufactures and sells computer storage devices and provides IT services | Electronic Technology |
Lucent Technologies, Inc.
 Lucent Technologies, Inc. Telecommunications EquipmentElectronic Technology Designs and builds a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, and data networking systems, as well as telephone systems and microelectronic components | Electronic Technology |
Inktomi Corp.
 Inktomi Corp. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software for internet service providers | Technology Services |
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
 Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cybersecurity services | Technology Services |
ThousandEyes LLC
ThousandEyes LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software as a service tools for the networking community | Technology Services |
Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital Investment ManagersFinance Sequoia Capital seeks investment opportunities in companies across the globe. The firm targets companies operating across a broad range of sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed, seed, early and growth capital requirements. | Finance |
VMware, Inc.
 VMware, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software for cloud computing, security and app modernization services | Technology Services |
Pivotal Software, Inc.
 Pivotal Software, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud-native software | Technology Services |
Sequoia Capital Operations LLC
 Sequoia Capital Operations LLC Investment ManagersFinance Operates as venture capital company | Finance |
Workday, Inc.
 Workday, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Provides software based enterprise business solutions | Technology Services |
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
 Zoom Video Communications, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops video-first communications platform and application | Technology Services |
Snowflake, Inc.
 Snowflake, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud data warehousing software solutions | Technology Services |
Cohesity, Inc.
Cohesity, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI-powered data security and management software | Technology Services |
Gong.io, Inc.
Gong.io, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI based revenue management software | Technology Services |
Workday BV
Workday BV Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud application for finance and HR | Technology Services |
Aurora Operations, Inc.
Aurora Operations, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Designs and develops software and hardware & provides data services | Technology Services |
Armis, Inc.
 Armis, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cyber exposure management and security services | Technology Services |
UiPath, Inc.
 UiPath, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops software platform for robotic process automation | Technology Services |
Salt Security, Inc.
Salt Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops an agentic security platform for AI agents, MCP servers and APIs | Technology Services |
Raintank, Inc.
Raintank, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops open observability platform to support data monitoring, visualization and metric analytics | Technology Services |
Aurora Innovation, Inc.
 Aurora Innovation, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Operates as a self driving vehicle technology company | Technology Services |
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