Find your path to Boon
1,122 people in our graph share verified history with Boon — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Adam ValkinunlockedBoon: together at Harvard University (1994)
×3Boon: together at The Wharton School
×3Boon: together at Cisco
Boon: together at Columbia Business School
Chief Marketing Officer (joined May 2026) at DropboxYC S07
Intro paths
YC
Dropbox went through Y Combinator (Summer 2007) — Boon is an executive there, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.
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In turn, Boon can intro founders to Dropbox's investors below.
Dropbox's investors · 15
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2014Altos VenturesBurlingame · $1M – $3M checks · since 2014BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2014BlackRockWilmington · since 2014Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2014Garage CapitalWaterloo · since 2014Great Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checks · since 2014Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2014Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2014IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksRBC Capitalsince 2014RIT Capital PartnersLondon · since 2014SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo Alto · since 2014Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2014Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2007
Co-founders at Dropbox
DH
Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEO
AF
Arash FerdowsiCo-founder & CTO
Experience
- DropboxChief Marketing Officercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- The ABplatformAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- Reaching Out MBABoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SalesforceSVP Growth, CMO self serve2024 — 2026San Francisco, California, United States
- GoogleManaging Director, Google Workspace2021 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
- CiscoGlobal Vice President, Partner Marketing2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- CiscoChief Marketing Officer, VP Cisco Webex2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- NokiaChief Marketing and Digital Officer, VP2015 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- PhilipsGeneral Manager, VP Digital Health2012 — 2015Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- PhilipsChief Marketing Officer Greater China, Vice President2009 — 2012Shanghai
- PhilipsGlobal Head of Brand Strategy and Communications2008 — 2009Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- TP VisionBoard Member2011 — 2012Shanghai, China
- CastrolGlobal Strategy Manager2005 — 2008London Area, United Kingdom
- Reckitt BenckiserBrand Manager, Media Manager Europe2001 — 2005London, United Kingdom
Skills & more
Product Qualified Leads1Predictive Modeling1Account Based MarketingP&L Management1Go-to-Market Strategy1Demand Generation1Product-led growth2General Management3Virtual Reality (VR)3Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)3Advisory Boards2Board of Directors1
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Partner Relationship ManagementStrategic PartnershipsChannel PartnersB2C MarketingGenerative AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Digital TransformationEnterprise MarketingLanguages Chinese · English
- Salesforce Cloud Solutions Certifications — Salesforce
- Lean Basic Certified
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Boon Lai?
- Chief Marketing Officer (joined May 2026) at Dropbox
- Where does Boon Lai work?
- Boon Lai is Chief Marketing Officer (joined May 2026) at Dropbox.
- Where did Boon Lai go to school?
- Boon Lai studied at London Business School (MBA, Executive); World 50 (Next Leader Program); Kellogg Executive Education (Chief Marketing Officer Program).
Same school
Also attended Kellogg Executive Education35
Gretchen McClainInvestor at EPIC VENTURESMark DeSantisAdvisor at Cybernetix VenturesLaurie McGrawInvestor at HLM Investment PartnersOmkaram NalamasuPresident at Applied VenturesLuciano FroesPartner and Chief Marketing Officer at UP PartnersJuan PabloCEO & Co-founder at BlueBox Ventures
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Also attended Columbia Business School1,062
Ryan PetersenFounder & CEO of FlexportAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersYibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalKesha CashFounder & General Partner at Impact America FundMahati SridharPartner, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 Ventures
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Also attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University152
Sujata BhatiaInvestor at Index VenturesTroy PhoaAssociate at Marlin Equity PartnersGlen BressnerCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Activate Venture PartnersRony Patishi-ChillimInvestor at Israel Cleantech VenturesJason RobartCo-founder and General Partner at Seae VenturesLisa DutotFinance Administration Manager at Red Cell Incubation
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Also attended Harvard University2,000
Ron ConwayFounder of SV AngelAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG
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Shared employers
Also worked at Dropbox188
Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures
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Also worked at Google2,000
Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundHunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at HomebrewAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGArash FerdowsiCo-founder of Dropbox
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Also worked at Cisco586
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures
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Also worked at Nokia340
Nick FrosstCo-founder of CohereViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesSamir MatkiInvestor at DaphniTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanTimo AhopeltoSerial tech entrepreneur and early-stage investor running Lifeline Ventures
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