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Michael Moritz
Sir Michael Moritz | |
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 Moritz in 2013 | |
| Born | Michael Jonathan Moritz 12 September 1954 Cardiff, Wales |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom, United States[1] |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Former Partner at Sequoia Capital[2] |
| Known for | Venture capitalist |
| Spouse | Harriet Heyman |
| Children | 2 |
Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz KBE (born 12 September 1954)[3] is a Welsh-born American billionaire venture capitalist, philanthropist, author, and former journalist. Moritz works for Sequoia Capital, wrote the first history of Apple Inc., The Little Kingdom, and authored Going for Broke: Lee Iacocca's Battle to Save Chrysler.[4] Previously, Moritz was a staff writer at Time magazine and a member of the board of directors of Google.[5] He studied at the University of Oxford and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and went on to found Technologic Partners before becoming a venture capitalist in the 1980s. Moritz was named as the No. 1 venture capitalist on the Forbes Midas List in 2006 and 2007.[6]
- ^ "Forbes profile: Michael Moritz". Forbes. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Moritz, Michael, and Barrett Seaman. Going for Broke: Lee Iacocca's Battle to Save Chrysler. Doubleday, 1984.
- ^ "Michael Moritz Will Not Seek Re-Election to Google's Board of Directors", Google press release, 22 March 2007.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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