For the American theatrical producer, see Michael J. Moritz Jr.
Sir
Michael Moritz
KBE
Moritz in 2013
Born
(1954-09-12) 12 September 1954 (age 69)
Cardiff, Wales
Citizenship
United States[1]
Education
University of Oxford (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Occupation
Former Partner at Sequoia Capital[2]
Known for
Venture capitalist
Spouse
Harriet Heyman
Children
2
Sir Michael Jonathan MoritzKBE (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.
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^"Michael Moritz". www.nndb.com.
^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.
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