Portrait of Michael Moritz

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Michael Moritz

Net worth $8.3B

Venture capital · United States

Born
Sep 12, 1954
Age
71
Source
Venture capital
Residence
San Francisco, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Christ Church, Oxford University; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Wales native Michael Moritz got his start as a journalist at Time Magazine after immigrating to America in 1976.
  • Moritz wrote an early biography of Steve Jobs and Apple, "The Little Kingdom," while he was Time's San Francisco bureau chief.
  • After making the jump to venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, Moritz invested in companies such as Google, LinkedIn and PayPal.
  • He stepped back from a leadership role at Sequoia in 2012 after being diagnosed with a rare and undisclosed medical condition.
  • In 2023, Sequoia announced in a letter to its limited partners that Moritz had left the firm after 38 years.
  • Moritz said in the letter he intended to shift focus to Sequoia Heritage, a wealth management business that runs independently to the venture practice.
  • Moritz was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013 for his philanthropic work.
  • Moriz co-authored a non-fiction book with longtime Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 2015.

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