Michael Moritz
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About
Venture capitalist who has served as a prominent partner at Sequoia Capital. His early investment in Google earned him the top spot on the 2006 and 2007 Forbes Midas lists, and a place on the Time 100 list in 2007.
Before Fame
He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford with a degree in history. He would later earn his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978.
Trivia
He wrote the first book to ever document the rise of Apple, The Little Kingdom, in 1984 while working as the San Francisco bureau chief for Time Magazine. He invested in some of the most prolific internet companies to ever be created, including Yahoo, PayPal, YouTube, Zappos, and Google.
Family Life
His parents Ludwig and Doris fled Nazi Germany. His wife's name is Harriet.
Associated With
He interviewed Steve Jobs for his 1984 book The Little Kingdom.
