Michael Moritz, Partner, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Park, CA
Mr. Michael Moritz, Partner, Sequoia Capital joined the company in 1986 and has served on the boards of Flextronics, Google, PayPal and Yahoo. He is currently a Director of 24/7 Customer, GameFly, Green Dot, Kayak, Klarna, LinkedIn, Stripe, and Sugar Inc. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Mr. Moritz co-founded Technologic Partners and was a correspondent for Time, where he was the San Francisco bureau chief. While at Time he wrote two books – “Going For Broke, The Chrysler Story” and “The Little Kingdom, the Private Story of Apple Computer.”
His investment in Google helped him achieve the number one listing on Forbes’ “Midas List” of the top dealmakers in the technology industry in 2006 and 2007, and a place on the 2007 "TIME 100." He ranked number 2 on the “Midas List” for 2008 and 2009.
Mr. Moritz graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1976 with a Masters degree in History and is an Honorary Student of the College. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children.
Mr. Moritz became a naturalized citizen in 1998.