Michael Moritz
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Michael Moritz

United States 71 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Venture capital
Residence
San Francisco, California
Organization
Partner at Sequoia
Education
Christ Church, Oxford University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration)
Marital Status
Married
Children
2

Assets

  • 23andMe Holding
    23,150 shares @ -
    -
    MEHCQ-US
  • Airbnb, Inc
    1,614,000 shares @ -
    -
    ABNB-US
  • Alphabet
    6,129,000 shares @ -
    -
    GOOGL-US
  • Amazon
    2,551,000 shares @ -
    -
    AMZN-US
  • Amplitude
    242,000 shares @ -
    -
    AMPL-US
  • Booking Holdings
    0 shares @ -
    -
    BKNG-US
  • CafePress Inc.
    0 shares @ -
    -
    PRSS-US
  • DoorDash, Inc
    1,019,000 shares @ -
    -
    DASH-US
  • Freshworks
    670,000 shares @ -
    -
    FRSH-US
  • Google Inc. (Cl C)
    4,952,000 shares @ -
    -
    GOOG-US
  • Green Dot Corp.
    0 shares @ -
    -
    GDOT-US
  • InfoBlox Inc.
    0 shares @ -
    -
    BLOX-US
  • Instacart
    1,016,000 shares @ -
    -
    CART-US
  • Meta Platforms
    315,000 shares @ -
    -
    META-US
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc.
    472,000 shares @ -
    -
    PANW-US
  • ServiceNow
    6,645,000 shares @ -
    -
    NOW-US
  • Snowflake
    406,000 shares @ -
    -
    SNOW-US
  • Unity Software
    1,131,000 shares @ -
    -
    U-US
  • Vipshop Holdings Limited
    767,000 shares @ -
    -
    VIPS-US
  • Zoom Video Communications
    475,000 shares @ -
    -
    ZM-US

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.

About

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.