Michael Moritz

Sir
Michael Moritz
Moritz in 2013
Born
Michael Jonathan Moritz

(1954-09-12) 12 September 1954
Cardiff, Wales
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom, United States
Education
OccupationFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital
Known forVenture capitalist
SpouseHarriet Heyman
Children2

Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz KBE (born 12 September 1954) is a Welsh 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. Previously, Moritz was a staff writer at Time magazine and a member of the board of directors of Google. 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.