Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz
Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz KBE is a Welsh-born venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, a philanthropist and author of the first history of Apple Inc., The Little Kingdom and of "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 founded Technologic Partners before becoming a venture capitalist...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionBusinessman
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It's obviously unfair to paint with a broad brush here, but the germ of an idea for a breakthrough in technology doesn't come out of a business school curriculum. It comes out of a laboratory or a math lecture or a physics tutorial.
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My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or biology because... the voyagers and adventurers and real contributors - that's where they come from.
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History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing.
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All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.
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I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom.
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My wife calls me the Imelda Marcos of books. As soon as a book enters our home it is guaranteed a permanent place in our lives. Because I have never been able to part with even one, they have gradually accumulated like sediment.
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I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.
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Israel is the second Silicon Valley, and it is therefore the only other place we have chosen to expand our activities.
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There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special.