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My Take
What fascinates me about Michael Moritz is the rare pivot he pulled off. Few people trade a byline at Time magazine and the authorship of Apple's first history for a seat at Sequoia Capital, yet he made both careers look inevitable. To me, the journalist's instinct for a compelling narrative and the investor's nose for a breakout company are two sides of the same skill: pattern recognition under uncertainty. That a kid from Cardiff ended up a knighted billionaire is a great story, but I admire most that he stayed largely behind the curtain, letting the companies he backed take the spotlight. Quiet conviction, loudly rewarded.
Overview
Sir Michael Jonathan Moritz (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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Moritz
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・モリッツ
- Reading
- まいける・もりっつ
- Born
- September 12, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- computer scientist / businessperson / journalist / entrepreneur / philanthropist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Howardian High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 2014 honorary doctor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.