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Michael Moritz [0-0] Welsh

Rank: 109
Businessman, Venture capitalist

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.

Business, History, Technology

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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.	Business, Technology	101
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.		102
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.	History	103
I think the notion of retirement is just a dreadful, dreadful idea and I hope I never have to do that.		104
I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom.		105
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.		106
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.		107

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