Michael Moritz, a Welsh venture capital investor, has a net worth of $2.6 billion.
In 2012, he was forced to resign from his position as the Chairman of Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, due to an undisclosed illness.
Instacart, a same-day grocery delivery startup, received a Series A investment from Moritz, who is still actively investing.
As a partner at Sequoia for Michael Moritz, he invested in some of the most prominent Silicon Valley companies, including Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo, and PayPal. He was also a member of Google’s board of directors for some time.
He was a fervent philanthropist who joined The Giving Pledge and made numerous donations to charities and schools.
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Moritz was bestowed with a knighthood for his services that supported British economic interests and his exceptional philanthropic work.
Besides the above, he is recognized as a fervent supporter of Manchester United Football Club in the British Premier League.