Michael Moritz was a partner of the Silicon Valley venture firm, Sequoia Capital, for thirty-five years and led the business between 1995 and 2012. He has also been a director of many of the world’s leading companies – including Google, PayPal, LinkedIn, Stripe, Klarna and Yahoo! Michael was born in Cardiff in 1954 and is the author of several books including The Little Kingdom – the story of Apple’s years as a private business – and Leading with Sir Alex Ferguson. Together with his wife, Harriet Heyman, he formed Crankstart in 2001 – a foundation devoted to helping those who might otherwise be left behind. He was knighted in 2013.