Moritz steps down from Google’s board

Moritz steps down from Google’s board

Updated

Google said that venture capitalist Michael Moritz, who had joined the company’s board in 1999 when he became an investor, has resigned (see statement).

The stated reason was that it will allow him to focus more time on his investment responsibilities for Sequoia Capital. That’s quite plausible, given Moritz’s seven year long tenure. We remember how impatient he was with the Google co-founders when they took more than a year to hire Eric Schmidt as… Continue Reading