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Moritz was named as the No. 1 venture capitalist on the Forbes Midas List in 2006 and 2007.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"12 September 1954","date":"1954-09-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Cardiff","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10690"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"computer scientist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82594"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"philanthropist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12362622"},{"text":"historian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201788"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Christ Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q745967"},{"text":"The Wharton School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329269"},{"text":"Howardian High School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24182264"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Harriet Heyman","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93951145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12201445"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102029408","date":"2014-11-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moritz","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Michael Moritz born?","a":"Michael Moritz was born on 12 September 1954 in Cardiff."},{"q":"Where did Michael Moritz study?","a":"Michael Moritz was educated at Christ Church, The Wharton School, Howardian High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Bernie Ecclestone","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernie-ecclestone"},{"name":"Doug Perkins","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/doug-perkins"},{"name":"Gopichand Hinduja","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gopichand-hinduja"},{"name":"Ian Livingstone","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ian-livingstone"},{"name":"Jayshree Ullal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jayshree-ullal"},{"name":"Jim Ratcliffe","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jim-ratcliffe"},{"name":"Michael Kadoorie","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-kadoorie"},{"name":"Mike Ashley","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mike-ashley"},{"name":"Philip Green","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philip-green"},{"name":"Trevor Hemmings","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/trevor-hemmings"},{"name":"David Beckham","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-beckham"},{"name":"Victoria Beckham","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victoria-beckham"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/michael-moritz-e0eac24ebf.jpg","width":480,"height":640,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"b_d_solis","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Moritz_1.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Michael Moritz","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moritz","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q3124567","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3124567","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Michael Moritz 1.jpg by b_d_solis (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Moritz_1.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Michael Moritz, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Michael Moritz 1.jpg — b_d_solis, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Michael Moritz\". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/michael-moritz. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-30T06:59:34Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-moritz","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-moritz","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-moritz?lang=ne"}}