Doerr And Moritz: A Tale Of Two (Very Wealthy) Google Investors

Forbes offers an interesting profile, “The Golden Touch,” of two of Google’s initial VC investors, John Doerr and Michael Moritz. Both of these men got fabulously rich off their Google shares: “Their personal gains, according to Forbes’ estimates, are likely north of $800 million apiece.” Moritz has kept his stock but given up his board […]

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Forbes offers an interesting profile, “The Golden Touch,” of two of Google’s initial VC investors, John Doerr and Michael Moritz. Both of these men got fabulously rich off their Google shares: “Their personal gains, according to Forbes’ estimates, are likely north of $800 million apiece.”

Moritz has kept his stock but given up his board seat, while Doerr has cashed out some of his Google holdings but stayed on the board.


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Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land, a member of the programming team for SMX events and the VP, Market Insights at Uberall.

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