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David Sze | |
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.jpg) Sze in 2013 | |
| Born | March 8, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Yale University, Stanford University |
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| Known for | Managing partner in venture capital firm Greylock Partners |
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David Sze is an American entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. He is a member of the Northern Lights Venture Capital Board of Advisors and oversees Greylock’s investments in those funds.[citation needed]
He was named on Forbes's Midas List in 2013[1][unreliable source?] and 2014. He is also a Trustee of Yale University and Rockefeller University.[citation needed]
Early life and education
[edit]Sze was born in Massachusetts in 1966. His father, Chia-Ming Sze, was an architect who moved to the United States from Shanghai at age four and his mother, Judy Mossman, was an Anglo-Scottish-Irish schoolteacher. He obtained a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.[2][unreliable source?]
Career
[edit]Excite, Inc.
[edit]Before joining Greylock Partners in 2000, Sze was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. Sze's Prior roles at Excite included general manager of Excite.com and vice president of Content and Programming for the Excite Network.[3]
Greylock Partners
[edit]Sze joined Greylock in 2000 as a result of his involvement in consumer companies.[4][unreliable source?] Greylock moved their headquarters from Boston to Silicon Valley’s Sand Hill Road.[5] Sze led early investments in companies including Facebook, Pandora, LinkedIn, Workday, and Palo Alto Networks.[4] In 2013, Sze and Reid Hoffman announced Greylock's 14th fund of $1 billion.[6]
Sze has previously invested in NOCpulse,[7] New Edge Networks, Oodle, Revision3, SGN, SoftCoin, VUDU, and Digg, all of which have been acquired by larger companies.[3]
Personal life
[edit]His sister is artist Sarah Sze.[8] His grandfather, Szeming Sze, helped establish the UN's World Health Organization.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Midas List 2013: The Top 10". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
- ↑ "2014 Midas List" (PDF). Forbes.
- 1 2 "David Sze Portfolio Investments, David Sze Funds, David Sze Exits". CB Insights. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- 1 2 Shah, Semil (October 2, 2013). "A Career Of Company Building: Text Of My Discussion With David Sze". Haywire. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013.
- ↑ Stone, Brad; Levy, Ari (July 25, 2013). "Venture Firm Greylock Partners Outshines Silicon Valley Rivals". BloombergBusinessweek. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Primack, Dan (September 10, 2013). "Greylock raises $1 billion to find the next LinkedIn". Fortune. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
- ↑ Rooney, Paula (October 15, 2002). "Red Hat Confirms Acquisition Of NOCpulse". CRN.
- ↑ Armitstead, Claire; @carmitstead (May 14, 2023). "Artist Sarah Sze: 'We've created a system that can destroy us. That's new'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved October 18, 2023.