David Sze Explained

David Sze
Birth Date:8 March 1966

David Sze is an American entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. He was named on Forbes's Midas List in 2013[1] and 2014.David has been frequently named to the Forbes Midas List. He is a member of the Northern Lights Venture Capital Board of Advisors and oversees Greylock’s investments in those funds. He is also a Trustee of Yale University and Rockefeller University. He holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Stanford University.[2]

Career

Excite, Inc.

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

Sze joined Greylock in 2000 as a result of his involvement in consumer companies.[4] 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. 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.

Personal life

His sister is artist, Sarah Sze.[8] His grandfather, Szeming Sze, was involved in establishing the UN's World Health Organization.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Midas List 2013: The Top 10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130607101258/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ehfk45efgjm/david-sze-2/ . June 7, 2013 . Forbes.
  2. Web site: 2014 Midas List . Forbes.
  3. Web site: David Sze Portfolio Investments, David Sze Funds, David Sze Exits . 2024-09-09 . CB Insights.
  4. Web site: Shah . Semil . October 2, 2013 . A Career Of Company Building: Text Of My Discussion With David Sze . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131003055724/https://blog.semilshah.com/2013/10/02/a-career-of-company-building-text-of-my-discussion-with-david-sze/ . October 3, 2013 . Haywire.
  5. Web site: Stone . Brad . Levy . Ari . July 25, 2013 . Venture Firm Greylock Partners Outshines Silicon Valley Rivals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728070427/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-07-25/venture-firm-greylock-partners-outshines-silicon-valley-rivals . July 28, 2013 . 18 July 2013 . BloombergBusinessweek.
  6. Web site: Primack . Dan . September 10, 2013 . Greylock raises $1 billion to find the next LinkedIn . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130911004305/http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/09/10/greylock-billion-linkedin/ . 11 September 2013 . 10 September 2013 . Fortune.
  7. News: Rooney . Paula . 15 October 2002 . Red Hat Confirms Acquisition Of NOCpulse . en . CRN .
  8. News: Armitstead . Claire . @carmitstead . 2023-05-14 . Artist Sarah Sze: ‘We’ve created a system that can destroy us. That’s new’ . en-GB . The Observer . 2023-10-18 . 0029-7712.

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