American businessman
David Sze
Sze in 2013
Born (1966-03-08 ) March 8, 1966 (age 58) Occupations
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.[ 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 .[ 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
His sister is artist, Sarah Sze .[ 8] His grandfather, Szeming Sze , was involved in establishing the UN's World Health Organization .[citation needed ]
References
^ "Midas List 2013: The Top 10" . Forbes . Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
^ "2014 Midas List" (PDF) . Forbes .
^ a b "David Sze Portfolio Investments, David Sze Funds, David Sze Exits" . CB Insights . Retrieved September 9, 2024 .
^ a b 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 .