David Sze

David Sze
Sze in 2013
Born	(1966-03-08) March 8, 1966 (age 58)
Occupations	Entrepreneur investor

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. 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.[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

1. "Midas List 2013: The Top 10". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
2. "2014 Midas List" (PDF). Forbes.
3. "David Sze Portfolio Investments, David Sze Funds, David Sze Exits". CB Insights. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Rooney, Paula (October 15, 2002). "Red Hat Confirms Acquisition Of NOCpulse". CRN.
8. 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.