David Sze

American businessman
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David Sze is an American entrepreneur, investor, and managing partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Sze 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

  1. ^ "Midas List 2013: The Top 10". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
  2. ^ "2014 Midas List" (PDF). Forbes.
  3. ^ a b "David Sze Portfolio Investments, David Sze Funds, David Sze Exits". CB Insights. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  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.