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Every book Michael Moritz recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Michael Moritz has recommended or discussed 2 books on podcasts, as of September 16, 2026.
- Michael Moritz has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of September 16, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of September 16, 2026.
- The 2 books Michael Moritz has mentioned in the most episodes, as of September 16, 2026: Ausländer and Leading.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Michael Moritz aired on September 16, 2026.
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Michael Moritz appeared on Invest Like the Best to share lessons from forty years of investing and writing, discussing several books he authored or co-authored. Moritz spoke about his memoir Ausländer, explaining that working on the book led him to uncover the detailed history of his parents' past and brought up feelings of regret regarding some of his past interactions with them. He also discussed Leading, the book he co-authored years prior with famous soccer manager Alex Ferguson, noting that the project stemmed from his interest in understanding enduring organizations, motivation, and the long-term success of Manchester United. Moritz explained that collaborating on the book with Ferguson provided valuable insights into how to understand and motivate people, drawing parallels between sports management and his own observations through the Sequoia lens on what it takes to build successful institutions.
Books recommended by Michael Moritz
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Ausländer
Ausländer by Michael Moritz is a deeply personal memoir chronicling his family's history of escape, exile, and survival.
Discussed“I didn't really get to know the stories until I sat down and began work on this book. What I did know was the general arc of history, obviously, this miserable, ferocious, catastrophic whirlwind in which they and millions of others were caught up.”
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Leading
Discussed“And I learned a lot of that, actually, from the way that I did this book maybe 10 or 11 years ago with a famous soccer manager. I was just going to ask about Alex Ferguson.”
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Books Michael Moritz wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Moritz - Lessons From 40 Years of Investing and Writing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.491] | Invest Like the Best | 2026-09-16 | 4 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And I met this fellow, Bill Deeds, who was the editor of the Daily Telegraph and was a revered figure in British journalism and had actually, in an earlier life, been the figure on which Evelyn Waugh had modeled one of the characters in his famous satirical novel called Scoop.”