Siemiatkowski names Michael Moritz as the best board member he has had
Sebastian Siemiatkowski · 20VC: Klarna Founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski on Scaling Europe's Most Valuable Private Tech Company, How To Motivate and Challenge Your Team Most Effectively & The Biggest Lessons From Working with Mike Moritz · Mar 1, 2021 · at 31:24
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, co-founder and CEO of Klarna, discusses working with Sequoia partner Michael Moritz on Klarna's board during a quickfire segment with Harry Stebbings.
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“Michael Moritz. Michael is amazing in so many ways that like I could write a book about Michael and what he's done for me and the support he's given me. And someday I will tell the stories of what really happened. And I think he genuinely very different to a lot of other investors. I think what Michael is looking for, he's looking for a CEO or co-founder where he says, does he have the ambition? Does he have the intent? Does he have the intellectual capacity and the abilities And is he really continuously focused and kind of trying to learn and iterate and become better? Like, those are the things that he tries to assess. And once he's established that he believes that's the case, then he gives you all the trust, and then he just supports you.”
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