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  2. Sequoia Capital - Wikipedia

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    Sequoia was founded by Don Valentine in 1972 in Menlo Park, California, at a time when the state's venture capital industry was just beginning to develop. Sequoia formed its first venture capital fund in 1974, and was an early investor in Atari the next year. In 1978, Sequoia became one of the first investors in Apple.

  3. Michael Moritz - Wikipedia

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    In July 2023, Moritz stepped down from Sequoia after nearly four decades. He remains on the boards of Stripe, Klarna and Instacart, but Sequoia said that those seats would be replaced over time. Moritz announced that he would focus on Sequoia Heritage—a wealth-management fund that he helped launch, now independent of Sequoia Capital.

  4. Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (HSTF) is a sovereign wealth fund established in 1976 [1] : 10 [2] by the Government of Alberta under then- Premier Peter Lougheed. [1] : 10 [2] The Heritage Savings Trust Fund was created with three objectives: "to save for the future, to strengthen or diversify the economy, and to improve the quality of ...

  5. Sequoia National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries of the forest. The Giant Sequoia National Monument is located in the national forest.

  6. Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb - Wikipedia

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    Ruane Cunniff LP. Ruane Cunniff LP, based in New York City, is the investment firm founded in 1969 by William J. Ruane, Richard T. Cunniff and Robert Goldfarb . Ruane Cunniff LP is best known as the investment advisor and distributor of the Sequoia Fund (SEQUX). For a long time after its inception in 1970 the Sequoia Fund recorded one of the ...

  7. William J. Ruane - Wikipedia

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    Manager of Sequoia Fund. William J. Ruane (October 24, 1925 – October 4, 2005) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Ruane graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1945 with a degree in electrical engineering and from Harvard Business School in 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was on his way to Japan when World ...

  8. Giant Sequoia National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a 328,000-acre (512 sq mi) U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada in eastern central California.It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Sequoia National Forest and includes 38 of the 39 Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves that are located in the Sequoia National Forest, about half of the sequoia ...

  9. Sequoia National Park - Wikipedia

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    Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects 404,064 acres (631 sq mi; 163,519 ha; 1,635 km 2) [2] of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains ...