RenTec Vet Who Mastered Venture Talks Wealth and Why Quants Rule
- Howard Morgan is betting on genomics, personalized medicine
- Has warned First Round partners about Silicon Valley money
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Howard Morgan got a doctorate from Cornell, taught at Wharton, helped lead Renaissance Technologies, pocketed a bunch of money -- and that was just Act 1. Morgan made another splash co-founding First Round Capital. The venture firm was one of the earliest investors in Uber and has nurtured Square and Warby Parker, burnishing Morgan’s reputation.
Now 72, Morgan remains restless: His foundation looks for groups like Math for America to back; his family office has a mission not to lose the money he made so his kids can carry on his philanthropic work, and he’s pursuing another cutting-edge investment theme. What happens when you mix big data and disease?