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Finance whiz Michael Moritz: ‘I’m not worried about Trump getting in. I’m terrified’

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Borgo Pignano is a luxury hotel in the Tuscan hills near Volterra , Italy .

It is owned by financier Michael Moritz , author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and philanthropist.

Located in a dilapidated villa, it has eight villas, a swimming pool hewn out of a quarry, vineyards , woodland, beehives, a sustainable forest, seven man-made lakes and 1,000 olive trees.

Michael Moritz made his money through venture capital; he joined Sequoia , a venture capital firm, in 1986 .

He led its early investments in Google , YouTube , and PayPal .

Before becoming a venture capitalist he was a journalist and author.

In 2015 he published Leading with Alex Ferguson , an analysis of Sir Alex Ferguson .

Moritz was Time 's San Francisco bureau chief in 1982 .

He was friends with Steve Jobs , who asked him to write a book about Apple .

The story about Jobs was not written by Moritz , but he had supplied some material.