Michael Moe is founder of GSV (Global Silicon Valley), a Silicon Valley based modern merchant bank focused on the Growth Economy. Michael is also Chief Investment Officer of GSV Asset Management which has $1 billion of assets under management and several funds including GSV Acceleration which invests in early stage education and talent technology companies.

Regarded as a preeminent authority on growth investing, Michael’s honors include Institutional Investor‘s “All American” research team and the Wall Street Journal‘s “Best on the Street” award. He was recognized by Business Week as, “one of the best stock pickers in the country.” Michael has written two books on growth investing and innovation including business bestseller Finding the Next Starbucks (Penguin Group) and the Global Silicon Valley Handbook (Hachette).

Beginning in 1996, Michael began to publish a series of market-defining white papers predicting the emergence of education and talent as an investment sector. When he published his first white paper “Dawn of the Age of Knowledge” (1996) identifying the category as large, highly fragmented, and lacking in innovation, education and talent was just emerging as an investment opportunity. His work was widely followed and today it has catalyzed generations of innovators in the sector. Michael has continued to publish white papers defining the evolution of the sector over the last 21 years, including “The Book of Knowledge” (1999), “The Knowledge Web” (2000), “American Revolution 2.0” (2012), and “2020 Vision: A History of the Future” (2015). He is the co-founder of the ASU GSV Summit, the leading conference bringing together global leaders to catalyze exponential ideas in education and talent. Described by the New York Times as the “must attend” event in the sector, it attracts over 4,000 attendees and 450 presenting companies.

Michael is a member of the Board of Directors of Coursera (Observer), Curious, GSVlabs (Co-Founder), Course Hero, Class Dojo (Observer), Parchment (Observer), SharesPost, StormWind, and OZY Media.

Prior to starting GSV, Michael co-founded and served as chairman and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners, an asset management and investment banking firm focused on emerging growth companies. Before ThinkEquity, he held positions as Head of Global Growth Research at Merrill Lynch and Head of Growth Research and Strategy at Montgomery Securities. Michael earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).