????英國女王伊麗莎白二世最近冊封著名硅谷風(fēng)險投資人邁克爾?莫里茨為爵士，以表彰他對英國經(jīng)濟(jì)和慈善事業(yè)的貢獻(xiàn)，其中包括他為母校牛津大學(xué)（Oxford University）提供的一大筆資金。很久以前，莫里茨曾是《時代》（Times）雜志撰稿人，他撰寫的《小王國》（The Little Kingdom）是迄今為止關(guān)于蘋果公司（Apple）最精彩的著作之一。20年來，莫里茨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著紅杉（Sequoia）進(jìn)行了一些最成功的投資，其中包括雅虎（Yahoo）、谷歌（Google）、貝寶（PayPal）和商務(wù)社交網(wǎng)站LinkedIn。莫里茨有時還會寫作，偶爾也接受新聞媒體的采訪【《財富》（Fortune）雜志在差不多10年前曾對他進(jìn)行過介紹；兩年前他曾為舊金山居民爭取養(yǎng)老金改革的活動提供資金，同樣引起過關(guān)注】。去年，莫里茨宣布，由于所患疾病尚未治愈（他沒有說明是什么疾病），他正在遠(yuǎn)離紅杉的管理層，消息震動了整個風(fēng)險投資界。但他只是不再參與管理事務(wù)，投資活動并沒有停止。7月份，莫里茨將赴科羅拉多州阿斯彭參加《財富》科技頭腦風(fēng)暴大會（Brainstorm Tech），并將在主舞臺上接受采訪。受封后，身在英國的莫里茨通過電話和本刊高級編輯亞當(dāng)拉?辛斯基探討了他所獲得的榮譽(yù)以及其他一些問題，兩人的談話內(nèi)容如下：

????問：你能給我介紹一下受封過程嗎？有人提前通知你嗎？還是說你看到名單才知道自己將要受封了？

????邁克爾?莫里茨：會有人給你打電話，他自稱為女王陛下的政府代表，當(dāng)然這確實(shí)也是他的職務(wù)。他會問你一個假設(shè)性問題。首先他會向你保證絕對保守秘密，然后他會問：“假設(shè)你將得到冊封，”——不管是什么頭銜——“你會接受嗎？”顯然，他們不希望出現(xiàn)冊封對象拒絕受封的尷尬場面。然后你就要回答“接受”或者“不接受”。如果表示接受，你很快就會得到官方通知。這就表明你沒有拒絕獲得冊封，他們也不會拒絕授予你這個頭銜。

????問：我認(rèn)識一些美國色彩比較明顯的人，我把你視為他們中的一員。對于這項來自你出生國的榮譽(yù)，你有何反應(yīng)？

????嗯，我知道了受封不需要佩劍或者騎白馬。我松了一口氣，因為我真的對騎馬過敏，而且對我這副小身板來說，盔甲實(shí)在是太重了。的確，我感到極為榮幸，也有一些意外。我在英國長大，我人生的很大一部分都圍繞著這一點(diǎn)展開。而且，就算長大了，一個人也永遠(yuǎn)無法徹底擺脫童年的影響。

????問：我想問一下你如何利用時間？過去一年中你扮演了一個不同的角色，但你仍在積極從事投資活動。你能談?wù)勥@方面的情況嗎？

????我確實(shí)參加了我們的所有投資活動，而且仍在代表紅杉進(jìn)行新的投資。我剛剛作為董事進(jìn)入了一家由七個人組成的初創(chuàng)型公司——現(xiàn)在這些人的名字還不能正式記錄在冊。我還會繼續(xù)做這樣的工作。我深入?yún)⑴c紅杉的投資活動，只是不再涉足管理事務(wù)。我覺得在這方面大家的理解稍有偏差。我愿意代表紅杉開展新的投資，而且也迫切希望這樣做。

??? Michael Moritz, the renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist, recently became Sir Michael, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his promotion of British economic interests and his philanthropy, including a large gift to his alma mater, Oxford University. Long ago a writer for Time magazine and author of what remains one of the finest books ever written about Apple, Moritz has led some of Sequoia's most successful investments of the last 20 years. These include Yahoo, Google, PayPal, and LinkedIn. Moritz still writes occasionally, but he infrequently sits for interviews with the press. (Fortune profiled him nearly a decade ago; he also drew attention more recently for his role in a San Francisco political campaign over pension reform.) Last year Moritz shocked Sand Hill Road (home of many VC firms) by announcing that he was stepping away from active management of Sequoia because of an unspecified and incurable ailment. He hasn't stopped investing, though, just managing. In the wake of his knighthood, Moritz, who will give a mainstage interview at Fortune Brainstorm Tech in July in Aspen, phoned from Britain to discuss his honor and a host of other subjects with Fortune's Adam Lashinsky. A transcript follows:

????Q: Can you explain to me the process of knighthood? Do you get advance warning or does your name just show up on the list?

????MICHAEL MORITZ: Someone calls you up pretending to be and actually being a representative of Her Majesty's government who asks you the hypothetical question -- swears you to the strictest of confidences and then poses the question, "In the hypothetical case, if you were offered an honor" -- whatever the honor is -- "would you accept it?" They obviously don't want the embarrassment of people bestowed an honor and then rejecting it. And you answer "yes" or "no" to that, and if you answer yes, a bit of time goes by, and then you get the official notification that seeing as you haven't rejected them, they're not going to reject you.

????Q: I think of you as being one of the more American people I know. What's your reaction to this honor from the country of your birth?

????Well, I discovered that there was no need for a sword or a white horse. And I was relieved because I have a real allergy to being on horseback and the weight of the armor was going to be too much for my frail frame anyway. I was immensely flattered actually and somewhat surprised. There's a big part of my life that revolves around having grown up here and being British and the fact that you can never get your boyhood out of your manhood.

????Q: I want to ask you about how you've been spending your time. You've taken on a different role over the last year, but you're still actively investing. Would you tell me about that?

????I'm very involved with all of our investments and continue on behalf of Sequoia to make new investments. I just happened to join the board of a seven-person startup -- and whose name needs to go unrecorded right now -- and will continue to do that. I'm deeply involved in the investment side of the business, just not involved in the management of the business. I think there was a bit?of misconception about that. But I am eager and willing to work on Sequoia's behalf on new investments.