About
Michael is a founding managing partner of Celesta Capital, a venture capital firm focused on accelerating and scaling disruptive global technology companies. Prior to Celesta, Michael was a founding partner of Riverwood Capital, a Menlo Park-based private equity firm, and served as Partner and Senior Advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. He spent 13 years as CEO and then chairman of Flextronics International Ltd., building it into one of the largest technology companies in the world. Michael also served as an Interim CEO at Tesla. Michael served as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford Graduate Business School from 2008 - 2017, and is currently a Board Director for over 20 companies. He previously served as a Director for Schlumberger Limited, GoPro, and SanDisk, among others.
