Michael Moe is co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of GSV Capital (NASDAQ:GSVC). Regarded as a preeminent authority on global 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.” In 2006, Michael authored the business best-seller Finding the Next Starbucks: How to Identify and Invest in the Hot Stocks of Tomorrow (Penguin Group), which has gone through three printings in five languages. Prior to starting GSV, Michael co-founded and served as chairman and CEO of ThinkEquity Partners, an asset management and investment banking firm focusing on venture capital, entrepreneurial, and 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. Follow him on Twitter: @michaelmoe