Michael Goguen
Michael Lewis Goguen (born March 8, 1964) is an American engineer and businessman. He is a former partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, and as of 2015 was ranked at number 52 on "Forbes" magazine's annual Midas List of the best dealmakers in technology and life science venture capital. Goguen was employed by Sequoia from 1996-2016, during which time was a board member of startups including OpenDNS, Quantenna Communications, Versa Networks, vIPtela, and Infoblox. He led Sequoia’s investments in Ardent (CSCO), Avanex (AVNX), LitePoint (TER), LogLogic (TIBX), MaxComm (CSCO), Monterey Networks (CSCO), Navini  (CSCO), Netiverse (CSCO), NetScreen (JNPR), Pipelinks (CSCO), Redback Networks (RBAK), Spatial Wireless (ALU), Springbank (CacheFlow), Versatile (VTSS), Virident (WDC), VitalSigns (ALU), and Yago Systems (Cabletron), among others. He was fired from Sequoia immediately after being sued by his longtime mistress Amber Baptiste for sexual abuse and breach of contract. The lawsuit was dismissed in March 2019 for "Baptiste’s failure to provide documents, undergo medical exams and appear at hearings". Personal life. Goguen's primary residence is a 75,000 sq ft mansion that overlooks Whitefish Lake. He funds a non-profit air rescue service, Two Bear Air, based at Glacier  Park International Airport. Goguen has been married at least four times; his current wife is Jamie Stephenson Goguen. He is the founder of Two Bear Capital, a Venture Capital firm based in Whitefish, Montana. A lawsuit filed by four former employees in February 2021 alleges business malpractice, violations of The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, and that he trafficked numerous women to various safe houses in Whitefish, MT; these individuals collectively received tens of millions of dollars worth of gifts in exchange for sex acts. Goguen is claimed to have kept track of his sexual encounters in a  ranked spreadsheet that includes over 5,000 women.