First things came to my mind being that schools would use these data to determine admission. What kind of applicants will yield the best pay off? (endowment?) Same for companies hiring employees.
Interesting idea. One of the things I found interesting about Moneyball is that the Oakland A's were willing to pay premiums to role players, and older (presumably on their way down) veterans.
Since the general partner has full liability for all financial obligations, I imagine the general partner would be another limited liability type firm and Moritz would be an executive hired by the general partner entity.
Ill tell you what I learned from Bobby Knight: everybody’s got the will to win but when it comes time to doing something, it’s always about someone else. Not many people have the will to prepare. You got to be willing to know your product and environment better than anybody. No matter what you do there is someone out there trying to kick your ass. You got to be the smartest guy in the room about your product.