- Midas List
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The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes Magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital.[1] These individuals have proved their mettle by creating wealth through an economic slump. The name is an allusion to the mythological King Midas, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold.
Contents
2008
The list for 2008 is as follows:[1]
- L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Michael Moritz - Sequoia Capital
- Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
- David Cheriton - Stanford University
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
- William Ford - General Atlantic LLC
- Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
- Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
- Navin Chaddha - Mayfield Fund
- Paul Chamberlain - Morgan Stanley
- Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
- James Perry - Madison Dearborn Partners
- Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
- Kheng Nam Lee - Granite Global Ventures
- Aneel Bhusri - Greylock Partners
- Jon A. Woodruff - Goldman Sachs
- Bryce Lee - Credit Suisse
- Daniel Rimer - Index Ventures
- Bryan Roberts - Venrock
- Roelof Botha - Sequoia Capital
- Timothy C. Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Howard Hartenbaum - Draper Richards
- Bruce A. Evans - Summit Partners
2007
The list for 2007 is as follows:[1]
- Michael Moritz - Sequoia Capital
- L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
- Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
- David Cheriton - Stanford University
- Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
- Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
- Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Jay Hoag - Technology Crossover Ventures
- John Montgomery - Montgomery Blake & Associates
- Jixun Foo - Granite Global Ventures
- Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
- David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
- Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
- Ta-Lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
- Bruce Evans - Summit Partners
- Timothy C. Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Howard Hartenbaum - Draper Richards
- Mark Tluszcz - Mangrove Capital Partners
- G Felda Hardymon - Bessemer Venture Partners
- Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
- Roelof Botha - Sequoia Capital
- Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
- Daniel Rimer - Index Ventures
2006
The list for 2006 was as follows:[2]
- Michael Moritz- Sequoia Capital
- L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
- Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
- David Cheriton - Stanford University
- Timothy Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- David Marquardt - August Capital
- Jay Hog - Technology Crossover Ventures
- Roger McNamee - Elevation Partners
- William Younger Jr - Sutter Hill Ventures
- Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
- J Peter Wagner - Accel Partners
- David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
- Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
- Ta-lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
- Arjun Gupta - TeleSoft Partners
- James W Breyer - Accel Partners
- Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
- Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
- Parag Saxena - Invesco Private Capital
- Dixon Doll - DCM-Doll Capital Management
- Lip-Bu Tan - Walden International
References
- ^ a b c The Midas List, Erika Brown and Claire Cain Miller, Forbes, January 25, 2007
- ^ The Midas List 2006, Forbes
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