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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. 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.

[edit] 2007

The current list for 2007 is as follows [1]:

  1. Michael Moritz - Sequoia Capital
  2. L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  3. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
  4. Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
  5. David Cheriton - Stanford University
  6. Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
  7. Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
  8. Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
  9. Jay Hoag - Technology Crossover Ventures
  10. Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
  11. Jixun Foo - Granite Global Ventures
  12. Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
  13. David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
  14. Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
  15. Ta-Lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
  16. David Katsujin Chao - DCM-Doll Capital Management
  17. Bruce Evans - Summit Partners
  18. Timothy Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  19. Howard Hartenbaum - Draper Richards
  20. Mark Tluszcz - Mangrove Capital Partners
  21. G Felda Hardymon - Bessemer Venture Partners
  22. Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
  23. Roelof Botha - Sequoia Capital
  24. Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
  25. Daniel Rimer - Index Ventures

[edit] 2006

The list for 2006[2] was as follows:

  1. Michael Moritz- Sequoia Capital
  2. L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  3. Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
  4. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
  5. Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
  6. David Cheriton - Stanford University
  7. Timothy Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  8. Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
  9. David Marquardt - August Capital
  10. David Katsujin Chao - DCM-Doll Capital Management
  11. Jay Hoag - Technology Crossover Ventures
  12. Roger McNamee - Elevation Partners
  13. William Younger Jr - Sutter Hill Ventures
  14. Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
  15. J Peter Wagner - Accel Partners
  16. David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
  17. Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
  18. Ta-lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
  19. Arjun Gupta - TeleSoft Partners
  20. James W Breyer - Accel Partners
  21. Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
  22. Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
  23. Parag Saxena - Invesco Private Capital
  24. Dixon Doll - DCM-Doll Capital Management
  25. Lip-Bu Tan - Walden International

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/99/biz_07midas_The-Midas-List_Rank.html The Midas List 2007, Forbes.com
  2. ^ Midas List 2006, Forbes.com
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