Midas List

The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital.[1] It uses parameters including the first-day market capitalization of IPOs, and the opinions of a panel of experts.[2]

The name is an allusion to the mythological King Midas, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold. Forbes partnered with venture capital fund-of-funds TrueBridge Capital Partners[3] to create the 2011,[4] 2012,[5] and 2013 Midas List.[6]

Criticism

The list has been criticised by Fortune magazine for a number of reasons: its inclusion of people involved with new start-ups that may not have made any money yet; its focus on first-day market capitalisation rather than longer-term measures; and the fact that it relies partly on the subjective judgment of a panel of so-called experts.[2]

2013

The list for 2013 is as follows:[7]

2012

The list for 2012 is as follows:[7]

2011

The list for 2011 is as follows:[8]

  1. Jim Breyer  Accel Partners
  2. Michael Moritz  Sequoia Capital
  3. Reid Hoffman  Greylock Partners
  4. Peter Fenton  Benchmark Capital
  5. Scott Sandell  New Enterprise Associates
  6. Kevin Efrusy  Accel Partners
  7. Peter Thiel  Founders Fund
  8. Peter Barris  New Enterprise Associates
  9. David Sze  Greylock Partners
  10. Marc Andreessen  Andreessen Horowitz
  11. Douglas Leone  Sequoia Capital
  12. Fred Wilson  Union Square Ventures
  13. Ron Conway  SV Angel
  14. John Doerr  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  15. Aneel Bhusri  Greylock Partners
  16. Bryan Roberts  Venrock
  17. Mike Maples  FLOODGATE
  18. Josh Kopelman  First Round Capital
  19. Jeff Brody  Redpoint Ventures
  20. Jeremy Levine  Bessemer Venture Partners
  21. Harry Weller  New Enterprise Associates
  22. David Skok  Matrix Partners
  23. Ross Jaffe  Versant Ventures
  24. Jay Hoag  Technology Crossover Ventures

2008

The list for 2008 is as follows:[1]

  1. L. John Doerr  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  2. Michael Moritz  Sequoia Capital
  3. Ram Shriram  Sherpalo
  4. David Cheriton  Stanford University
  5. Andreas von Bechtolsheim   Sun Microsystems
  6. William Ford  General Atlantic LLC
  7. Lawrence Sonsini  Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
  8. Asad Jamal  Eplanet Ventures
  9. Ronald Conway  Angel Investors
  10. Navin Chaddha  Mayfield Fund
  11. Paul Chamberlain  Morgan Stanley
  12. Michael Grimes  Morgan Stanley
  13. James Perry  Madison Dearborn Partners
  14. Thomas Ng  Granite Global Ventures
  15. Kheng Nam Lee  Granite Global Ventures
  16. Aneel Bhusri  Greylock Partners
  17. Jon A. Woodruff  Goldman Sachs
  18. Bryce Lee  Credit Suisse
  19. Daniel Rimer  Index Ventures
  20. Bryan Roberts  Venrock
  21. Roelof Botha  Sequoia Capital
  22. Timothy C. Draper  Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  23. Howard Hartenbaum  Draper Richards
  24. Bruce R. Evans  Summit Partners
  25. Richard Kimball  Technology Crossover Ventures

2007

The 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. Bruce R. Evans  Summit Partners
  17. Timothy C. Draper  Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  18. Howard Hartenbaum  Draper Richards
  19. Mark Tluszcz  Mangrove Capital Partners
  20. G Felda Hardymon  Bessemer Venture Partners
  21. Robert Stavis  Bessemer Venture Partners
  22. Roelof Botha  Sequoia Capital
  23. Annette Campbell-White  MedVenture Associates
  24. Daniel Rimer  Index Ventures

2006

The list for 2006 was as follows:[9]

  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. Jay Hog  Technology Crossover Ventures
  11. Roger McNamee  Elevation Partners
  12. William Younger Jr  Sutter Hill Ventures
  13. Robert Stavis  Bessemer Venture Partners
  14. J Peter Wagner  Accel Partners
  15. David Douglass  Delphi Ventures
  16. Henry Shaw  AsiaVest Partners
  17. Ta-lin Hsu  H&Q Asia Pacific
  18. Arjun Gupta  TeleSoft Partners
  19. James W Breyer  Accel Partners
  20. Thomas Ng  Granite Global Ventures
  21. Annette Campbell-White  MedVenture Associates
  22. Parag Saxena  Invesco Private Capital
  23. Dixon Doll  DCM-Doll Capital Management
  24. Lip-Bu Tan  Walden International

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Midas List, Erika Brown and Claire Cain Miller, Forbes, January 25, 2007
  2. 2.0 2.1 Primack, Dan (April 6, 2011). "Nitpicking the Forbes Midas List". Fortune.
  3. TrueBridge Capital Partners
  4. Perlroth, Nicole. "Midas: The Methodology - Forbes.com". Forbes.
  5. Geron, Tomio (May 2, 2012). "Midas 2012: The Methodology - Forbes". Forbes.
  6. Geron, Tomio (May 8, 2013). "Midas 2013: The Methodology - Forbes". Forbes.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "The Midas List Full Ranking - Forbes". Forbes.
  8. "The Complete Midas List - Forbes". Forbes.
  9. The Midas List 2006, Forbes