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]
- Jim Breyer – Accel Partners
- Marc Andreessen – Andreessen Horowitz
- Peter Thiel – Founders Fund
- Douglas Leone – Sequoia Capital
- Reid Hoffman – Greylock Partners
- Peter Fenton – Benchmark
- Paul Madera – Meritech Capital Partners
- Jim Goetz – Sequoia Capital
- Scott Sandell – New Enterprise Associates
- Jeremy Levine – Bessemer Venture Partners
- David Sze – Greylock Partners
- Paul Madera – Meritech Capital Partners
- Josh Kopelman – First Round Capital
- Michael Moritz – Sequoia Capital
- Aneel Bhusri – Greylock Partners
- Neil Shen – Sequoia Capital China
- Fred Wilson – Union Square Ventures
- Ben Horowitz – Andreessen Horowitz
- Kevin Efrusy – Accel Partners
- Roelof Botha – Sequoia Capital
- Asheem Chandna – Greylock Partners
- Chris Sacca – Lowercase Capital
- Steve Anderson – Baseline Ventures
- Todd Chaffee – Institutional Venture Partners
2012
The list for 2012 is as follows:[7]
- Jim Breyer – Accel Partners
- Marc Andreessen – Andreessen Horowitz
- Reid Hoffman – Greylock Partners
- David Sze – Greylock Partners
- Peter Fenton – Benchmark Capital
- Josh Kopelman – First Round Capital
- Paul Madera – Meritech Capital Partners
- Peter Thiel – Founders Fund
- Kevin Efrusy – Accel Partners
- Jeremy Levine – Bessemer Venture Partners
- Todd Chaffee – Institutional Venture Partners
- John Doerr – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Michael Moritz – Sequoia Capital
- Scott Sandell – New Enterprise Associates
- Ron Conway – SV Angel
- Sandy Miller – Institutional Venture Partners
- Harry Weller – New Enterprise Associates
- Douglas Leone – Sequoia Capital
- Jeff Brody – Redpoint Ventures
- Fred Wilson – Union Square Ventures
- Ben Horowitz – Andreessen Horowitz
- Jay Hoag – Technology Crossover Ventures
- Peter Barris – New Enterprise Associates
- Neil Shen – Sequoia Capital China
2011
The list for 2011 is as follows:[8]
- Jim Breyer – Accel Partners
- Michael Moritz – Sequoia Capital
- Reid Hoffman – Greylock Partners
- Peter Fenton – Benchmark Capital
- Scott Sandell – New Enterprise Associates
- Kevin Efrusy – Accel Partners
- Peter Thiel – Founders Fund
- Peter Barris – New Enterprise Associates
- David Sze – Greylock Partners
- Marc Andreessen – Andreessen Horowitz
- Douglas Leone – Sequoia Capital
- Fred Wilson – Union Square Ventures
- Ron Conway – SV Angel
- John Doerr – Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Aneel Bhusri – Greylock Partners
- Bryan Roberts – Venrock
- Mike Maples – FLOODGATE
- Josh Kopelman – First Round Capital
- Jeff Brody – Redpoint Ventures
- Jeremy Levine – Bessemer Venture Partners
- Harry Weller – New Enterprise Associates
- David Skok – Matrix Partners
- Ross Jaffe – Versant Ventures
- Jay Hoag – Technology Crossover Ventures
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 R. Evans – Summit Partners
- Richard Kimball – Technology Crossover Ventures
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
- Thomas Ng – Granite Global Ventures
- 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 R. 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:[9]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Midas List, Erika Brown and Claire Cain Miller, Forbes, January 25, 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Primack, Dan (April 6, 2011). "Nitpicking the Forbes Midas List". Fortune.
- ↑ TrueBridge Capital Partners
- ↑ Perlroth, Nicole. "Midas: The Methodology - Forbes.com". Forbes.
- ↑ Geron, Tomio (May 2, 2012). "Midas 2012: The Methodology - Forbes". Forbes.
- ↑ Geron, Tomio (May 8, 2013). "Midas 2013: The Methodology - Forbes". Forbes.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Midas List Full Ranking - Forbes". Forbes.
- ↑ "The Complete Midas List - Forbes". Forbes.
- ↑ The Midas List 2006, Forbes
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