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Forbes Midas List 2009

Forbes Midas List 2009 by Forbes: 10 investors ranked, led by L. John Doerr. The entries on record, movement since the last edition, and method notes.

Publisher
Forbes
Published
January 29, 2009
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10 of 99 ranked
Method
Data
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John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins) ranked No. 1 again; VentureBeat noted the top four were identical to 2008. Forbes published 99 names in a year with only six venture-backed IPOs in 2008.

The list on record

This page shows the 10 entries on record of 99 published. Top 10 only. Names and ranks from the Forbes landing page; affiliations as reported by VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/business/meet-the-new-midas-list-same-as-the-old-list), which describes some honorees by their current roles rather than venture firms. See the original list.

RankNameSince 2008
1L. John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersNo change
2Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia CapitalNo change
3Ram ShriramAffiliation: SherpaloNo change
4David CheritonAffiliation: Stanford UniversityNo change
5William FordAffiliation: General AtlanticUp 1
6Ronald ConwayAffiliation: angel investorUp 3
7Andreas von BechtolsheimAffiliation: Arista NetworksDown 2
8Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Greylock PartnersNew
9James PerryAffiliation: Madison Dearborn PartnersNew
10Thomas NgAffiliation: Granite Global VenturesNew

This list is reproduced as Forbes published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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