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.
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. The original list.
| Rank | Name | Since 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | L. John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | No change |
| 2 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 3 | Ram ShriramAffiliation: Sherpalo | No change |
| 4 | David CheritonAffiliation: Stanford University | No change |
| 5 | William FordAffiliation: General Atlantic | Up 1 |
| 6 | Ronald ConwayAffiliation: angel investor | Up 3 |
| 7 | Andreas von BechtolsheimAffiliation: Arista Networks | Down 2 |
| 8 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Greylock Partners | New |
| 9 | James PerryAffiliation: Madison Dearborn Partners | New |
| 10 | Thomas NgAffiliation: Granite Global Ventures | New |
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