Forbes Midas List 2012
Forbes Midas List 2012 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Jim Breyer. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- Forbes
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- May 2, 2012
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- 100 of 100 ranked
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Jim Breyer (Accel Partners) repeated at No. 1, followed by Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim BreyerAffiliation: Accel Partners | No change |
| 2 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 8 |
| 3 | Reid HoffmanAffiliation: Greylock Partners | No change |
| 4 | David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Up 5 |
| 5 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | Down 1 |
| 6 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 12 |
| 7 | Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Up 23 |
| 8 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 1 |
| 9 | Kevin EfrusyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 3 |
| 10 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 10 |
| 11 | Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Up 17 |
| 12 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 2 |
| 13 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 11 |
| 14 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 9 |
| 15 | Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Down 2 |
| 16 | Sandy MillerAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Up 22 |
| 17 | Harry WellerAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Up 4 |
| 18 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 7 |
| 19 | Jeff BrodyAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | No change |
| 20 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Down 8 |
| 21 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 22 | Jay HoagAffiliation: Technology Crossover Ventures | Up 2 |
| 23 | Peter BarrisAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 15 |
| 24 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | New |
| 25 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 10 |
| 26 | Bing GordonAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 9 |
| 27 | Andrew YanAffiliation: SAIF Partners | New |
| 28 | Rob ChandraAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 2 |
| 29 | Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies | Down 4 |
| 30 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 28 |
| 31 | George ZacharyAffiliation: Charles River Ventures | Up 17 |
| 32 | Mike MaplesAffiliation: FLOODGATE | Down 15 |
| 33 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 48 |
| 34 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 37 |
| 35 | Suyang ZhangAffiliation: IDG Accel | New |
| 36 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Up 15 |
| 37 | Ben NyeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 27 |
| 38 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Down 22 |
| 39 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 20 |
| 40 | Roger LeeAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Down 7 |
| 41 | Chase ColemanAffiliation: Tiger Global | New |
| 42 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | New |
| 43 | John WaleckaAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Up 19 |
| 44 | Bruce DunlevieAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | New |
| 45 | Rob WardAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Down 5 |
| 46 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | New |
| 47 | Bob GoodmanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | No change |
| 48 | Dongliang LinAffiliation: IDG Accel | New |
| 49 | Ray RothrockAffiliation: Venrock | New |
| 50 | David YuanAffiliation: Technology Crossover Ventures | New |
| 51 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | New |
| 52 | Ross JaffeAffiliation: Versant Ventures | Down 29 |
| 53 | Rich LevandovAffiliation: Avalon Ventures | No change |
| 54 | Tim ChangAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Up 33 |
| 55 | Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital | Up 27 |
| 56 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 17 |
| 57 | Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital | Up 42 |
| 58 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 59 | Kevin HarveyAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | Down 32 |
| 60 | David ChaoAffiliation: DCM | New |
| 61 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 62 | Greg GretschAffiliation: Sigma Partners | Down 12 |
| 63 | Antoine PapiernikAffiliation: Sofinnova Partners | Down 27 |
| 64 | William FordAffiliation: General Atlantic | New |
| 65 | Steve JurvetsonAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Up 4 |
| 66 | Thomas NgAffiliation: GGV Capital | New |
| 67 | Brian AscherAffiliation: Venrock | Up 31 |
| 68 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | New |
| 69 | Glenn SolomonAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 13 |
| 70 | Bruce GoldenAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 7 |
| 71 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 14 |
| 72 | Rory O'DriscollAffiliation: Scale Venture Partners | New |
| 73 | James SlavetAffiliation: Greylock Partners | New |
| 74 | Tom BanahanAffiliation: Tenaya Capital | Down 31 |
| 75 | Izhar ArmonyAffiliation: Charles River Ventures | New |
| 76 | Ruby LuAffiliation: DCM | New |
| 77 | Chris SchaepeAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Down 9 |
| 78 | James BarrettAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | New |
| 79 | Steve HarrickAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | New |
| 80 | Jeff HoringAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | Down 19 |
| 81 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | New |
| 82 | Tom DyalAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | New |
| 83 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 5 |
| 84 | Erhai LiuAffiliation: Legend Capital | New |
| 85 | Michael KrupkaAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 1 |
| 86 | Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: Orbimed | New |
| 87 | Warren WeissAffiliation: Foundation Capital | New |
| 88 | David CowanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 57 |
| 89 | Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Down 29 |
| 90 | Gordon RitterAffiliation: Emergence Capital | New |
| 91 | Sean DaltonAffiliation: Highland Capital Partners | Down 57 |
| 92 | Theresia Gouw RanzettaAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 1 |
| 93 | Fred HarmanAffiliation: Oak Investment Partners | New |
| 94 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | New |
| 95 | Ajay AgarwalAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | New |
| 96 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | New |
| 97 | Adele OlivaAffiliation: Quaker Partners | New |
| 98 | David HornikAffiliation: August Capital | New |
| 99 | Subrata MitraAffiliation: Accel India | New |
| 100 | Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside | New |
This list is reproduced as Forbes published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.
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