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.
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 |
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