Forbes Midas List 2013
Forbes Midas List 2013 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Jim Breyer. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- May 8, 2013
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The 12th annual list. Jim Breyer (Accel Partners) ranked No. 1 for the third straight year, followed by Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim BreyerAffiliation: Accel Partners | No change |
| 2 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | No change |
| 3 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 5 |
| 4 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 14 |
| 5 | Reid HoffmanAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 2 |
| 6 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 1 |
| 7 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 23 |
| 8 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Up 6 |
| 9 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 1 |
| 10 | David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 6 |
| 11 | Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Down 4 |
| 12 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Down 6 |
| 13 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 14 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Workday | Up 11 |
| 15 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Up 9 |
| 16 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Up 4 |
| 17 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 4 |
| 18 | Kevin EfrusyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 9 |
| 19 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 42 |
| 20 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Up 76 |
| 21 | Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital | Up 34 |
| 22 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Up 29 |
| 23 | Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Down 12 |
| 24 | Ben NyeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 13 |
| 25 | Mike MaplesAffiliation: Floodgate | Up 7 |
| 26 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 14 |
| 27 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Up 9 |
| 28 | Harry WellerAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 11 |
| 29 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 52 |
| 30 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | New |
| 31 | Rob WardAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Up 14 |
| 32 | Venky GanesanAffiliation: Menlo Ventures | New |
| 33 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | New |
| 34 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 5 |
| 35 | Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies | Down 6 |
| 36 | Jenny Hongwei LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | New |
| 37 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 34 |
| 38 | Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | New |
| 39 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 17 |
| 40 | George ZacharyAffiliation: Charles River Ventures | Down 9 |
| 41 | Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Down 26 |
| 42 | Sandy MillerAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Down 26 |
| 43 | George BischofAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | New |
| 44 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 11 |
| 45 | James RobinsonAffiliation: RRE Ventures | New |
| 46 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 22 |
| 47 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 5 |
| 48 | Suyang ZhangAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners | Down 13 |
| 49 | Peter BarrisAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 26 |
| 50 | Bob GoodmanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 3 |
| 51 | Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital | Up 6 |
| 52 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Down 6 |
| 53 | David YuanAffiliation: Technology Crossover Ventures | Down 3 |
| 54 | Roger LeeAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Down 14 |
| 55 | Chris SchaepeAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 22 |
| 56 | Mike GordonAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | New |
| 57 | Stephen JurvetsonAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | New |
| 58 | Forest BaskettAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | New |
| 59 | John WaleckaAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 16 |
| 60 | Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside Ventures | Up 40 |
| 61 | David CowanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 27 |
| 62 | Jay HoagAffiliation: Technology Crossover Ventures | Down 40 |
| 63 | Ray RothrockAffiliation: Venrock | Down 14 |
| 64 | Jeff BrodyAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 45 |
| 65 | Bruce DunlevieAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 21 |
| 66 | Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar | New |
| 67 | Peter ChungAffiliation: Summit Partners | New |
| 68 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 34 |
| 69 | Andrew YanAffiliation: SAIF Partners | Down 42 |
| 70 | Josh SteinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | New |
| 71 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | New |
| 72 | Neal DempseyAffiliation: Bay Partners | New |
| 73 | Richard KramlichAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | New |
| 74 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 75 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Down 37 |
| 76 | Glenn SolomonAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 7 |
| 77 | Kevin HarveyAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 18 |
| 78 | Peter WagnerAffiliation: Formerly Accel Partners | New |
| 79 | James SlavetAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 6 |
| 80 | Bing GordonAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 54 |
| 81 | Steve HarrickAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Down 2 |
| 82 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 83 | Michael KrupkaAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 2 |
| 84 | Jim FeuilleAffiliation: Crosslink Capital | New |
| 85 | Brian AscherAffiliation: Venrock | Down 18 |
| 86 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 3 |
| 87 | William E. FordAffiliation: General Atlantic | New |
| 88 | Bruce GoldenAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 18 |
| 89 | Harry NelisAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 90 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 91 | Randy GleinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | New |
| 92 | Luke NosekAffiliation: Founders Fund | New |
| 93 | David ChaoAffiliation: DCM | Down 33 |
| 94 | Ajay AgarwalAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 1 |
| 95 | Rory O'DriscollAffiliation: Scale Venture Partners | Down 23 |
| 96 | Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed | Down 10 |
| 97 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital | New |
| 98 | John ConnorsAffiliation: Ignition Partners | New |
| 99 | Quan ZhouAffiliation: IDG Accel | New |
| 100 | Hans TungAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
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