Forbes Midas List 2014
Forbes Midas List 2014 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Jim Goetz. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- March 26, 2014
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The 13th annual list. Jim Goetz (Sequoia), a WhatsApp backer, took No. 1 for the first time, ahead of Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz) and Peter Fenton (Benchmark).
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 6 |
| 2 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | No change |
| 3 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 3 |
| 4 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 1 |
| 5 | Jim BreyerAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 4 |
| 6 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 2 |
| 7 | Reid HoffmanAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 2 |
| 8 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Up 14 |
| 9 | Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Up 2 |
| 10 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 2 |
| 11 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 1 |
| 12 | Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital | Up 9 |
| 13 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 14 | Mike Maples, Jr.Affiliation: Floodgate | New |
| 15 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Up 1 |
| 16 | David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 6 |
| 17 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Workday | Down 3 |
| 18 | Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Up 5 |
| 19 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 10 |
| 20 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 3 |
| 21 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 26 |
| 22 | Deven ParekhAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | New |
| 23 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 3 |
| 24 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 62 |
| 25 | Kevin EfrusyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 7 |
| 26 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 64 |
| 27 | Promod HaqueAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | New |
| 28 | Ben NyeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Down 4 |
| 29 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 10 |
| 30 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Up 22 |
| 31 | Rob WardAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | No change |
| 32 | Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital | Up 19 |
| 33 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Down 18 |
| 34 | Harry WellerAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 6 |
| 35 | Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies | No change |
| 36 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 7 |
| 37 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Down 10 |
| 38 | Sandy MillerAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners | Up 4 |
| 39 | George BischofAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Up 4 |
| 40 | George ZacharyAffiliation: Charles River Ventures | No change |
| 41 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 3 |
| 42 | Randy GleinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Up 49 |
| 43 | Kevin ComolliAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 44 | Michael GoguenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 45 | Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 46 | Ann LamontAffiliation: Oak HC/FT | New |
| 47 | Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | Down 9 |
| 48 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 26 |
| 49 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel | New |
| 50 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | New |
| 51 | Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar | Up 15 |
| 52 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | New |
| 53 | Peter WagnerAffiliation: Wing Venture Partners | Up 25 |
| 54 | Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM | New |
| 55 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 35 |
| 56 | Dan LevitanAffiliation: Maveron | New |
| 57 | Venky GanesanAffiliation: Menlo Ventures | Down 25 |
| 58 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Down 28 |
| 59 | Stephen JurvetsonAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Down 2 |
| 60 | Bing GordonAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 20 |
| 61 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Up 14 |
| 62 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 25 |
| 63 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 5 |
| 64 | Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed | New |
| 65 | Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Down 24 |
| 66 | Chris SchaepeAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Down 11 |
| 67 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 4 |
| 68 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 29 |
| 69 | Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital | Up 31 |
| 70 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 37 |
| 71 | Craig ShermanAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | New |
| 72 | Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 73 | Roger LeeAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Down 19 |
| 74 | Christopher GabrieliAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | New |
| 75 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 22 |
| 76 | Peter BarrisAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 27 |
| 77 | Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | New |
| 78 | Gordon RitterAffiliation: Emergence Capital Partners | New |
| 79 | Izhar ArmonyAffiliation: Charles River Ventures | New |
| 80 | Mamoon HamidAffiliation: The Social+Capital Partnership | New |
| 81 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | New |
| 82 | David LeeAffiliation: SV Angel | New |
| 83 | Peter NiehAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | New |
| 84 | Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside Ventures | Down 24 |
| 85 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Down 51 |
| 86 | Gaurav GargAffiliation: Wing Venture Partners | New |
| 87 | Glenn SolomonAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 11 |
| 88 | Jerry MurdockAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | New |
| 89 | Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed | Up 7 |
| 90 | Shervin PishevarAffiliation: Sherpa Ventures | New |
| 91 | Terry McGuireAffiliation: Polaris Partners | New |
| 92 | Peter ChungAffiliation: Summit Partners | Down 25 |
| 93 | Bruce DunlevieAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 28 |
| 94 | John WaleckaAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 35 |
| 95 | Forest BaskettAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 37 |
| 96 | David YuanAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 43 |
| 97 | Josh SteinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Down 27 |
| 98 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Aspect Ventures | Down 16 |
| 99 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 53 |
| 100 | Randy KomisarAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | New |
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