Forbes Midas List 2015

Forbes Midas List 2015 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Jim Goetz. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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The 14th annual list. Jim Goetz (Sequoia) ranked No. 1 again, ahead of Peter Fenton (Benchmark) and Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital). Klaus Hommels and Rich Wong share No. 65 in Forbes data.

The full list

Rank	Name	Since 2014
1	Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	No change
2	Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark	Up 1
3	Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital	Up 9
4	Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital	Up 7
5	Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures	Up 3
6	Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	No change
7	Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners	Up 2
8	Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	Up 25
9	Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark	Up 61
10	Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital	Up 42
11	Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates	Down 1
12	Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund	Down 8
13	Jim BreyerAffiliation: Breyer Capital	Down 8
14	Mike Maples, Jr.Affiliation: Floodgate	No change
15	Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Up 6
16	Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 3
17	Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Workday	No change
18	Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures	Down 3
19	Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 17
20	Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies	Up 15
21	Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Up 8
22	Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	New
23	Rebecca LynnAffiliation: Canvas Ventures	New
24	Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures	Up 43
25	Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 5
26	Promod HaqueAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners	Up 1
27	David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners	Down 11
28	Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners	Down 9
29	Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 3
30	John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Down 7
31	Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: IVP	Down 13
32	Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM	Up 22
33	Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures	Up 52
34	Reid HoffmanAffiliation: LinkedIn	Down 27
35	Jixun FooAffiliation: GGV Capital	New
36	Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners	Up 19
37	Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners	Up 4
38	Gaurav GargAffiliation: Wing Venture Capital	Up 48
39	Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures	Up 11
40	Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel	Up 25
41	Harry WellerAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates	Down 7
42	Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund	Down 12
43	Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital	Up 26
44	Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund	New
45	Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital	Up 30
46	Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management	Up 12
47	Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners	New
48	Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management	New
49	Ann LamontAffiliation: Oak HC/FT	Down 3
50	David ChaoAffiliation: DCM	New
51	Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 6
52	Michael GoguenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 8
53	Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed	Up 36
54	Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock	Up 7
55	Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners	Down 8
56	Charles MoldowAffiliation: Foundation Capital	New
57	Deven ParekhAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners	Down 35
58	Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures	Down 21
59	Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital	Down 27
60	Randy GleinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson	Down 18
61	Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	Up 20
62	Kevin EfrusyAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 37
63	Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark	Up 36
64	Ken HoweryAffiliation: Founders Fund	New
=65	Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar	Down 14
=65	Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 41
67	Ping LiAffiliation: Accel	Down 18
68	David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures	No change
69	Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic	New
70	Mitch LaskyAffiliation: Benchmark	New
71	Sandy MillerAffiliation: IVP	Down 33
72	George ZacharyAffiliation: CRV	Down 32
73	David CowanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners	New
74	Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside Ventures	Up 10
75	George BischofAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners	Down 36
76	Rob WardAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners	Down 45
77	Josh SteinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson	Up 20
78	Dennis PhelpsAffiliation: IVP	New
79	Bruce GoldenAffiliation: Accel Partners	New
80	Jim TananbaumAffiliation: Foresite Capital	New
81	Shervin PishevarAffiliation: Sherpa Ventures	Up 9
82	Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 34
83	Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 11
84	David LeeAffiliation: SV Angel	Down 2
85	Izhar ArmonyAffiliation: CRV	Down 6
86	Venky GanesanAffiliation: Menlo Ventures	Down 29
87	Suyang ZhangAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners	New
88	Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel Partners	New
89	Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed	Down 25
90	Satish DharmarajAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures	New
91	Beth SeidenbergAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	New
92	Shawn CarolanAffiliation: Menlo Ventures	New
93	Peter WagnerAffiliation: Wing Venture Partners	Down 40
94	Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Social Capital	Down 14
95	Mike VolpiAffiliation: Index Ventures	New
96	Ben NyeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures	Down 68
97	Gordon RitterAffiliation: Emergence Capital Partners	Down 19
98	Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners	Down 21
99	Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Down 37
100	Michael DearingAffiliation: Harrison Metal	New

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