Forbes Midas List 2016
Forbes Midas List 2016 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 23, 2016
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The 15th annual list. Jim Goetz (Sequoia) ranked No. 1 for the third year in a row, followed by Steve Anderson (Baseline Ventures) and Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital).
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 2 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Up 3 |
| 3 | Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital | No change |
| 4 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 2 |
| 5 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 10 |
| 6 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Down 2 |
| 7 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Up 1 |
| 8 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 1 |
| 9 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 3 |
| 10 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 2 |
| 11 | Jim BreyerAffiliation: Breyer Capital | Up 2 |
| 12 | Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Down 5 |
| 13 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 24 |
| 14 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 3 |
| 15 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 4 |
| 16 | Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners | New |
| 17 | Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies | Up 3 |
| 18 | Reid HoffmanAffiliation: LinkedIn | Up 16 |
| 19 | Mike Maples, Jr.Affiliation: Floodgate | Down 5 |
| 20 | Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed | Up 69 |
| 21 | Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital | Up 22 |
| 22 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 8 |
| 23 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 5 |
| 24 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 9 |
| 25 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Up 33 |
| 26 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 56 |
| 27 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 18 |
| 28 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 12 |
| 29 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Down 11 |
| 30 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Up 31 |
| 31 | David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 4 |
| 32 | Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners | Up 15 |
| 33 | Gaurav GargAffiliation: Wing Venture Capital | Up 5 |
| 34 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Workday | Down 17 |
| 35 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 14 |
| 36 | Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 8 |
| 37 | Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | Up 18 |
| 38 | J.P. GanAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
| 39 | Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: IVP | Down 8 |
| 40 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 30 |
| 41 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 16 |
| 42 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 23 |
| 43 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | Down 4 |
| 44 | Quan ZhouAffiliation: IDG Accel | New |
| 45 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 16 |
| 46 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 17 |
| 47 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Down 5 |
| 48 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Up 6 |
| 49 | Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 2 |
| 50 | Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM | Down 18 |
| 51 | George ZacharyAffiliation: CRV | Up 21 |
| 52 | Promod HaqueAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | Down 26 |
| 53 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Down 29 |
| 54 | Jim TananbaumAffiliation: Foresite Capital | Up 26 |
| 55 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Down 9 |
| 56 | Eric PaleyAffiliation: Founder Collective | New |
| 57 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 21 |
| 58 | Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel Partners | Up 30 |
| 59 | Mitch LaskyAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 11 |
| 60 | Bill TrenchardAffiliation: First Round Capital | New |
| 61 | David ChaoAffiliation: DCM Ventures | Down 11 |
| 62 | Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Down 40 |
| 63 | Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed | Down 10 |
| 64 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel | Up 3 |
| 65 | Allen ZhuAffiliation: GSR Ventures | New |
| 66 | Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital | Down 7 |
| 67 | Rebecca LynnAffiliation: Canvas Ventures | Down 44 |
| 68 | Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Down 20 |
| 69 | Deven ParekhAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | Down 12 |
| 70 | Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Down 30 |
| 71 | Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | Up 27 |
| 72 | Sandy MillerAffiliation: IVP | Down 1 |
| 73 | Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | New |
| 74 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 6 |
| 75 | Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 8 |
| 76 | Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Social Capital | Up 18 |
| 77 | Jeff ClavierAffiliation: SoftTech VC | New |
| 78 | Charles MoldowAffiliation: Foundation Capital | Down 22 |
| 79 | Kevin EfrusyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 17 |
| 80 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 19 |
| 81 | Ken HoweryAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 17 |
| 82 | Ben HolmesAffiliation: Index Ventures | New |
| 83 | Peter LevineAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 84 | Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic | Down 15 |
| 85 | Forest BaskettAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | New |
| 86 | Shervin PishevarAffiliation: Sherpa Ventures | Down 5 |
| 87 | Izhar ArmonyAffiliation: CRV | Down 2 |
| 88 | Jeff LiebermanAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | New |
| 89 | Ben NyeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 7 |
| 90 | Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside Ventures | Down 16 |
| 91 | James TopperAffiliation: Frazier Healthcare Partners | New |
| 92 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Aspect Ventures | New |
| 93 | Satish DharmarajAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 3 |
| 94 | Bob XuAffiliation: Zhen Fund | New |
| 95 | Harry WellerAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 54 |
| 96 | Dave McClureAffiliation: 500 Startups | New |
| 97 | Stephen JurvetsonAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson | New |
| 98 | Beth SeidenbergAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 7 |
| 99 | Michael DearingAffiliation: Harrison Metal | Up 1 |
| 100 | Joe LonsdaleAffiliation: 8VC | New |
This list is reproduced as Forbes published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.
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