Forbes Midas List 2017
Forbes Midas List 2017 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Jim Goetz. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- April 18, 2017
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Jim Goetz (Sequoia) ranked No. 1 for the fourth consecutive year, ahead of Chris Sacca (Lowercase Capital) and Peter Fenton (Benchmark). Mary Meeker (Kleiner Perkins) placed No. 6.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 2 | Chris SaccaAffiliation: Lowercase Capital | Up 1 |
| 3 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 1 |
| 4 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Down 2 |
| 5 | Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 31 |
| 6 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 1 |
| 7 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 1 |
| 8 | Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed | Up 12 |
| 9 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | No change |
| 10 | Jim BreyerAffiliation: Breyer Capital | Up 1 |
| 11 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Down 4 |
| 12 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 2 |
| 13 | Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners | Up 19 |
| 14 | Paul MaderaAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | Down 2 |
| 15 | Yuri MilnerAffiliation: Digital Sky Technologies | Up 2 |
| 16 | Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners | No change |
| 17 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Up 8 |
| 18 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 8 |
| 19 | Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital | Up 2 |
| 20 | Mike Maples, Jr.Affiliation: Floodgate | Down 1 |
| 21 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 6 |
| 22 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 23 |
| 23 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 10 |
| 24 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 10 |
| 25 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Up 5 |
| 26 | Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic | Up 58 |
| 27 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 12 |
| 28 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Up 29 |
| 29 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 7 |
| 30 | JP GanAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
| 31 | Eric PaleyAffiliation: Founder Collective | Up 25 |
| 32 | Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 41 |
| 33 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 20 |
| 34 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 1 |
| 35 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Down 29 |
| 36 | Kevin ComolliAffiliation: Accel Partners | New |
| 37 | Aneel BhusriAffiliation: Workday | Down 3 |
| 38 | David SzeAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 7 |
| 39 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | New |
| 40 | Mitch LaskyAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 19 |
| 41 | Bill TrenchardAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 19 |
| 42 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Down 13 |
| 43 | Ron ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Up 27 |
| 44 | Rebecca LynnAffiliation: Canvas Ventures | Up 23 |
| 45 | Dennis PhelpsAffiliation: IVP | New |
| 46 | John Vrionis | New |
| 47 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 6 |
| 48 | Gaurav GargAffiliation: Wing Venture Capital | Down 15 |
| 49 | Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | Down 12 |
| 50 | Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM | No change |
| 51 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | Down 8 |
| 52 | Jim TananbaumAffiliation: Foresite Capital | Up 2 |
| 53 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 11 |
| 54 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 31 |
| 55 | Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed | Up 8 |
| 56 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Down 32 |
| 57 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 11 |
| 58 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Down 10 |
| 59 | Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Up 9 |
| 60 | Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 11 |
| 61 | Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: IVP | Down 22 |
| 62 | George ZacharyAffiliation: CRV | Down 11 |
| 63 | Quan ZhouAffiliation: IDG Capital | Down 19 |
| 64 | Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 6 |
| 65 | David CowanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | New |
| 66 | Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Down 4 |
| 67 | Promod HaqueAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | Down 15 |
| 68 | Dave McClureAffiliation: 500 Startups | Up 28 |
| 69 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 29 |
| 70 | Hemant Taneja | New |
| 71 | Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | No change |
| 72 | Xiao Ping XuAffiliation: Zhen Fund | New |
| 73 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Down 26 |
| 74 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Aspect Ventures | Up 18 |
| 75 | Tony Florence | New |
| 76 | Ravi Mhatre | New |
| 77 | Ann Miura-Ko | New |
| 78 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel Partners | Down 14 |
| 79 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Down 24 |
| 80 | Ken HoweryAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 1 |
| 81 | Jeff ClavierAffiliation: SoftTech VC | Down 4 |
| 82 | David FialkowAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | New |
| 83 | Jeff HoringAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | New |
| 84 | Allen ZhuAffiliation: GSR Ventures | Down 19 |
| 85 | Charles MoldowAffiliation: Foundation Capital | Down 7 |
| 86 | Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 10 |
| 87 | Peter LevineAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 4 |
| 88 | Joe LonsdaleAffiliation: 8VC | Up 12 |
| 89 | Bijan SabetAffiliation: Spark Capital | Down 23 |
| 90 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 10 |
| 91 | Stuart PetersonAffiliation: ARTIS Ventures | New |
| 92 | Shervin PishevarAffiliation: Sherpa Ventures | Down 6 |
| 93 | Jason GreenAffiliation: Emergence Capital Partners | New |
| 94 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 66 |
| 95 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 21 |
| 96 | Reid HoffmanAffiliation: LinkedIn | Down 78 |
| 97 | Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 22 |
| 98 | Kirsten Green | New |
| 99 | Deven ParekhAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | Down 30 |
| 100 | Scott Raney | New |
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