Forbes Midas List 2018

Forbes Midas List 2018 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Neil Shen. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.

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The 17th annual list, billed by Forbes as the most international to date. Neil Shen (Sequoia China) took No. 1 for the first time, ending Jim Goetz's run.

The full list

Rank	Name	Since 2017
1	Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	Up 10
2	Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark	Up 5
3	Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 2
4	Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed	Up 4
5	Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners	Up 11
6	Mary MeekerAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	No change
7	Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark	Down 4
8	JP GanAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners	Up 22
9	Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	No change
10	Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund	Down 5
11	Eric PaleyAffiliation: Founder Collective	Up 20
12	Mike Maples, Jr.Affiliation: Floodgate	Up 8
13	Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	Up 12
14	Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Up 20
15	Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners	Up 24
16	Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates	Up 8
17	Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital	Up 4
18	Dennis PhelpsAffiliation: IVP	Up 27
19	Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital	Up 16
20	Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital	Down 1
21	Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures	Down 4
22	Joe LonsdaleAffiliation: 8VC	Up 66
23	Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners	Down 10
24	Xiao Ping XuAffiliation: Zhen Fund	Up 48
25	Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 7
26	Tony FlorenceAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates	Up 49
27	Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures	Down 23
28	Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock	Up 30
29	John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	No change
30	Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 7
31	Rebecca LynnAffiliation: Canvas Ventures	Up 13
32	Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Down 10
33	Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic	Down 7
34	Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management	Up 25
35	Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures	New
36	Deven ParekhAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners	Up 63
37	Shailendra Singh	New
38	Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 11
39	Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners	Down 7
40	Mitch LaskyAffiliation: Benchmark	No change
41	Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners	Up 13
42	Allen ZhuAffiliation: GSR Ventures	Up 42
43	Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management	Up 36
44	Jim TananbaumAffiliation: Foresite Capital	Up 8
45	Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel Partners	Up 15
46	Ravi MhatreAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners	Up 30
47	Hemant TanejaAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners	Up 23
48	Jonathan SilversteinAffiliation: OrbiMed	Up 7
49	David CowanAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners	Up 16
50	Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark	Up 7
51	Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel Partners	Up 13
52	Yuri MilnerAffiliation: DST Global	Down 37
53	Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures	Down 2
54	Jeff HoringAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners	Up 29
55	Ann Miura-KoAffiliation: Floodgate	Up 22
56	Gaurav GargAffiliation: Wing Venture Capital	Down 8
57	Jim BreyerAffiliation: Breyer Capital	Down 47
58	David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures	Up 37
59	James Mi	New
60	Frank Rotman	New
61	Erhai Liu	New
62	Beth SeidenbergAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	New
63	Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures	Down 21
64	Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM	Down 14
65	Jeff LiebermanAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners	New
66	Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar	New
67	Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund	Down 55
68	Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Down 21
69	Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners	Down 20
70	Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital	Up 27
71	Todd ChaffeeAffiliation: IVP	Down 10
72	Kevin ComolliAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 36
73	Yi Cao	New
74	Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital	Down 5
75	Michael EisenbergAffiliation: Aleph	New
76	David YuanAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures	New
77	Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures	Up 21
78	Quan ZhouAffiliation: IDG Capital	Down 15
79	Roger Ehrenberg	New
80	Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund	Down 7
81	Ron ConwayAffiliation: A.Capital	Down 38
82	Peter LevineAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz	Up 5
83	Neil RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures	New
84	David ChaoAffiliation: DCM Ventures	New
85	Randy GleinAffiliation: Draper Fisher Jurvetson	New
86	Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers	Up 4
87	Jules MaltzAffiliation: Institutional Venture Partners	New
88	Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Social Capital	Down 2
89	Theresia GouwAffiliation: Aspect Ventures	Down 15
90	Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China	Down 24
91	Rich WongAffiliation: Accel Partners	Down 38
92	Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners	Down 64
93	Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners	Down 22
94	Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures	Down 61
95	Sonali De RyckerAffiliation: Accel Partners	New
96	Young Guo	New
97	Aileen Lee	New
98	Ping Li	Down 20
99	John VrionisAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners	Down 53
100	Jan HammerAffiliation: Index Ventures	New

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