Forbes Midas List 2019
Forbes Midas List 2019 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Neil Shen. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
The 18th annual list. Neil Shen (Sequoia China) ranked No. 1, ahead of Peter Fenton and Bill Gurley (both Benchmark). Forbes reported a record number of women and of international investors, particularly from China.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | No change |
| 2 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Up 5 |
| 3 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 1 |
| 4 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 1 |
| 5 | JP GanAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | Up 3 |
| 6 | Kathy XuAffiliation: Capital Today | New |
| 7 | Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital | Up 13 |
| 8 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Bond Capital | Down 2 |
| 9 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Up 12 |
| 10 | Eric PaleyAffiliation: Founder Collective | Up 1 |
| 11 | Xiaoping XuAffiliation: ZhenFund | New |
| 12 | James MiAffiliation: Lightspeed China Partners | Up 47 |
| 13 | Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Up 21 |
| 14 | Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed | Down 10 |
| 15 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round Capital | Up 2 |
| 16 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Up 27 |
| 17 | Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital | Up 6 |
| 18 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 14 |
| 19 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | Up 55 |
| 20 | Zhen ZhangAffiliation: Gaorong Capital | New |
| 21 | Garry TanAffiliation: Initialized Capital | New |
| 22 | Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 17 |
| 23 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 9 |
| 24 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 8 |
| 25 | Allen ZhuAffiliation: GSR Ventures | Up 17 |
| 26 | Bill TrenchardAffiliation: First Round Capital | New |
| 27 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel | Up 3 |
| 28 | Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 18 |
| 29 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 20 |
| 30 | Xiang GaoAffiliation: Gaorong Capital | New |
| 31 | Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic | Up 2 |
| 32 | Hemant TanejaAffiliation: General Catalyst | Up 15 |
| 33 | Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners | Down 28 |
| 34 | Rahul MehtaAffiliation: DST Global | New |
| 35 | Ravi MhatreAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 11 |
| 36 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | Up 17 |
| 37 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 22 |
| 38 | Jan HammerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 62 |
| 39 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round Capital | Down 20 |
| 40 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 27 |
| 41 | John LindforsAffiliation: DST Global | New |
| 42 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 17 |
| 43 | Liu ErhaiAffiliation: Joy Capital | New |
| 44 | Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Up 46 |
| 45 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Bain Capital Ventures | Up 49 |
| 46 | Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar | Up 20 |
| 47 | Yi CaoAffiliation: Source Code Capital | Up 26 |
| 48 | Jui TanAffiliation: BlueRun Ventures China | New |
| 49 | Jeffrey LiebermanAffiliation: Insight Venture Partners | New |
| 50 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Down 22 |
| 51 | Tony FlorenceAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 25 |
| 52 | Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 18 |
| 53 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia Capital China | Down 40 |
| 54 | Nisa LeungAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
| 55 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 17 |
| 56 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Down 27 |
| 57 | Ann Miura-KoAffiliation: Floodgate | Down 2 |
| 58 | Pär-Jörgen PärsonAffiliation: Northzone | New |
| 59 | Beth SeidenbergAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | Up 3 |
| 60 | Jixun FooAffiliation: GGV Capital | New |
| 61 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Down 34 |
| 62 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | New |
| 63 | John VrionisAffiliation: Unusual Ventures | Up 36 |
| 64 | Joe LonsdaleAffiliation: 8VC | Down 42 |
| 65 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Aspect Ventures | Up 24 |
| 66 | Mike VolpiAffiliation: Index Ventures | New |
| 67 | Chris DixonAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 68 | Mitch LaskyAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 28 |
| 69 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 70 | Shailendra SinghAffiliation: Sequoia Capital India | Down 33 |
| 71 | Frank RotmanAffiliation: QED Investors | Down 11 |
| 72 | Jeff CroweAffiliation: Norwest Venture Partners | Up 21 |
| 73 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 5 |
| 74 | Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel | Down 29 |
| 75 | Joel CutlerAffiliation: General Catalyst | Down 6 |
| 76 | Dennis PhelpsAffiliation: IVP | Down 58 |
| 77 | Matt CohlerAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 27 |
| 78 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 43 |
| 79 | Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel | Down 28 |
| 80 | Rebecca LynnAffiliation: Canvas Ventures | Down 49 |
| 81 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel | Up 17 |
| 82 | Aileen LeeAffiliation: Cowboy Ventures | Up 15 |
| 83 | Sonali De RyckerAffiliation: Accel | Up 12 |
| 84 | Young GuoAffiliation: IDG Capital | Up 12 |
| 85 | Randy GleinAffiliation: DFJ Growth | No change |
| 86 | David MottAffiliation: NEA | New |
| 87 | David WeidenAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 29 |
| 88 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Up 4 |
| 89 | Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund | New |
| 90 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Down 10 |
| 91 | Jules MaltzAffiliation: IVP | Down 4 |
| 92 | Michael DearingAffiliation: Harrison Metal | New |
| 93 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 52 |
| 94 | Rich WongAffiliation: Accel | Down 3 |
| 95 | Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures | Down 18 |
| 96 | Rob WardAffiliation: Meritech Capital Partners | New |
| 97 | Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM | Down 33 |
| 98 | Michael EisenbergAffiliation: Aleph | Down 23 |
| 99 | Scott RaneyAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | New |
| 100 | Ted SchleinAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins | Down 14 |
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