Forbes Midas List 2020
Forbes Midas List 2020 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 19th annual list. Neil Shen (Sequoia China) ranked No. 1 for the third straight year, followed by Andrew Braccia (Accel) and Roelof Botha (Sequoia).
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil ShenAffiliation: Sequoia China | No change |
| 2 | Andrew BracciaAffiliation: Accel | Up 77 |
| 3 | Roelof BothaAffiliation: Sequoia | Up 20 |
| 4 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 69 |
| 5 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Up 85 |
| 6 | Richard LiuAffiliation: Morningside Venture Capital | New |
| 7 | Bill GurleyAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 4 |
| 8 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Bond Capital | No change |
| 9 | Eric PaleyAffiliation: Founder Collective | Up 1 |
| 10 | Hans TungAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 3 |
| 11 | Rob HayesAffiliation: First Round | Up 4 |
| 12 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia | Up 17 |
| 13 | JP GanAffiliation: INCE Capital | Down 8 |
| 14 | Kathy XuAffiliation: Capital Today | Down 8 |
| 15 | Sameer GandhiAffiliation: Accel | Up 12 |
| 16 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Addition | No change |
| 17 | Bill TrenchardAffiliation: First Round | Up 9 |
| 18 | Zhen ZhangAffiliation: Gaorong Capital | Up 2 |
| 19 | Xiaojun LiAffiliation: IDG Capital | Down 2 |
| 20 | Jeff JordanAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 22 |
| 21 | James MiAffiliation: Lightspeed China Partners | Down 9 |
| 22 | Brian SingermanAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 6 |
| 23 | Neeraj AgrawalAffiliation: Battery Ventures | Down 14 |
| 24 | Xiaoping XuAffiliation: ZhenFund | Down 13 |
| 25 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark | Down 23 |
| 26 | Scott SandellAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 2 |
| 27 | Ravi MhatreAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 8 |
| 28 | Robert NelsenAffiliation: ARCH Venture Partners | Up 5 |
| 29 | Chris DixonAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 38 |
| 30 | Steven JiAffiliation: Sequoia China | Up 14 |
| 31 | Hemant TanejaAffiliation: General Catalyst | Up 1 |
| 32 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia | Down 14 |
| 33 | Nisa LeungAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | Up 21 |
| 34 | Jeremy LiewAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Down 12 |
| 35 | Jenny LeeAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 16 |
| 36 | Joe LonsdaleAffiliation: 8VC | Up 28 |
| 37 | Jeremy LevineAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 56 |
| 38 | Rahul MehtaAffiliation: DST Global | Down 4 |
| 39 | Bryan RobertsAffiliation: Venrock | Up 11 |
| 40 | Allen ZhuAffiliation: GSR Ventures | Down 15 |
| 41 | Scott ShleiferAffiliation: Tiger Global Management | Down 28 |
| 42 | Tuck Lye KohAffiliation: Shunwei Capital | New |
| 43 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 3 |
| 44 | John DoerrAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins | Up 12 |
| 45 | Jeffrey LiebermanAffiliation: Insight Partners | Up 4 |
| 46 | Michael MoritzAffiliation: Sequoia | Up 23 |
| 47 | Jan HammerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Down 9 |
| 48 | John LindforsAffiliation: DST Global | Down 7 |
| 49 | Liu ErhaiAffiliation: Joy Capital | Down 6 |
| 50 | Rick HeitzmannAffiliation: FirstMark Capital | New |
| 51 | Yi CaoAffiliation: Source Code Capital | Down 4 |
| 52 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | Down 16 |
| 53 | Mike VolpiAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 13 |
| 54 | Beth SeidenbergAffiliation: Westlake Village BioPartners | Up 5 |
| 55 | Tony FlorenceAffiliation: New Enterprise Associates | Down 4 |
| 56 | Shardul ShahAffiliation: Index Ventures | New |
| 57 | Shawn CarolanAffiliation: Menlo Ventures | New |
| 58 | Saurabh GuptaAffiliation: DST Global | New |
| 59 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 3 |
| 60 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 18 |
| 61 | Pär-Jörgen PärsonAffiliation: Northzone | Down 3 |
| 62 | Ryan SweeneyAffiliation: Accel | Up 12 |
| 63 | Klaus HommelsAffiliation: Lakestar | Down 17 |
| 64 | Shailendra SinghAffiliation: Sequoia India | Up 6 |
| 65 | Jim GoetzAffiliation: Sequoia | Down 61 |
| 66 | Frank RotmanAffiliation: QED Investors | Up 5 |
| 67 | Bryan SchreierAffiliation: Sequoia | Down 15 |
| 68 | Xiang GaoAffiliation: Gaorong Capital | Down 38 |
| 69 | Duane KuangAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
| 70 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: Sequoia China | Down 17 |
| 71 | Murat BicerAffiliation: CRV | New |
| 72 | Theresia GouwAffiliation: Acrew Capital | Down 7 |
| 73 | Garry TanAffiliation: Initialized Capital | Down 52 |
| 74 | Anton LevyAffiliation: General Atlantic | Down 43 |
| 75 | Jules MaltzAffiliation: IVP | Up 16 |
| 76 | Jixun FooAffiliation: GGV Capital | Down 16 |
| 77 | Carl GordonAffiliation: OrbiMed | Down 63 |
| 78 | John O'FarrellAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 79 | Josh KopelmanAffiliation: First Round | Down 40 |
| 80 | Aileen LeeAffiliation: Cowboy Ventures | Up 2 |
| 81 | Sonali De RyckerAffiliation: Accel | Up 2 |
| 82 | Chetan PuttaguntaAffiliation: Benchmark | New |
| 83 | Fredrik CasselAffiliation: Creandum | New |
| 84 | Steve AndersonAffiliation: Baseline Ventures | Down 23 |
| 85 | Young GuoAffiliation: IDG Capital | Down 1 |
| 86 | Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures | Up 9 |
| 87 | Sunil DhaliwalAffiliation: Amplify Partners | New |
| 88 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Down 51 |
| 89 | Marc AndreessenAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Down 34 |
| 90 | Devdutt YellurkarAffiliation: CRV | New |
| 91 | Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund | Down 2 |
| 92 | Roger EhrenbergAffiliation: IA Ventures | New |
| 93 | Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins | New |
| 94 | Ping LiAffiliation: Accel | Down 13 |
| 95 | Tim ConnorsAffiliation: PivotNorth Capital | New |
| 96 | Ann Miura-KoAffiliation: Floodgate | Down 39 |
| 97 | Pat GradyAffiliation: Sequoia | New |
| 98 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | Down 10 |
| 99 | Peter LevineAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 100 | Scott RaneyAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Down 1 |
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