Forbes Midas List 2026
Forbes Midas List 2026 by Forbes: 100 investors ranked, led by Vinod Khosla. Full list with movement since the last edition and method notes.
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- May 27, 2026
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The 25th edition. Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) ranked No. 1, credited to his early OpenAI investment, followed by Neil Shen (HSG) and Eric Vishria (Benchmark). Press coverage reported 25 first-time names and eight women on the list.
The full list
| Rank | Name | Since 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinod KhoslaAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Up 5 |
| 2 | Neil ShenAffiliation: HSG | Up 2 |
| 3 | Eric VishriaAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | Up 20 |
| 4 | Gili RaananAffiliation: Cyberstarts | Up 20 |
| 5 | Peter ThielAffiliation: Founders Fund | Down 2 |
| 6 | Elad GilAffiliation: Gil Capital | Up 81 |
| 7 | Trae StephensAffiliation: Founders Fund | Up 12 |
| 8 | Douglas LeoneAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 1 |
| 9 | Martin MignotAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 12 |
| 10 | Shardul ShahAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 31 |
| 11 | Alfred LinAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Down 10 |
| 12 | Mamoon HamidAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins | Up 10 |
| 13 | Yasmin RazaviAffiliation: Spark Capital | New |
| 14 | Micky MalkaAffiliation: Ribbit Capital | Down 9 |
| 15 | Saurabh GuptaAffiliation: DST Global | No change |
| 16 | Ravi MhatreAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | Up 39 |
| 17 | Steve VassalloAffiliation: Foundation Capital | New |
| 18 | Luke NosekAffiliation: Gigafund | New |
| 19 | Hemant TanejaAffiliation: General Catalyst | Down 11 |
| 20 | Lior SusanAffiliation: Eclipse | New |
| 21 | Brad GerstnerAffiliation: Altimeter Capital | Up 19 |
| 22 | Shaun MaguireAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 58 |
| 23 | Randy GleinAffiliation: DFJ Growth | Up 2 |
| 24 | Scott RaneyAffiliation: Redpoint Ventures | Up 8 |
| 25 | Pat GradyAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 11 |
| 26 | Danny RimerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Up 68 |
| 27 | Ben HorowitzAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | Up 6 |
| 28 | Fred WilsonAffiliation: Union Square Ventures | Down 19 |
| 29 | Tom StaffordAffiliation: DST Global | Up 14 |
| 30 | David GeorgeAffiliation: A16z Growth | Up 24 |
| 31 | Ronny ConwayAffiliation: A.Capital | Up 30 |
| 32 | Antonio GraciasAffiliation: Valor Equity Partners | New |
| 33 | Josh KushnerAffiliation: Thrive Capital | New |
| 34 | Topher ConwayAffiliation: SV Angel | Down 4 |
| 35 | Pawel ChudzinskiAffiliation: Point Nine Capital | Down 7 |
| 36 | Chris DixonAffiliation: a16z Crypto | Down 26 |
| 37 | Daniel LevineAffiliation: Accel | Up 32 |
| 38 | Xi CaoAffiliation: Monolith | Up 1 |
| 39 | Neil MehtaAffiliation: Greenoaks | Down 1 |
| 40 | Matt MurphyAffiliation: Menlo Ventures | New |
| 41 | Anna FangAffiliation: ZhenFund | Up 21 |
| 42 | Marc StadAffiliation: Dragoneer Investment Group | Down 7 |
| 43 | Avi EyalAffiliation: Entrée Capital | Down 27 |
| 44 | Peter FentonAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | Up 12 |
| 45 | Sam FortAffiliation: DFJ Growth | New |
| 46 | Luciana LixandruAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | Up 5 |
| 47 | Aydin SenkutAffiliation: Felicis Ventures | Up 32 |
| 48 | Tuck Lye KohAffiliation: Shunwei Capital | Down 17 |
| 49 | Byron DeeterAffiliation: Bessemer Venture Partners | Up 11 |
| 50 | Ashvin BachireddyAffiliation: SV Angel | Up 22 |
| 51 | Navin ChaddhaAffiliation: Mayfield Fund | Down 31 |
| 52 | Sven StrohbandAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | New |
| 53 | Steve JangAffiliation: Kindred Ventures | New |
| 54 | Wesley ChanAffiliation: FPV | Up 32 |
| 55 | Mike VolpiAffiliation: Hanabi | Down 7 |
| 56 | Sarah GuoAffiliation: Conviction Capital | New |
| 57 | Kirsten GreenAffiliation: Forerunner Ventures | Up 13 |
| 58 | David SacksAffiliation: Craft Ventures | Up 27 |
| 59 | Mary MeekerAffiliation: Bond Capital | Down 10 |
| 60 | Lucas SwisherAffiliation: Coatue Management | Up 3 |
| 61 | Martin CasadoAffiliation: Andreessen Horowitz | New |
| 62 | Stephen JurvetsonAffiliation: Future Ventures | New |
| 63 | David TischAffiliation: BoxGroup | New |
| 64 | Ilya FushmanAffiliation: Kleiner Perkins | Up 2 |
| 65 | Kui ZhouAffiliation: HSG | New |
| 66 | Keith RaboisAffiliation: Khosla Ventures | Down 49 |
| 67 | Ali PartoviAffiliation: Neo | New |
| 68 | Ramtin NaimiAffiliation: Abstract Ventures | New |
| 69 | David FrankelAffiliation: Founder Collective | Down 42 |
| 70 | Nicolas SzekasyAffiliation: Kaszek | Down 25 |
| 71 | Jeannette zu FürstenbergAffiliation: General Catalyst Partners | New |
| 72 | Meng LianAffiliation: IDG Capital Partners | Down 20 |
| 73 | Asheem ChandnaAffiliation: Greylock Partners | New |
| 74 | Harry NelisAffiliation: Accel | New |
| 75 | Arif JanmohamedAffiliation: Lightspeed Venture Partners | New |
| 76 | Matt WitheilerAffiliation: Wellington | Up 1 |
| 77 | Andrew ReedAffiliation: Sequoia Capital | New |
| 78 | Ross FubiniAffiliation: XYZ Venture Capital | Up 10 |
| 79 | Jan HammerAffiliation: Index Ventures | Down 29 |
| 80 | Alex ZhouAffiliation: Qiming Venture Partners | New |
| 81 | Max GazorAffiliation: Striker Venture Partners | Down 14 |
| 82 | Thomas LaffontAffiliation: Coatue Management | New |
| 83 | Michael RobinsonAffiliation: Craft Ventures | New |
| 84 | Philippe BotteriAffiliation: Accel | Down 25 |
| 85 | Dharmesh ThakkerAffiliation: Battery Ventures | New |
| 86 | Annie LamontAffiliation: Oak HC/FT | Up 7 |
| 87 | Hurst LinAffiliation: DCM | Down 53 |
| 88 | Lee FixelAffiliation: Addition | Down 12 |
| 89 | Chetan PuttaguntaAffiliation: Benchmark Capital | Down 21 |
| 90 | Hans TungAffiliation: Notable Capital | Up 8 |
| 91 | Pete SonsiniAffiliation: Laude | Down 8 |
| 92 | Reid ChristianAffiliation: CRV | New |
| 93 | Zhen ZhangAffiliation: Gaorong Ventures | New |
| 94 | Aneel RanadiveAffiliation: Soma Capital | New |
| 95 | Christian LawlessAffiliation: Conversion Capital | New |
| 96 | Wang HuadongAffiliation: Matrix Partners China | New |
| 97 | Michael BrownAffiliation: Battery Ventures | New |
| 98 | Semil ShahAffiliation: Haystack Ventures | New |
| 99 | Rahul MehtaAffiliation: DST Global | Down 26 |
| 100 | Salil DeshpandeAffiliation: Uncorrelated | Down 19 |
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