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.
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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