Forbes Midas
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The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes Magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital
. These individuals have proved their mettle by creating wealth through an economic slump. The name is an allusion to the mythological King Midas
, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold
.
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
. These individuals have proved their mettle by creating wealth through an economic slump. The name is an allusion to the mythological King Midas
Midas
For the legend of Gordias, a person who was taken by the people and made King, in obedience to the command of the oracle, see Gordias.Midas or King Midas is popularly remembered in Greek mythology for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold. This was called the Golden touch, or the...
, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
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2008
The list for 2008 is as follows:- L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Michael MoritzMichael MoritzMichael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google Inc.-Life and career:...
- Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"... - Ram ShriramRam ShriramKavitark Ram Shriram is the founding board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of...
- Sherpalo - David CheritonDavid CheritonDavid Ross Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University who has investments in technology companies...
- Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Andreas von Bechtolsheim Andy BechtolsheimAndreas von Bechtolsheim is an electrical engineer who co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer....
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982... - William FordWilliam FordWilliam Ford was an Irish-born American businessman. He was the father of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford.-Biography:...
- General Atlantic LLC - Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
- Ronald ConwayRon ConwayRon Conway is an American angel investor, often described as one of the "super angels". Conway is recognized as a strong networker and is based in Silicon Valley.-Early career:...
- Angel Investors - Navin Chaddha - Mayfield FundMayfield FundMayfield Fund is one of the oldest venture capital firms in the US, focusing on early-stage to growth-stage investments in information technology companies with a focus on enterprise software, Internet consumer & media services, and communications....
- Paul ChamberlainPaul ChamberlainPaul Chamberlain is a Canadian philosopher.Chamberlain gained his Ph.D. from Marquette University. He holds diplomas and degrees in the following: Theological Studies, Peace River Bible Institute; Diploma in Pastoral Studies, Prairie Bible Institute; B.R.E., Providence College; Graduate Studies,...
- Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... - Michael GrimesMichael GrimesMichael Grimes is Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.In 2002, Grimes was first named to Forbes’ Midas List of the top dealmakers in technology and life sciences venture capital and investment banking, debuting as the second ranked investment...
- Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... - James PerryJames PerryJames Perry may refer to:* James Perry , journalist* James Franklin Perry, , early Texas settler, husband of Emily Austin Perry* James E.C. Perry , jurist* James Stewart Perry , sculptor* James L...
- Madison Dearborn Partners - Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
- Kheng Nam Lee - Granite Global Ventures
- Aneel Bhusri - Greylock Partners
- Jon A. Woodruff - Goldman SachsGoldman SachsThe Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...
- Bryce Lee - Credit SuisseCredit SuisseThe Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
- Daniel Rimer - Index VenturesIndex VenturesIndex Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth...
- Bryan Roberts - Venrock
- Roelof BothaRoelof BothaRoelof F. Botha is a venture capitalist and company director. By training, he is a qualified actuary.Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and sits on the board of Eventbrite, Jawbone, Mahalo, Meebo, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Unity and Xoom...
- Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"... - Timothy C. DraperTimothy C. DraperTimothy Cook Draper is the founder of the global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.Draper is third in a line of venture capitalists. His father, William Henry Draper III , founded Draper & Johnson Investment Company in 1962, Sutter Hill Ventures in 1968, Draper International India in...
- Draper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments.... - Howard Hartenbaum - Draper RichardsDraper RichardsDraper Richards is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in U.S. technology companies. The firm was founded in 1996 by Bill Draper an early venture capitalist, who had previously founded Sutter Hill Ventures in 1964 together with Robin Richards Donohoe...
- Bruce A. EvansBruce A. EvansBruce Anslie Evans is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his work on Stand by Me , Jungle 2 Jungle and Mr...
- Summit PartnersSummit PartnersSummit Partners is a growth equity investment firm focusing on a wide array of transactions from leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations to growth capital, venture capital investments, and mezzanine capital....
2007
The list for 2007 is as follows:- Michael MoritzMichael MoritzMichael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google Inc.-Life and career:...
- Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"... - L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Andreas von Bechtolsheim Andy BechtolsheimAndreas von Bechtolsheim is an electrical engineer who co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer....
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982... - Ram ShriramRam ShriramKavitark Ram Shriram is the founding board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of...
- Sherpalo - David CheritonDavid CheritonDavid Ross Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University who has investments in technology companies...
- Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
- Michael GrimesMichael GrimesMichael Grimes is Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.In 2002, Grimes was first named to Forbes’ Midas List of the top dealmakers in technology and life sciences venture capital and investment banking, debuting as the second ranked investment...
- Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... - Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- Jay Hoag - Technology Crossover Ventures
- John MontgomeryJohn MontgomeryJohn Montgomery or Jack Montgomery may refer to:*John Montgomery , U.S. pioneer in Tennessee*John Montgomery , U.S. merchant, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania...
- Montgomery Blake & Associates - Jixun Foo - Granite Global VenturesGGV CapitalGGV Capital is a venture capital firm focused on expansion stage investments in the US and Asia. The firm invests across a range of sectors in information technology, services and healthcare, as well as the consumer growth sector in China.GGV Capital, which was founded as Granite Global Ventures...
- Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
- David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
- Henry ShawHenry ShawHenry Shaw may refer to:*Henry Shaw , American botanist and philanthropist*Henry Marchmore Shaw , congressman from North Carolina*Henry Shaw , congressman from Massachusetts...
- AsiaVest Partners - Ta-Lin HsuTa-lin HsuDr. Ta-lin Hsu is Chairman and Founder of H&Q Asia Pacific, an Asian private equity firm. Hsu joined Hambrecht & Quist Group in 1985 as a General Partner and founded H&Q Asia Pacific in 1987 before its independent incorporation in 1990....
- H&Q Asia PacificH&Q Asia PacificH&Q Asia Pacific is an Asian private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ta-lin Hsu as a branch of the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. It is one of the oldest and most established private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has managed an aggregate of over $2.1 billion in committed... - Bruce Evans - Summit PartnersSummit PartnersSummit Partners is a growth equity investment firm focusing on a wide array of transactions from leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations to growth capital, venture capital investments, and mezzanine capital....
- Timothy C. DraperTimothy C. DraperTimothy Cook Draper is the founder of the global venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.Draper is third in a line of venture capitalists. His father, William Henry Draper III , founded Draper & Johnson Investment Company in 1962, Sutter Hill Ventures in 1968, Draper International India in...
- Draper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments.... - Howard Hartenbaum - Draper RichardsDraper RichardsDraper Richards is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in U.S. technology companies. The firm was founded in 1996 by Bill Draper an early venture capitalist, who had previously founded Sutter Hill Ventures in 1964 together with Robin Richards Donohoe...
- Mark Tluszcz - Mangrove Capital Partners
- G Felda Hardymon - Bessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, Israel, China, and India.Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest-standing venture capital practice in the United States...
- Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, Israel, China, and India.Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest-standing venture capital practice in the United States...
- Roelof BothaRoelof BothaRoelof F. Botha is a venture capitalist and company director. By training, he is a qualified actuary.Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital and sits on the board of Eventbrite, Jawbone, Mahalo, Meebo, Nimbula, Square, Tokbox, Tumblr, Unity and Xoom...
- Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"... - Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
- Daniel Rimer - Index VenturesIndex VenturesIndex Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth...
2006
The list for 2006 was as follows:- Michael MoritzMichael MoritzMichael Moritz is a Welsh-American venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google Inc.-Life and career:...
- Sequoia CapitalSequoia CapitalSequoia Capital is a Californian venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. The Wall Street Journal has called Sequoia Capital "one of the highest-caliber venture firms", and noted that it is "one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture-capital firms"... - L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Ram ShriramRam ShriramKavitark Ram Shriram is the founding board member of Google and one of the first investors in Google. He earlier served as an officer of Amazon.com working for Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO. Shriram came to Amazon.com in August, 1998, when Amazon acquired Junglee, an online comparison shopping firm of...
- Sherpalo - Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
- Michael GrimesMichael GrimesMichael Grimes is Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Technology Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley.In 2002, Grimes was first named to Forbes’ Midas List of the top dealmakers in technology and life sciences venture capital and investment banking, debuting as the second ranked investment...
- Morgan StanleyMorgan StanleyMorgan Stanley is a global financial services firm headquartered in New York City serving a diversified group of corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals. Morgan Stanley also operates in 36 countries around the world, with over 600 offices and a workforce of over 60,000.... - David CheritonDavid CheritonDavid Ross Cheriton is a Canadian-born computer science professor at Stanford University who has investments in technology companies...
- Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Timothy Draper - Draper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments....
- Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
- David MarquardtDavid MarquardtDavid F. Marquardt is a co-founder of venture capital firm August Capital. Marquardt has served on more than 25 boards of directors during his 20 year venture capital career including Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Seagate , Adaptec, and Grand Junction Networks .Prior to August Capital, Marquardt...
- August Capital - Jay Hog - Technology Crossover Ventures
- Roger McNameeRoger McNameeRoger McNamee is a founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T...
- Elevation PartnersElevation PartnersElevation Partners is an American private equity firm that invests in intellectual property and media and entertainment companies. The firm has $1.9 billion of assets under management.... - William Younger Jr - Sutter Hill VenturesSutter Hill VenturesSutter Hill Ventures is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in technology-based start-up companies. The firm is based in Palo Alto, CA....
- Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture PartnersBessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, Israel, China, and India.Bessemer Venture Partners is the longest-standing venture capital practice in the United States...
- J Peter Wagner - Accel PartnersAccel PartnersAccel Partners is a global venture and growth equity firm funding companies from inception through the growth stage.The firm is based in Palo Alto, California with major offices in Bangalore, Beijing, London, and Shanghai....
- David DouglassDavid DouglassDavid H. Douglass is an American physicist at the University of Rochester. Prof. Douglass received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratories and MIT, he was appointed...
- Delphi Ventures - Henry ShawHenry ShawHenry Shaw may refer to:*Henry Shaw , American botanist and philanthropist*Henry Marchmore Shaw , congressman from North Carolina*Henry Shaw , congressman from Massachusetts...
- AsiaVest Partners - Ta-lin HsuTa-lin HsuDr. Ta-lin Hsu is Chairman and Founder of H&Q Asia Pacific, an Asian private equity firm. Hsu joined Hambrecht & Quist Group in 1985 as a General Partner and founded H&Q Asia Pacific in 1987 before its independent incorporation in 1990....
- H&Q Asia PacificH&Q Asia PacificH&Q Asia Pacific is an Asian private equity firm founded in 1986 by Ta-lin Hsu as a branch of the investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. It is one of the oldest and most established private equity firms in the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has managed an aggregate of over $2.1 billion in committed... - Arjun GuptaArjun GuptaArjun Gupta is the Founder and Managing Director of TeleSoft Partners, a special situations venture capital firm founded in 1996. TeleSoft provides value added capital for Technology, Communications companies and companies in the Energy Value Chain...
- TeleSoft Partners - James W Breyer - Accel PartnersAccel PartnersAccel Partners is a global venture and growth equity firm funding companies from inception through the growth stage.The firm is based in Palo Alto, California with major offices in Bangalore, Beijing, London, and Shanghai....
- Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
- Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
- Parag SaxenaParag SaxenaParag Saxena is the Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route. Other NSR partners include Rajat Gupta, Victor Menezes and formerly Hafeez Shaikh-Education:...
- Invesco Private Capital - Dixon Doll - DCM-Doll Capital Management
- Lip-Bu Tan - Walden International