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The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes magazine of the most influential and best-performing venture capital investors. Described by Kara Swisher as the "Oscars for venture capitalists in tech," [1] the Midas List uses parameters that include the first-day market capitalization of IPOs and the opinions of a panel of experts.
David Cowan is a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, filmmaker, philanthropist, and company founder. He is in the Forbes Midas List Hall of Fame and has appeared on the Midas List 14 times since 2001. [1] [2] He co-founded three companies, including Verisign. He has invested in more than 29 companies that have gone on to IPO. [1]
He studied at the University of Oxford and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and went on to found Technologic Partners before becoming a venture capitalist in the 1980s. Moritz was named as the No. 1 venture capitalist on the Forbes Midas List in 2006 and 2007.
Mike Maples Jr., the co-founder of Floodgate Venture Capital, has been on the Forbes Midas List of top venture capital investors eight times. He is considered one of Silicon Valley’s most ...
Michael Lewis Goguen (born March 8, 1964) is an American engineer and businessman.He is a former partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, and as of 2015 was ranked at number 52 on Forbes magazine's annual Midas List of the best dealmakers in technology and life science venture capital.
Nisa Leung (Chinese:梁颕宇 or 梁颖宇) is a venture capitalist and managing partner at Qiming Venture Partners.She has been named on the Forbes Midas List for six consecutive years since 2019.
Peter Fenton (born July 1972) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley.He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm.Fenton has steadily worked his way up the Forbes Midas List of the 100 top technology investors, starting at no. 94 in 2007, [1] then rising to no. 62 in 2008 [2] and no. 50 in 2009. [3]
In April 2022, she was named #1 on Forbes magazine's debut Midas Seed List for "building the world's best seed-stage startup portfolio" and was named #12 on the Midas List, being the highest ranked woman on the list.