The Forbes Midas list is the annual ranking by Forbes Magazine of the best dealmakers in high-tech and life science venture capital.^[1] 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.

2008 [link]

The list for 2008 is as follows:^[1]

1. L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2. Michael Moritz - Sequoia Capital
3. Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
4. David Cheriton - Stanford University
5. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
6. William Ford - General Atlantic LLC
7. Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
8. Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
9. Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
10. Navin Chaddha - Mayfield Fund
11. Paul Chamberlain - Morgan Stanley
12. Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
13. James Perry - Madison Dearborn Partners
14. Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
15. Kheng Nam Lee - Granite Global Ventures
16. Aneel Bhusri - Greylock Partners
17. Jon A. Woodruff - Goldman Sachs
18. Bryce Lee - Credit Suisse
19. Daniel Rimer - Index Ventures
20. Bryan Roberts - Venrock
21. Roelof Botha - Sequoia Capital
22. Timothy C. Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
23. Howard Hartenbaum - Draper Richards
24. Bruce A. Evans - Summit Partners

2007 [link]

The list for 2007 is as follows:^[1]

1. Michael Moritz - Sequoia Capital
2. L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
3. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
4. Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
5. David Cheriton - Stanford University
6. Ronald Conway - Angel Investors
7. Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
8. Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
9. Jay Hoag - Technology Crossover Ventures
10. John Montgomery - Montgomery Blake & Associates
11. Jixun Foo - Granite Global Ventures
12. Asad Jamal - Eplanet Ventures
13. David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
14. Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
15. Ta-Lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
16. Bruce Evans - Summit Partners
17. Timothy C. Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
18. Howard Hartenbaum - Draper Richards
19. Mark Tluszcz - Mangrove Capital Partners
20. G Felda Hardymon - Bessemer Venture Partners
21. Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
22. Roelof Botha - Sequoia Capital
23. Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
24. Daniel Rimer - Index Ventures

2006 [link]

The list for 2006 was as follows:^[2]

1. Michael Moritz- Sequoia Capital
2. L. John Doerr - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
3. Ram Shriram - Sherpalo
4. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems
5. Michael Grimes - Morgan Stanley
6. David Cheriton - Stanford University
7. Timothy Draper - Draper Fisher Jurvetson
8. Lawrence Sonsini - Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati
9. David Marquardt - August Capital
10. Jay Hog - Technology Crossover Ventures
11. Roger McNamee - Elevation Partners
12. William Younger Jr - Sutter Hill Ventures
13. Robert Stavis - Bessemer Venture Partners
14. J Peter Wagner - Accel Partners
15. David Douglass - Delphi Ventures
16. Henry Shaw - AsiaVest Partners
17. Ta-lin Hsu - H&Q Asia Pacific
18. Arjun Gupta - TeleSoft Partners
19. James W Breyer - Accel Partners
20. Thomas Ng - Granite Global Ventures
21. Annette Campbell-White - MedVenture Associates
22. Parag Saxena - Invesco Private Capital
23. Dixon Doll - DCM-Doll Capital Management
24. Lip-Bu Tan - Walden International

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