TheForbes Midas list is the annual ranking byForbes magazine of the most influential and best-performingventure capital investors. Described byKara Swisher as the "Oscars for venture capitalists in tech,"[1] the Midas List uses parameters that include the first-day market capitalization ofIPOs and the opinions of a panel of experts.[2]
The name alludes to the mythological KingMidas, renowned for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold.Forbes partnered with venture capital fund TrueBridge Capital Partners to create the list from 2011 to 2016.[3][4][5][6]
According toForbes, the top 10 venture capitalists in 2024 are as follows:[7]
| Rank | Name | Firm | Notable Deal | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfred Lin | Sequoia | OpenAI | San Francisco |
| 2 | Micky Malka | Ribbit Capital | Coinbase | Menlo Park |
| 3 | Neil Shen | HongShan | ByteDance | Hong Kong |
| 4 | Navin Chaddha | Mayfield Fund | Poshmark | Saratoga, California |
| 5 | Satish Dharmaraj | Redpoint Ventures | Snowflake | Saratoga, California |
| 6 | Chris Dixon | Andreessen Horowitz | Coinbase | Menlo Park |
| 7 | Fred Wilson | Union Square Ventures | Coinbase | New York City |
| 8 | Reid Hoffman | Greylock | Airbnb | Palo Alto |
| 9 | Vinod Khosla | Khosla Ventures | OpenAI | Portola Valley, California |
| 10 | Hemant Taneja | General Catalyst | Applied Intuition | Palo Alto |
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