2009年初,《福布斯》发布了“2008年顶级投资人排行榜”(Midas List),对那些具有点石成金能力的投资
人进行了年终盘点。在这张排行榜上我们看到的依然都是一些熟面孔,前四名的投资人与去年基本相同,
KPCB的约翰·杜尔(John Doerr)、红杉资本的迈克尔·莫里茨(Michael Moritz)、Sherpalo的拉姆·施雷姆
(Ram Shriram),以及曾将谷歌推荐给KPCB后获得大量股票的斯坦福大学教授大卫·切瑞顿,四人在风险投资
行业的巨人地位暂时还没人能撼动,这也部分由于2008年整个风险投资行业的不景气,导致榜单的位次变化
不大。
在2008年度,谁是最大的赢家,谁又是最大的输家呢?Sigma Partners的董事总经理格里高利·格雷奇
(Gregory Gretsch)登上了榜单第19位,这主要源于戴尔公司在2008年以14亿美元收购了Sigma Partners所投
资的EqualLogic公司,这也是去年最大的一笔退出。而Khosla Ventures的创始人维诺德·科斯拉(Vinod
Khosla)依然保持了连年下降的厄运,去年位次降到了第70位。《福布斯》的榜单排名依据的是投资人过往五
年的投资回报,所以当明年谷歌上市满五周年后,此榜单应该可以看到比较大的位次变化。例如约翰·杜尔
,登上2007年榜单首位倚赖于2007年3月微软公司8亿美元收购Tellme Networks公司,而他在2008年却没有退
出项目。
在新公布的榜单中,一些在中国创投行业耳熟能详的华裔投资人也跻身50强,比如GGV Capital的吴家麟
和符绩勋分别排名第10和第43、DCM的赵克仁排名17、永威投资的萧崇河排名34、汉鼎亚太的徐大麟排名35、
华登国际的陈立武排名45。
排名 投资人 所在机构
1 John Doerr KPCB
2 Michael Moritz 红杉资本
3 Ram Shriram Sherpalo
4 David Cheriton 斯坦福大学
5 William Ford General Atlantic
6 Ronald Conway 天使投资人
7 Andreas von Bechtolsheim Arista Networks
8 Aneel Bhusri Greylock Partners
9 James Perry Madison Dearborn Partners
10 吴家麟(Thomas Ng) GGV Capital
17 赵克仁(David Chao) DCM
34 萧崇河(Henry Shaw) 永威投资
35 徐大麟(Ta-Lin Hsu) 汉鼎亚太
43 符绩勋(Jixun Foo) GGV Capital
45 陈立武(Lip-Bu Tan) 华登国际
1 L. John Doerr Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
2 Michael Moritz Sequoia Capital
3 Ram Shriram Sherpalo
4 David Cheriton Stanford University
5 William Ford General Atlantic
6 Ronald Conway Angel investor
7 Andreas von Bechtolsheim Arista Networks
8 Aneel Bhusri Greylock Partners
9 James Perry Madison Dearborn Partners
10 Thomas Ng Granite Global Ventures
11 Navin Chaddha Mayfield Fund
12 Bryan E. Roberts Venrock
13 Howard Hartenbaum August Capital
14 George H. Bischof Meritech Capital Partners
15 Kevin Harvey Benchmark Capital
16 Daniel Rimer Index Ventures
17 David Katsujin Chao DCM
18 Asad Jamal Eplanet Ventures
19 Gregory R. Gretsch Sigma Partners
20 Peter J. Barris New Enterprise Associates
21 Peter Morris New Enterprise Associates
22 Douglas M. Fambrough Oxford Bioscience Partners
23 J. Peter Wagner Accel Partners
24 Nicholas Galakatos Clarus Ventures
25 Ann Huntress Lamont Oak Investment Partners
26 Roelof Botha Sequoia Capital
27 Robert Stavis Bessemer Venture Partners
28 Parag Saxena Vedanta Capital
29 C. Kevin Landry TA Associates
30 Mark Tluszcz Mangrove Capital Partners
31 Arthur Patterson Accel Partners
32 Arjun Gupta Telesoft Partners
33 Robert P. Goodman Bessemer Venture Partners
34 Henry Shaw AsiaVest Partners
35 Ta-Lin Hsu H&Q Asia Pacific
36 Alexandre Balkanski Benchmark Capital
37 Scott D. Sandell New Enterprise Associates
38 G. Felda Hardymon Bessemer Venture Partners
39 Douglas Leone Sequoia Capital
40 Kheng Nam Lee GGV Capital
41 Kevin J. McQuillan Focus Ventures
42 Bruce R. Evans Summit Partners
43 Jixun Foo GGV Capital
44 Deborah A. Farrington StarVest Partners
45 Lip-Bu Tan Walden International
46 J. Edmund Colloton Bessemer Venture Partners
47 Rob L. Soni Matrix Partners
48 Bruce I. Sachs Charles River Ventures
49 Kenneth Sawyer Saints Capital
50 Peter Fenton Benchmark Capital
51 Jay C. Hoag Technology Crossover Ventures
52 Fred Craves Bay City Capital
53 James Wade M/C Venture Partners
54 Jennifer Fonstad Draper Fisher Jurvetson
55 Harry Weller New Enterprise Associates
56 James N. White Sutter Hill Ventures
57 Matthew S. McIlwain Madrona Venture Group
58 Stephen Harrick Institutional Venture Partners
59 Gregory Galanos Unaffiliated
60 Christopher Baldwin Charles River Ventures
61 Gary R. Little Morgenthaler Ventures
62 Gary Rieschel Qiming Venture Partners
63 Ned Hooper Cisco Systems
64 Todd Chaffee Institutional Venture Partners
65 Dennis Phelps Institutional Venture Partners
66 John W. Jarve Menlo Ventures
67 David J. Cowan Bessemer Venture Partners
68 Timothy Draper Draper Fisher Jurvetson
69 Greg McAdoo Sequoia Capital
70 Deepak Kamra Canaan Partners
71 Ryan Drant New Enterprise Associates
72 Raman Khanna ONSET Ventures
73 Walter G. Kortschak Summit Partners
74 Rene Kern General Atlantic
75 Ravi Adusumalli SAIF Partners
76 Jean George Advanced Technology Ventures
77 James C. Blair Domain Associates
78 Richard H. Kimball Technology Crossover Ventures
79 Kevin A. Fong GSR Ventures
80 Mark P. Carthy Orion Healthcare Equity Partners
81 Fred Wang Trinity Ventures
82 Walker Simmons Wachovia Capital Partners
83 Jonathan W. Meeks TA Associates
84 Fred Cohen TPG Ventures
85 Adam Grosser Foundation Capital
86 Barry Fidelman Atlas Venture
87 Robert Hower Advanced Technology Ventures
88 Rob S. Chandra Bessemer Venture Partners
89 Mike Orsak Worldview Technology Partners
90 J. Sanford Miller Institutional Venture Partners
91 Santo Politi Spark Capital
92 David Skok Matrix Partners
93 Glenn B. Solomon GGV Capital
94 Shirish Sathaye Matrix Partners
95 Kathleen LaPorte New Leaf Venture Partners
96 Promod Haque Norwest Venture Partners
97 John Neis Venture Investors
98 Michael K. Kwatinetz Azure Capital Partners
99 Paul J. Ferri Matrix Partners
100 Brian Ascher Venrock