Almost half of the Midas List investors hold only an MBA (44 in total).
We worked with Forbes to apply a similar process and precision to the Midas List.
We partnered with Forbes once again to help compile the 2012 Midas List.
Their returns have put him on the Forbes Midas List of top early-stage funders.
Thiel, number seven on the Midas List, is known for his investments in Facebook, Zynga and LinkedIn.
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Seven Chinese VCs made the cut on the Midas List in 2013, compared with nine last year.
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Harvard comes closest to Stanford, with 12 graduate alumni on the Midas List.
More investors on the 2013 Midas List received a BA degree than a BS degree, and two GPs got both.
The list of universities with two representatives on the 2013 Midas List is much larger than last year, with eight schools represented.
Last year when Forbes released its Midas List, an annual ranking of the best venture capitalists, March Madness was in full swing.
In terms of venture capital firms, those that have had recent success as measured in the Midas List and elsewhere did well.
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Two other billionaires on the Midas List this year can attribute the bulk of their fortunes to a different Silicon Valley behemoth: Google.
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"People don't care about the latest networking systems anymore, " says Kenneth Lawler, a partner at Battery Ventures and number 41 on the Midas list.
So I wanted to reproduce online the data page below, which appeared in the print package of the Midas list (cover date Apr. 25).
Indeed, an interesting question now after all the focus on Facebook, is what current private companies will power the future top of the Midas List.
The 2013 Midas List: Hot Prospects consists of investors who are keeping the industry on its toes and are poised to break into future Midas editions.
To no surprise, the Bay Area continues to dominate the Midas List, as 72% of the venture capitalists on the list are based out West.
This kind of success has helped land two NEA venture capitalists, Richard Kramlich and Peter Morris , on Forbes' Midas List of tech's top venture investors.
The opportunity to make a quicker, bigger buck in high-tech has traditionally skewed the Midas List toward information technology investors and away from the life sciences.
Jim Breyer of Accel Partners, who ranked number one on the recent Forbes Midas list, has an affiliate team scouring China looking for the next Tencent.
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We fully expect Lynn to join the Midas List next year, given her early involvement in companies such as Evernote, Lending Club, and Practice Fusion.
Midas List members Peter Thiel and Yuri Milner are two other venture capitalists who can attribute the majority of their wealth to a certain golden touch with Facebook.
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Lynn and Adele Oliva of Quaker Partners (who was on the Midas List in 2012) were both in the top 150 but just outside of the Midas List this year.
Indeed, it was the best decision for the likes of Breyer and at least two other Midas List billionaires, whose fortunes are largely derived from timely investments in the Menlo Park, Calif.
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For the third year in a row, TrueBridge Capital has partnered with Forbes to cultivate the most exciting billing in venture capital, The 2013 Midas List, which rumor has it will be published shortly.
This year, instead of representing India, the Midas List includes one venture capitalist from outside the East or West Coast hotbeds of venture activity John Connors of Ignition Partners, who is based in Seattle but focuses on the Bay Area for investments.
Greylock senior managing partner David Sze slips a few spots on the Midas List this year, busy as he is keeping the Menlo Park, Calif. firm's house in order, what with Aneel Bhusri and Reid Hoffman still very much involved in the running of Workday and LinkedIn, respectively.
While we had hoped for a few more women to break onto the list, we are pleased to note that Rebecca Lynn at Morgenthaler Ventures has made our list of 2013 Hot Midas Prospects.
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