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World’s Top 5 Tech Investors 2022

Meet the top five listees from Forbes’ Midas List 2022, featuring the world’s leading tech investors.

1. Chris Dixon

Firm: Andreessen Horowitz Notable Deal: Coinbase Headquarters: U.S. Andreessen Horowitz’s general partner Dixon jumped six places from last year to reach number one, thanks to his firm’s continued investment in crypto exchange Coinbase. His focus is on Web3. The company has bet on Coinbase 15 times, across every funding round from its Series B in 2013 to its April 2021 IPO with an $85 billion market cap. The 51-yearold entrepreneur also cofounded cybersecurity company SiteAdvisor, which was acquired by McAfee in 2006, and recommendation tech firm Hunch, which Dixon sold to eBay in 2011. He is also a personal investor in Pinterest, Stripe, and Warby Parker.

2. Micky Malka

Firm: Ribbit Capital Notable Deal: Coinbase Headquarters: U.S. Ribbit Capital founder Malka is credited with some of the highest-profile IPOs of 2021, including Coinbase, Nubank, and Robinhood. The 48-year-old Venezuelan native founded and sold his first business, a financial brokerage, in his teenage years. Malka established payments startup Bling Nation in 2007, which failed in 2011. The serial entrepreneur founded Ribbit Capital in 2012.

Chris Dixon

3. Neil Shen

Firm: Sequoia China Notable Deal: ByteDance Headquarters: Hong Kong (SAR) Shen is the founding and managing partner of Sequoia China, the Chinese arm of Silicon Valley’s venture capital firm. He was the Midas List’s top investor for three years until 2021. Before founding Sequoia China in 2005, the 54-year-old cofounded travel site Ctrip.com, now Trip.com, and worked as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank Hong Kong, Chemical Bank, Lehman Brothers, and Citibank. Besides TikTok parent ByteDance, Sequoia China spearheaded deals for Meituan and Pinduoduo. Forbes estimated his fortune at $3.4 billion as of November 11, 2022. 4. Richard Liu

Firm: 5Y Capital Notable Deal: Xiaomi Headquarters: Hong Kong (SAR) Eight-time recurring listee Liu is a founding partner at China’s 5Y Capital, which manages $5 billion in global capital. 2022 marks the 48-year-old’s third year in a top 10 slot on the Midas List. Liu invested in mobilemaker Xiaomi, which went public in 2018. His other stakes include electric vehicle maker XPeng Motors and cloud communications platform Agora. 5Y Capital was formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital.

5. Navin Chaddha

Firm: Mayfield Fund Notable Deal: Poshmark Headquarters: U.S. Thanks to the IPO of developer tools firm HashiCorp, generalist investor Chaddha returned to the top 10 in 2022 in his 14th Midas List appearance. The 51-yearold managing director’s investments have created over $120 billion in equity value and more than 40,000 jobs. He leads the venture practice at Mayfield and has backed 18 companies that have gone public, including Poshmark and Lyft. His other bets include blockchain software maker Alchemy. In his twenties, he cofounded three companies, including VXtreme, which Microsoft acquired to become Windows Media.