Gawker 
Feb 1, 2006 3:57 AM
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Forbes's Midas List ranks "the best dealmakers in high-tech and life sciences." Predictable names at the top of the list of 25: venture capitalist John Doerr and pretty much anyone else who got into Google early enough. But enough celebration of the Google effect. What of all the people who've been knocked down the Silicon Valley pecking order? Sixteen who made the list last year are relegated, including, poignantly, Vinod Khosla, Doerr's former colleague at Kleiner Perkins.
| Investor | 2005 rank | Current venture |
|---|---|---|
| Promod Haque | 8 | Yatra, Indian travel sales |
| Vinod Khosla | 9 | Biofuels |
| David Strohm | 11 | Edge Dynamics, channel commerce management |
| Seth Neiman | 12 | Off the radar |
| R David Spreng | 13 | Serving on National Venture Capital Association board |
| Paul Chamberlain | 14 | Bumped up to co-head of Morgan Stanley's global tech-industry group |
| Roger Evans | 15 | Silver Peak Systems, business networking |
| Tench Coxe | 17 | Nvidia, computer graphics |
| Roland Van der Meer | 18 | Axesstel, telecom |
| William Ford | 19 | Likely to join New York Mercantile Exchange board |
| Kevin Compton | 20 | Protrade, athlete stock market |
| Geoffrey Yang | 21 | Still at TiVo |
| Robert Davoli | 22 | Off the radar after resigning from Versata, software |
| James Wei | 23 | FyreStorm, semiconductors |
| Andrew Rachleff | 24 | Windy Hill Kids Film Festival, founded by 13-year-old daughter Shelby |
| Michael Homer | 25 | Mi5 Networks, anti-spyware |
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