On April 2, Forbes magazine released the 'the Midas list' in 2019. So who is the number one venture capitalist in the world? The ranking is still dominated by Chinese.
Last year, Shen NANPENG topped the list for the first time, which not only broke the best record of Chinese investors created and maintained by him, but also became the first Chinese venture capitalist in the world to win the title.
In the reasons for the selection, Forbes said: "almost no one is more qualified to enjoy the reputation of" golden puncher "than Shen NANPENG, who is an important investor behind China's leading technology enterprises such as Alibaba, Jingdong and pinduoduo. '
Forbes' list of the world's best venture capitalists is famous for its professionalism, authority and preciseness, so it is also known as the 'Oscar' of the venture capital industry. The list will select 100 top venture investors in the world every year. With their unique vision, they have found and invested in high growth scientific and technological innovation enterprises at an early stage to help them create outstanding value in the process of development.
Shen NANPENG has always been the highest ranked Chinese venture capitalist since he was first selected into the list in 2012. Thanks to the progress of China's science and technology and the structural opportunities brought by the reform and opening up, China's science and technology innovation enterprises are developing rapidly, and the number of Chinese investors on the list is also increasing. In this year's list, 21 Chinese are on the list, a record high. Ji Yue and Zhou Kui of Sequoia China were also selected, ranking 44th and 53rd respectively.
In this year's list, Sequoia Capital has 10 people selected, which is the largest number of investment institutions on the list. In 2018, Sequoia Capital raised a new global fund of up to US $8 billion, which is the largest financing since its establishment, and continues to increase the venture capital markets in the United States, China, India and Southeast Asia.
The day before Forbes released the list, CB insights, another authoritative us think tank, and the new york times jointly released the top 100 list of global venture capitalists in 2019, and Shen NANPENG also ranked first.