The Midas List(41~50)

Felda Hardymon
Bessemer Venture Partners
2007 Rank: 21
Age: 60
Invests in software, communications and retail. Teaches venture capital and private equity at Harvard Business School. Claim to fame: African cell phone operator Celtel, sold for $3.3 billion in 2005.

Robert Stavis
Bessemer Venture Partners
2007 Rank: 22 
Age: 45
Invests in financial services and software. New deal he's excited about: Gerson Lehrman Group, a network of experts on the Web. Favorite deal: Skype, Internet phone company that returned 100 times his money. Foodie cooks in the wood-burning oven he built, invests in restaurants.

Robert Gunderson
Gunderson Dettmer
2007 Rank: NA 
Age: 56
University of Chicago Law grad founded own firm in 1995. Found success through powerhouse deals eBay, Redback Networks, Yahoo and Data Domain.

Deborah A. Farrington
StarVest Partners
2007 Rank: NA 
Age: 57
Top female VC. First institutional investor in Larry Ellison's NetSuite, which had a $1.8 billion IPO last year. New deal: Think Passenger, social networking for companies and their customers. Current boards: NetSuite, Fieldglass (enterprise services software), Perquest (payroll software), Insurance.com. Caught passion for Asia from stint at Merrill Lynch in Tokyo and Hong Kong after Harvard Business School. Combines interests in entrepreneurship and women's issues on board of microfinance organization Opportunity International.

J. Peter Wagner
Accel Partners
2007 Rank: 68 
Age: 42
Aerospace physicist delved into nuclear fusion research before joining Accel Partners in 1996. New York Mets fan led investments in Infinera, Acopia, AirGO and New Edge; regrets passing on VMWare. Firm now largest investor in Web 2.0 darling Facebook. Current bets include Omneon Video (media storage) and Trapeze Networks (WLAN). Sailing enthusiast has been racing his college buddies for twenty years.

George Lee
Goldman Sachs
2007 Rank: 57 
Age: 41
Tech investment banker gained reputation by serving household name clients: eBay, Microsoft, Expedia, Adobe and Baidu. Ran the books for Google's secondary offering in 2006. Wharton grad closed initial offerings for SuccessFactors, Data Domain and Limelight Networks in past year.

Robert P. Goodman
Bessemer Venture Partners
2007 Rank: 51 
Age: 47
Early-stage telecom and software investor was largest shareholder in BladeLogic, data center automation company that went public in July. Firm recently expanded to seven offices in four countries. Previously founded two telecoms, Celcore and Boatphone. Avid gardener compares venture investing to growing vegetables and flowers from seed.

Promod Haque
Norwest Venture Partners
2007 Rank: 52 
Age: 59
Long-time Midas Lister forged reputation with Cerent, Siara and Extreme Networks. Recent hits include Open-Silicon (sold to Bahrain's Islamic Unicorn Investment Bank for $250 million), Yipes (acquired by India's Reliance Communications for $350 million) and Veraz Networks (April 2007 IPO). Looking to Asia for next blockbuster, expanding investment team in India. Actively involved in International Justice Mission (human rights organization) and Opportunity International (microfinance global poverty solution).

Jay C. Hoag
Technology Crossover Ventures
2007 Rank: 9 
Age: 49
Helped raise second largest venture capital fund ever: Technology Crossover Ventures' latest fund weighed in at $3 billion. Confidence from LPs not misplaced: firm boasted 10 exits in 2007. Avid Univ. of Michigan fan led investments in TechTarget (May IPO) and Fandango sale to Comcast in April. Slam-dunked with Expedia and Netflix. Uses investing skills to help alma mater: sits on the Investment Advisory Committee at the University of Michigan.

Ann Huntress Lamont
Oak Investment Partners
2007 Rank: NA 
Age: 51
"Annie" runs Oak's healthcare and financial services portfolios. Lands on list with 2007 IPO of Athenahealth (online clinic administration) and sale of American Esoteric Laboratories (lab tests). From way back: Cephalon (biopharmaceuticals), Odyssey Healthcare (hospice care). Currently excited about United BioSource, which tracks pharmaceutical drug safety. Other half of Greenwich, CT power couple is husband and 2006 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ned Lamont. Looks past her Dem allegiances for one of her favorite entrepreneurs, Athenahealth Chief Jonathan Bush, President Bush's first cousin. Other causes: education, the environment.