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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.

Investor2005 rankCurrent venture
Promod Haque8Yatra, Indian travel sales
Vinod Khosla9Biofuels
David Strohm11Edge Dynamics, channel commerce management
Seth Neiman12Off the radar
R David Spreng13Serving on National Venture Capital Association board
Paul Chamberlain14Bumped up to co-head of Morgan Stanley's global tech-industry group
Roger Evans15Silver Peak Systems, business networking
Tench Coxe17Nvidia, computer graphics
Roland Van der Meer18Axesstel, telecom
William Ford19Likely to join New York Mercantile Exchange board
Kevin Compton20Protrade, athlete stock market
Geoffrey Yang21Still at TiVo
Robert Davoli22Off the radar after resigning from Versata, software
James Wei23FyreStorm, semiconductors
Andrew Rachleff24Windy Hill Kids Film Festival, founded by 13-year-old daughter Shelby
Michael Homer25Mi5 Networks, anti-spyware