6. Dave McClure

#Ranked 53 in Silicon Valley’s best 100

Venture Capitalist and Founding Partner, 500 Startups

McClure continues to invest in many companies around the world with the launch of his accelerator programme at the start of the year.

5. Jim Breyer

#Ranked 44 in Silicon Valley’s best 100

Managing Partner, Accel

Accel got a $700 million return on investments like Groupon and Fusion-io IPO’s in 2011. It also has investments in Facebook, which will offer an IPO soon.

4. Bing Gordon

#Ranked 40 in Silicon Valley’s best 100

Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Bing Gordon got a gigantic payout from Zynga's Initial Public Offering last year and he also served as a consigliere for this IPO, which was a big one similar to Google's IPO.