Eight NRI entrepreneurs in Forbes 2007 Midas list

WASHINGTON, January 30 2007
Ashok Mehta

Eight NRIs have made to the Forbes' 2007 Midas list at annual ranking of the US' top 100 tech dealmakers.

• NRI Ram Shriram founder of Sherpalo have placed fourth postion. Shriram was one of just two Indian Americans to find a place in the Forbes' list of 400 richest Americans two years back. In 2005, his net worth was about $1.3 billion.Ram Shriram started Sherpalo in January, 2000, with the goal of applying his wealth of operating and company building experience to promising early .....Read More
  
• NRI Arjun Gupta have made it, 37th position to the Forbes' 2007 Midas list. He is one of the eight NRIs in Forbes' 2007 Midas list.

  Arjun Gupta is the Founder & Managing Partner of TeleSoft Partners, a venture capital firm focused on high-tech startups. Over the last thirteen years he has overseen investing in and helping build ~60 private companies, resulting in ~30 mergers & acquisitions and IPOs to date with a combined current market equity valuation or cash equivalent of ~$17 billion At TeleSoft, ..... Read More

• Parag Saxena, made 38th position on Forbes' 2007 Midas List. NRI, Parag Saxena is a seasoned venture capitalist of nearly two decades and CEO of INVESCO Private Capital. Parag has been involved in more than 300 private transactions, helping numerous private companies to become public companies.

  Parag led INVESCO's investments in Amgen, Argose, Amber Networks, Centocor, DiscoveRx, Genomics Collaborative, Ishoni Networks, SmartPipes and Xenon Genetics as well as the following investments which have gone public ..... Read More

• NRI Rob Soni made (42) position on Forbes' 2007 Midas List. Rob Soni is a General Partner in the Waltham office. Prior to Matrix, Rob was Managing Partner of Bessemer Venture Partners where he led their investments in Aptis Communications (acquired by Nortel), Maker Communications (NASDAQ: MAKR before being acquired ..... Read More
  
• NRI Navin Chaddha: NRI, Navin Chaddha have placed 58th postion on Forbes' 2007 Midas List.
  Navin Chaddha is an accomplished serial entrepreneur and venture investor with a proven track record in growing startup companies to industry leadership and successful exits. He has founded three companies and have a passion for building industry leaders by working with entrepreneurs that can change the way people live, work, and play. Navin leads...... Read More

• Promode Haque (52 Position)
• Srinivas Akkaraju (84 Position)
• Ravi Mhatre (95 Position)