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Money: World's Top 5 Tech Investors 2022
Forbes Middle East - English
|December 2022
Meet the top five listees from Forbes’ Midas List 2022, featuring the world’s leading tech investors.
1. Chris Dixon
Firm: Andreessen Horowitz
Notable Deal: Coinbase
Headquarters: U.S.
Andreessen Horowitz's general partner Dixon jumped six places from last year to reach number one, thanks to his firm's continued investment in crypto exchange Coinbase. His focus is on Web3. The company has bet on Coinbase 15 times, across every funding round from its Series B in 2013 to its April 2021 IPO with an $85 billion market cap. The 51-year-old entrepreneur also cofounded cybersecurity company SiteAdvisor, which was acquired by McAfee in 2006, and recommendation tech firm Hunch, which Dixon sold to eBay in 2011. He is also a personal investor in Pinterest, Stripe, and Warby Parker.
2. Micky Malka
Firm: Ribbit Capital
Notable Deal: Coinbase
Headquarters: U.S.
This story is from the December 2022 edition of Forbes Middle East - English.
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