The forbes midas list, which ranks the best dealmakers in high tech and life sciences, is led this year by a passel of survivors. The folks profiled here (the full 100-person ranking is at forbes.com/midas) have proved their mettle by creating wealth through an economic slump. A lot of names on the list last year are gone with the disappearance of the gargantuan valuations of the boom era. The financiers behind Google's 2004 initial offering continue to dominate the Midas list, which is based on five-year results, but they now are trailed closely by venture capitalists who helped launch such foreign-bred successes as Shanghai chip foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International, Luxembourg's phone-over-internet service Skype and Chinese search engine Baidu. With the continued rise of China and India and waves of driven, newly minted capitalists, these rankings will get more multinational each year.
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