Vinod Khosla
Sun Microsystems, venture capital · Portola Valley, California
Net worth
$10.5B
Today
+$222M+2.15%Past month
−$1.3B−10.99%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Vinod Khosla is ranked at No. 1 on the 2026 Midas List, his 19th appearance. Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Khosla Ventures invests in experimental technologies such as biomedicine, robotics, and was the first venture firm to invest in OpenAI, valued at $852 billion as of March 2026, after closing a record-breaking $122 billion funding round. The firm scored exits in 2020 and 2021 with IPOs of Affirm and DoorDash and SPAC listings of QuantumScape and Opendoor; Stripe, another notable deal, was valued at $159 billion in 2026. Khosla cofounded computer hardware firm Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy and Scott McNealy. He spent 18 years at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins before launching his own fund.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
19 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL | Technology | 33.2% | $3.5B |
Google Inc. (Cl C) NASDAQ: GOOG | Technology | 23.5% | $2.5B |
Private and other holdings | Technology | 22.1% | $2.3B |
Rocket Lab USA NASDAQ: RKLB | Technology | 5.0% | $522M |
DoorDash, Inc NASDAQ: DASH | Technology | 4.4% | $464M |
Rubrik NYSE: RBRK | Technology | 3.9% | $412M |
GitLab, Inc NASDAQ: GTLB | Technology | 2.9% | $300M |
Block Inc Class A NYSE: XYZ | Technology | 1.7% | $176M |
Instacart NASDAQ: CART | Technology | 1.0% | $109M |
Juniper Networks Inc. NYSE: JNPR | Technology | 0.6% | $64M |
Lanzatech NASDAQ: LNZA | Technology | 0.5% | $49M |
RingCentral NYSE: RNG | Technology | 0.4% | $44M |
Okta, Inc NASDAQ: OKTA | Technology | 0.3% | $34M |
Guardant Health NASDAQ: GH | Technology | 0.2% | $25M |
QuantumScape NASDAQ: QS | Technology | 0.1% | $16M |
Opendoor Technologies NASDAQ: OPEN | Technology | 0.1% | $12M |
Affirm Holdings NASDAQ: AFRM | Technology | 0.1% | $5M |
NextDoor NASDAQ: NXDR | Technology | 0.1% | $5M |
Velo3D NASDAQ: VELO | Technology | 0.0% | $350K |
Also known for
- Khosla attempted to found a soymilk company in India before immigrating to the United States in the 1970s.
“Good isn't good enough; great is barely acceptable.”