THE MIDAS LIST: #98 JOHN NEIS
VENTURE INVESTORS 
2007 Rank: NA
Age: 52
Wisconsin native heads health care practice for Madison venture firm. Funds technologies developed by Midwestern research universities. Financed high-def genomics company NimbleGen Systems, sold to Roche in August, May IPO TomoTherapy, improved cancer radiation that treated his father-in-law. Lives in a converted church in Madison with his wife, an artist who works in film, sculpture and performance art. Believes making art and building companies require similar creativity.
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