Investment bankers are not always that popular in Silicon Valley.
They're sometimes seen as impersonal, overly corporate, and more pushy than venture capitalists.
But a few bankers have earned strong reputations for themselves in the Valley.
The tech media startup The Information polled its subscribers on their favorite dealmakers.
Goldman Sachs was ranked the most popular bank in the tech world — but the top individual banker is Ian Smith of the boutique bank Allen & Co.
Here are the results.
6. Quincy Smith — Code Advisors
Smith is a founding partner of the San Francisco-based boutique Code Advisors.
He was previously the CEO of CBS' interactive division. Before that, he was an investment banker with Allen & Co., according to his LinkedIn profile.
Smith launched Code Advisors along with dealmaker Fred Davis and former CBS colleague Michael Marquez.
He has also worked for Netscape and Morgan Stanley.
5. Paul Kwan — Morgan Stanley
Kwan is a managing director at Morgan Stanley and head of the firm's West Coast technology banking team.
He helped lead initial public offerings for Atlassian, Square, Twitter, and Facebook and private financings for Airbnb and Domo. He also focuses on strategic M&A in the internet and software-as-a-service, or SaaS, industries.
Kwan is a Stanford University grad and joined Morgan Stanley from UBS.
4. Noah Wintroub — JPMorgan
Wintroub is a San Francisco-based investment-banking vice chairman at JPMorgan, responsible for the firm's internet and digital media coverage.
He started his career with the San Francisco bank Hambrecht & Quist, which was later acquired by JPMorgan. His clients include Alibaba, Facebook, LinkedIn, Etsy, GoPro, and Dropbox.
Wintroub is JPMorgan's youngest vice chairman in history. He was recently named on Fortune's 40 Under 40 list.
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