Who Are the Richest Tech Moguls?

The Richest Tech Moguls in the world

 

15. James Goodnight

Net Worth: 7.2 Billion

Cofounded software firm SAS with friend John Sall. Goodnight owns 2/3 of SAS, one of the largest privately held companies.

14. Eric Schmidt

Net Worth: $8.3 Billion

Google executive chairman and former CEO. Schmidt holds a 1.7% share in the company but is slowly selling it off to diversify his assets.

 

13. Pierre Omidyar

Net Worth: $8.5 Billion

The founder of Ebay became a billionaire at age 31 with the online auction company's IPO in 1998.

 

12. Hasso Plattner

Net Worth: $8.9 Billion

Cofounder of SAP with four other former IBM employees. Plattner sails competitively on his yacht, plays tennis and skis. He also owns a golf course and hotel in South Africa's Western Cape province.

 

11. Laurene Powell Jobs

Net Worth: $11.7 Billion

 

10. Azim Premji

Net Worth: $11.2 Billion

One of the most philanthropic people in Asia, he has given billions to his education charities and others.

 

9. Mark Zuckerberg

Net Worth: $13.3 Billion

A co-founder of social media website Facebook has returned to the top 20 of the Forbes 400.
 

8. Paul G. Allen

Net Worth: $15 Billion

The Microsoft cofounder has his hand in many things. Owner of the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazer, he is also in a band, The Underthinkers.


 

7. Steve Ballmer

Net Worth: $15.2 Billion

Microsoft's longtime CEO has done well for himself and the company. Microsoft generated more than $120B in profits and $80B in dividends with him at the helm.
  

6. Michael Dell

Net Worth: $15.3 Billion

After shareholder approval, the CEO and Chairman of Dell will take the company private once more. The offer is worth $24.9 Billion.

5. Sergey Brin

Net Worth: $24.4 Billion

Co-founder and overseer of Google X, Google's secretive expiremental devision. Brin's devision is responsible for the creationg of Google Glass and self-driving cars.
 

4. Larry Page

Net Worth: $24.9 Billion

The CEO and co-founder of google added $4.6 billion to his worth in the past year.


 

3. Jeff Bezos

Net Worth: 27.2 Billion

The Princeton graduate and founder of Amazon just recently purchased The Washington Post for $250 million.  He's also founded a spaceflight and travel startup call Blue Origin.
 

 

2. Larry Ellison

Net Worth: $41 Billion

The very ambitious founder of Oracle recently enjoyed the victory at The America's Cup by his sailing team, Oracle Team USA.  Ellison enjoys collecting houses on California's Carbon Coast, and also owns 98% of Hawaii's Lanai island.

1. Bill Gates

Net Worth: $72 Billion

Despite giving away over $28 Billion to charity, the co-founder of Microsoft still tops the list of richest people not only in tech, but also in the world.

This is also the second richest man in the world as of statistics of 2013. Technology rules the world both physically and monetarily.

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Compiled by Umechukwu Kelvin.