The Top Richest Tech Moguls Of The World
#1: James Goodnight
He is the co founder of the software firm SAS with his friend John Sall. He owns the 2/3rd share of the largest privately held company and his net worth is $7.2 Billion.
#2: Eric Schmidt
Former Google's CEO and now the executive chairman holds 1.7% shares in the company, selling his shares slowly to diversify his assets. Net total worth of his assets is $8.3 Billion.
#3: Pierre Omidyar
The founder of Ebay became a billionaire at age 31Â with the online auction company's IPO in 1998. Total net worth $8.5 Billion.
#4: 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.
#5: Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $11.7 Billion. As the widow of the late Steve Jobs, Laurene has inherited the majority of her wealth from extensive holdings in Apple and Disney.
#6: 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.
#7: 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 Under thinkers.
#9: 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.
#10: 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.
#11: 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 creation of Google Glass and self-driving cars.
#12: 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.
#13: 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.
#14: 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.
#15: Bill Gates
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.
