The Top 10 Richest People In Technology
By Anna Johnson on September 30th, 2008Forbes magazine has released its latest Forbes 500 list of the wealthiest people in the United States and guess who’s back on top? Yep, it’s Bill Gates.
Interestingly, TechCrunch has distilled the list into the richest people in technology. Topping the list is, of course, Bill Gates, while the second richest person in technology - and the third richest overall - is Larry Ellison. (Are we back in the 90s or what?)
Seven of the richest people in technology are also among the richest 20 individuals overall.
Here’s the top ten:
- Bill Gates (Microsoft): $57 billion
- Larry Ellison (Oracle): $27 billion
- Michael Dell (Dell): $17.3 billion
- Paul Allen (Microsoft): $16 billion
- Sergey Brin (Google): $15.9 billion
- Larry Page (Google): $15.8 billion
- Steve Ballmer (Microsoft): $15 billion
- Jeff Bezos (Amazon): $8.7 billion
- Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.): $6.8 billion
- Pierre Omidyar (eBay): $6.3 billion
Source: Don Reisinger, “Who Are the Richest People In Tech?”, TechCrunch, September 18, 2008
