The world's 100 richest tech billionaires: Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg close in on frontrunner Bill Gates as their fortunes increase by $15BILLION each Forbes released its annual richest billionaires in technology list on Wednesday Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates still holds the top spot with a fortune of $84.5bn Jeff Bezos, 53, the man behind Amazon, is the second richest with $81.7bn Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 33, holds the third spot with $69.6bn Both Zuckerberg and Bezos boosted their fortunes by $15bn in a single year
Forbes released its annual richest billionaires in technology list on Wednesday. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (pictured) still holds the top spot with a fortune of $84.5billion
Jeff Bezos, 53, (left), the man behind Amazon, is the second richest person in tech with a fortune of $81.7billion. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 33, (right) holds the third spot with $69.6billion. Both men are the first and second biggest gainers this year, respectively, each increasing their extraordinary wealth by $15.5billion
TOP 50 RICHEST TECH BILLIONAIRES
1. Bill Gates - $84.5b
2. Jeff Bezos - $81.7b
3. Mark Zuckerberg - $69.6b
4. Larry Ellison - $59.3b
5. Larry Page - $43.9b
6. Sergey Brin - $42.7
7. Jack Ma - $37.4b
8. Ma Huateng - $36.7b
9. Steve Ballmer - $32.9b
10. Michael Dell - $22.4b
10. Masayoshi Son - $22.4b
12. Elon Musk - $20.7b
13. Paul Allen - $20.5b
14. Lee Kun-Hee - $18.3b
15. Azim Premji - $18.2b
16. William Ding - $16.1b
17. Robin Li - $15.8b
18. Shiv Nadar - $13.5b
19. Dustin Moskovitz - $13.3b
20. Hasso Plattner - $12.6b
21. Zhang Zhidong - $12.5b
22. Eric Schmidt - $12.4b
23. Terry Gou - $10.2b
23. Dietmar Hopp - $10.2b
25. Liu Qiangdong - $10.1b
26. Zhou Qunfei - $10b
27. Eduardo Saverin - $9.7b
28. Jan Koum - $9.6b
29. Pierre Omidyar - $9.3b
30. James Goodnight - $8.9b
31. Joseph Tsai - $8.7b
32. Pan Zhengmin - $7.6b
33. David Duffield - $7.3b
33. Hiroshi Mikitani - $7.3b
35. Gordon Moore - $7.1b
36. Jay Y. Lee - $6.9b
36. Lei Jun - $6.9b
38. Brian Acton - $6.3b
39. Kwon Hyuk-Bin - $6.2b
40. John Doerr - $5.7b
40. David Sun - $5.7b
40. John Tu - $5.7b
43. Gabe Newell - $5.5b
44. Andreas von Bechtolsheim - $5.4b
44. Yeung Kin-man - $5.4b
46. Ralph Dommermuth - $5.3b
47. Lam Wai Ying - $5.2b
48. Garrett Camp - $5.1b
48. Travis Kalanick - $5.1b
50. David Cheriton - $4.9b
BOTTOM 50 RICHEST TECH BILLIONAIRES
51. Fu Liquan - $4.8b
51. Kim Jung-Ju - $4.8b
53. David Filo - $4.7b
54. Lin Xiucheng - $4.6b
55. Mark Scheinberg - $4.5b
56. Marc Benioff - $4.4b
56. Jiang Bin - $4.4b
56. John Sall - $4.4b
59. Yusaku Maezawa - $4.3b
60. Barry Lam - $4.2b
61. Jen-Hsun Huang - $4b
61. Robert Pera - $4b
61. Jeffrey Skoll - $4b
64. Henry Samueli - $3.9b
65. Nathan Blecharczyk - $3.8b
65. Brian Chesky - $3.8b
65. Joe Gebbia - $3.8b
68. Jack & Laura Dangermond - $3.7b
69. Denise Coates - $3.6b
69. Teddy Sagi - $3.6b
69. Rishi Shah - $3.6b
72. Yuri Milner - $3.5b
73. Judy Faulkner - $3.4b
73. Michael Moritz - $3.4b
73. Henry Nicholas, III. - $3.4b
76. Reid Hoffman - $3.2b
76. Scott Lin - $3.2b
76. Bobby Murphy - $3.2b
76. Evan Spiegel - $3.2b
76. Frank Wang - $3.2b
76. Wang Xing - $3.2b
82. Douglas Leone - $3.1b
83. Romesh T. Wadhwani - $3b
83. Zhang Fan - $3b
85. Jim Breyer - $2.9b
85. Min Kao - $2.9b
85. Gil Shwed - $2.9b
85. Thomas Siebel - $2.9b
89. Jason Chang - $2.8b
89. Meg Whitman - $2.8b
91. Jeff Rothschild - $2.7b
91. Simon Xie - $2.7b
93. Mike Cannon-Brookes - $2.6b
93. Scott Cook - $2.6b
93. Scott Farquhar - $2.6b
93. Robert Miller - $2.6b
93. Adam Neumann - $2.6b
93. Sean Parker - $2.6b
93. Wang Laichun - $2.6b
93. Wang Laisheng - $2.6b
Mena: Tech billionaires are my favorite billionaire because I am a gadget guy I love my laptop, my cell phone, my tablet, my scanner, my MP3 player, my digital camera, my SD cards etc. I think Microsoft founder Bill Gates deserve to be the richest man in the world because he revolutionize the world, the computer world, the business world, the personal home computer world with the Windows operating system. the Windows OS allow a user to create words, videos, pictures and sound files. It allow a user to store thousand of words, pictures, videos and sound files. Windows allow a user to communicate with other computer users all over the world and transfer files.
My other favorite tech billionaires are Google co founder Larry Page and Sergei Brin who created the powerful Google seach engine that allow users to search for web pages, files and articles. google also bought the Android software that minimized the computer in the size of a phone. Android make it possible to carry our computers and files in our pocket everywhere wow. I also like Steve jobs who revolutionized the modern smart phone and media player and tablet by inventing the Iphone, Ipod and Ipad. i like the Lee family of Samsung meaning three stars for creating great cell phones and tablets.
Many of the tech billionaires are also great hustlers. I remember a Fortune magazine article about great inventors didnt list Bill Gates because Bill Gates didnt invent Windows OS, it purchased it from somebody and improve it over time. As depicted in the movie Pirate of Silicon Valley Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Apple founder Steve Jobs didnt invent the Graphic User Interface or GUI (the mouse and the window you click on the screen), they stole the GUI from Xerox who had invented it. Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea of Facebook from the Winklevoss brothers who has hired him to create a social media for them. Steve Jobs Apple sued Samsung of the Lee family for violating Apple Iphone patents.
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