It’s pretty interesting to track down the Forbes richest people list. The markets are always fluctuating and peoples assets tend to shift from time to time. On this report, I’ll be reviewing the tech moguls, so here we go.
| # | Name | Known For? | $ | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Gates | Microsoft | $67B (+$6B) | 5% Microsoft, Private Equity, Bonds, Stocks (Ecolab, Televisa, FEMSA), Latin America |
| 2 | Larry Ellison | Oracle | $43B (-$2B) |
Oracle, Real Estate, 98% Hawaiian Island of Lanai |
| 3 | Jeff Bezos | Amazon.com | $24.2B (+$6.8B) | Amazon.com, The Washington Post ($250M), Business Insider, 10000 Year Old Clock ($42M), Twitter, Makerbot (Sold 2013) |
| 4 | Larry Page | $23B (+$4B) | Google, Tesla Motors | |
| 5 | Sergey Brin | $22.8B (+$4B) | Google, Tesla Motors, 23andMe (Genetic Testing), Real-estate, Artificial Meat | |
| 6 | Michael Dell | Dell | $15.3B (-$0.3B) | Dell, OneWest Bank, DentalOne, ValleyCrest, 900000 acres of timerlands in Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas |
| 7 | Steve Ballmer | Microsoft | $15.2B | Microsoft, Accenture |
| 8 | Paul Allen | Microsoft | $15B (+$0.8B) | Seattle Seahawks (NFL), Portland Trail Blazers (NBA), Seattle Sounders FC (MLS), Ticketmaster, SpaceShipOne, Yacht’s, Vulcan Real-estate, Media, Tech, Energy Stocks |
| 9 | Mark Zuckerberg | $13.3B (+$6.1B) | 28% Facebook | |
| 10 | Azim Premji | Wipro (IT Outsourcing) | $11.2B (-$1B) | Hard Rock Cafe, FabIndia, Heritage Foods, Tata Capital |
| 11 | Laurene Powell Jobs | Recent Widow of Steven Jobs | $10.7B | 7.3% of Disney, Apple, TheDreamIsNow.org, Terravera |
| 12 | Hasso Plattner | SAP | $8.9B (+$1.7B) | San Jose Sharks (NHL), ujam, GoEuro, OpenSynergy, SponsorPay |
| 13 | Pierre Omidyar | eBay | $8.7B (+$0.5B) | Change.org, Seesmic, Ginx, Civil Beat (Honolulu), Montage Resort & Spa |
| 14 | Eric Schmidt | Google, Novell, Sun | $8.2B (+$1.3B) | TomorrowVentures, Tons of VC’s |
| 15 | James Goodnight | SAS | $7.7B (+$0.4B) | Real-estate |
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