Forbes magazine published the first in its history ranking of 100 richest IT businessmen in the world. Six of the participants in the list inherited business related to information technology, and 94 of the 100 rich people themselves created and developed their empire. The number of IT billionaires included seven women, the richest of whom is Loreen Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs. The only representative of Russia was Yuri Milner ($ 3.3 billion and 62 place).
When compiling the rating, Forbes took stock prices into account at the close of trading on Friday, July 31, 2015.
We present you the top 10 richest tech magnates in the world.
10. Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO of Dell Corporation. His fortune Forbes estimated at 19.4 billion dollars.
9. Lauren Powell Jobs
Sources of wealth 51-year-old billionaire (21.4 billion dollars according to Forbes) are shares of Apple and Disney. She is the founder and chairman of Emerson Collective, which uses business opportunities to advance social reform and help students with limited resources.
8. Steve Ballmer
This is the first millionaire in the world whose fortune appeared due to options received from the employer - software giant Microsoft. At the same time, Ballmer is neither its founder nor a relative of the founder. He is known not only for his fantastic wealth (22.7 billion dollars), but also for eccentric, temperamental performances.
7. Jack Ma
This Chinese billionaire with a fortune of 23.2 billion dollars founded the Alibaba Group. It is known to Russian consumers by its affiliate online trading platform AliExpress, which presents millions of goods from the Middle Kingdom.
6. Sergey Brin
Google co-founder and director of special projects has an impressive capital of $ 32.8 billion. Google’s unprecedented growth in shares began in July 2015, after the new chief financial officer, Ruth Porat, promised to curb spending on complex and long-term projects and amid news of YouTube’s growing popularity.
5. Larry Page
The top 5 richest IT businessmen in the world are opened by a friend of Sergey Brin and his business partner. Their brainchild Google brought Page 33.4 billion dollars.
4. Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook's 31-year-old co-founder and CEO has a net worth of $ 41.2 billion. In June 2015, the site of his social network totaled 149 billion users per month. Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan donate part of their income to philanthropic purposes. The couple donated $ 100 million to the Traumatology Center at the San Francisco Public Hospital and the development of ways to deal with the Ebola virus.
3. Jeff Bezos
The net worth of this 51-year-old American is $ 47.8 billion, and 90% of it was received thanks to 18% of Amazon shares. Bezos's fortune has grown by $ 13 billion since the beginning of 2015. In the Forbes billionaire rating, which was published in early March, it "cost" $ 34.8 billion. As Amazon's CEO, Bezos continues to make bold bets on new technologies such as delivering orders via drones.
2. Larry Allison
Founder of Oracle, one of the top 3 software companies with the highest revenue. Ellison's fortune is $ 50 billion. His name has long been flashed in Forbes, it first appeared in a 1986 magazine, then Ellison's capital was $ 185 million.
1. Bill Gates
The richest man in the world got the first place in the ranking of the richest IT businessmen in 2015. His capital is $ 79.6 billion. Gates, who left Microsoft in 2014 to focus on charity, continues to sell shares in the company, which he founded with Paul Allen 40 years ago. Under his leadership, Microsoft has become a leader in software production.
