1. Bill Gates
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| Bill Gates |
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born October 28,
1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, one the most richest in tech and philanthropist. In
1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's
largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the
positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, and was the largest
individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates has authored and co-authored
several books.
Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal
computer revolution. He has Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the
personal computer revolution. He has been criticized for his business tactics,
which have been considered anti-competitive, an opinion that has in some cases
been upheld by numerous court rulings. Later in his career, Gates pursued a
number of philanthropic endeavors, donating large amounts of money to various
charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, established in 2000.
Gates stepped down as chief executive officer of Microsoft
in January 2000. He remained as chairman and created the position of chief
software architect for himself. In June 2006, Gates announced that he would be
transitioning from full-time work at Microsoft to part-time work, and full-time
work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He gradually transferred his
duties to Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie. He stepped down as chairman of Microsoft
in February 2014, taking on a new post as technology adviser to support the
then newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella.
Born
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William
Henry Gates III
October 28, 1955 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
Residence
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Medina, Washington, U.S.
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Years active
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1975–present
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Net worth
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US$86.9 billion (March
2017)
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2. Jeff Bezos
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| Jeff Bezos |
Jeff Bezos born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen; January 12, 1964)
is an American engineer, technology and retail entrepreneur, investor and
philanthropist who is best known as the founder, chairman, and chief executive
officer of Amazon.com, which is the world's largest online shopping retailer.
The company began as an Internet merchant of books and expanded to a wide
variety of products and services, most recently video streaming and audio
streaming. Amazon.com is currently the world's largest Internet sales company
on the World Wide Web.
Bezos’s other diversified business interests include
aerospace and newspapers. He is the founder and manufacturer of Blue Origin
(founded in 2000) with test flights to space beginning in 2015, and plans for
commercial suborbital human spaceflight beginning in 2018. In 2013, Bezos
purchased The Washington Post newspaper. A number of other business investments
are managed through Bezos Expeditions.
Born
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Jeffrey
Preston Jorgensen
January 12, 1964 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Residence
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Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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Occupation
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Technology and retail
entrepreneur and investor
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Known for
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Founding and leading Amazon.com and Blue Origin
Managing Bezos Expeditions |
Net worth
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US$78.4 billion (March
2017
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3. Mark Zuckerberg
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| Mark Zuckerberg |
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, born May 14, 1984) is an American
computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He is the chairman, chief
executive officer, and co-founder of Facebook. His net worth is estimated to be
US$58.6 billion as of March 2017, ranking him the fifth richest person in the
world.
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University
dormitory room on February 4, 2004. He was assisted by his college roommates
and fellow Harvard students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz,
and Chris Hughes. The group then introduced Facebook to other college campuses.
Facebook expanded rapidly, reaching one billion users by 2012. Meanwhile,
Zuckerberg was involved in various legal disputes brought by others in the
group, who claimed a share of the company based upon their involvement during
the development phase of Facebook.
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Residence
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Palo Alto,
California, U.S.
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Occupation
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Computer programmer, Internet
entrepreneur
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Years active
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2004–present
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Known for
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Co-founder of Facebook
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Net worth
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US$59.4
billion (April 2017)
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Title
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Chairman and CEO of Facebook
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4. Larry Ellison
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| Larry Ellison |
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison (born August 17,
1944) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is
co-founder of Oracle Corporation and was CEO from its founding until September
2014. He is the executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle. As
of February 2017, he was listed by Forbes magazine as the fifth-wealthiest
person in America and as the seventh-wealthiest in the world, with a fortune of
$55 billion.
Ellison was born in New York City but grew up in Chicago. He
studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of
Chicago without graduating before moving to California in 1966. While working
at Ampex in the early 1970s, he became influenced by Edgar F. Codd's research
on relational database design, which led in 1977 to the formation of what
became Oracle. Oracle became a successful database vendor to mid- and low-range
systems, competing with Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server, which led to Ellison
being listed by Forbes as one of the richest men in the world.
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Occupation
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Years active
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1966–present
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Known for
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Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation
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Net worth
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US$55 billion (March
2017
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5. Larry Page
Lawrence "Larry" Edward Page (born March 26, 1973)
is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded
Google with Sergey Brin.
Page is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Google's parent
company, Alphabet Inc. After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in
favour of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. He announced his
intention to step aside a second time in July 2015 to become CEO of Alphabet,
under which Google's assets would be reorganized. Under Page, Alphabet is seeking
to deliver major advancements in a variety of industries
In November 2016, he is the 12th richest person in the
world, with an estimated net worth of US$36.9 billion.
Born
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Lawrence
Edward Page
March 26, 1973 East Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Residence
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Palo Alto, California, U.S.
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Occupation
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Known for
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Co-founder of Google Inc., CEO of Alphabet Inc, PageRank
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Net worth
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Title
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CEO of Alphabet Inc
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6. Sergey Brin
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is an American computer scientist,
internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Together with Larry Page, he
co-founded Google. Brin is the President of Google's parent company Alphabet
Inc. In October 2016 (the most recent period for which figures are available),
Brin was the 12th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of
US$39.2 billion.
Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from
the Soviet Union at the age of 6. He earned his bachelor's degree at the
University of Maryland, following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps
by studying mathematics, as well as computer science. After graduation, he
moved to Stanford University to acquire a PhD in computer science. There he met
Page, with whom he later became friends. They crammed their dormitory room with
inexpensive computers and applied Brin's data mining system to build a web
search engine. The program became popular at Stanford, and they suspended their
PhD studies to start up Google in a rented garage.
Born
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Sergey
Mikhaylovich Brin
Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин August 21, 1973 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Residence
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Los Altos, California, U.S.
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Occupation
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Known for
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Net worth
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US$38.4 billion (January 2017)
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Title
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President of Alphabet Inc
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7. Steve Ballmer
Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer (born March 24,
1956) is the former chief executive officer of Microsoft from January 2000 to
February 2014, and is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. As of
August 10, 2016, his personal wealth is estimated at US$28.1 billion, ranking
him the 22nd richest person in the world. It was announced on August 23, 2013,
that he would step down as Microsoft's CEO within 12 months. On February 4,
2014, Ballmer retired as CEO and was succeeded by Satya Nadella; Ballmer
resigned from the Board of Directors on August 19, 2014 to prepare for teaching
a new class and for the start of the NBA season.
On May 29, 2014, Ballmer placed a bid of $2 billion to
purchase the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
after NBA commissioner Adam Silver forced Donald Sterling to sell the team. He
officially became the Clippers owner on August 12, 2014.
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Residence
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Alma mater
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Harvard University (BA)
Stanford University (dropped out) |
Net worth
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US$28.1 billion (December 2016)
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8. Jack Ma
Ma Yun (Chinese: 马云, [mà y̌n]; born September
10, 1964), known professionally as Jack Ma, is a Chinese business magnate who
is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of successful
Internet-based businesses. He is the first mainland Chinese entrepreneur to
appear on the cover of Forbes.
Born
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Residence
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Hangzhou
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Alma mater
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Occupation
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Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group
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Net worth
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US$28.3 billion
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9. Ma Huateng
Ma Huateng (Chinese: 马化腾; pinyin: Mǎ Huàténg, born
October 29, 1971), also known as Pony Ma, is a Chinese internet entrepreneur.
He is the founder, president, chief executive officer and executive board
member of Tencent Inc., one of the largest Internet companies in China. The
company controls China’s biggest mobile instant messaging service and its
subsidiaries provide media, entertainment, internet and mobile phone
value-added services.
In 2007 and 2014 Time magazine called him one of the world's
most influential people. As of 11 November 2016 he is the 30th richest person
in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$23.9 billion, according to the
Forbes Global Rich List
Born
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October 29, 1971
Chaoyang District, Shantou, Shantou, Guangdong, China |
Residence
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Nationality
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Chinese
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Alma mater
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Occupation
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Chairman of Tencent
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Net worth
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US$23.9 billion (November 2016)
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10. Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) is an American
business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder and
CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s leading providers of information
technology infrastructure solutions. He is ranked as the 37th richest person in
the world by Forbes, with a net worth of US$20.8 billion as of February 2017.
In 2011, his 243.35 million shares of Dell Inc. stock were
worth $3.5 billion, giving him 12% ownership of the company. His remaining
wealth of roughly $10 billion is invested in other companies and is managed by
a firm whose name, MSD Capital, incorporates Dell's initials.
On October 12, 2015, Dell Inc. announced its intent to
acquire the enterprise software and storage company EMC Corporation. At $67
billion, it has been labeled the "highest-valued tech acquisition in
history". The acquisition was finalized September 7, 2016.
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American
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List according to http://forbes.com and profile and image credits http://wikipedia.com
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