According to Forbes’ tech billionaires list, there are just two Indians in the top 100. They are Azim Premji of Wipro and Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies. The list is completely dominated by the US, from where 51 names figure in the list. The list includes Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jeff Bezos of Amazon. China has 20 names in it. Bill Gates of Microsoft tops the list with a net worth of $79.6 billion. Larry Ellison of Oracle with a fortune of $50 billion comes the distant second and Bezos ($47.8 billion) of Amazon the third.
Premji, with a $17.4 billion net worth, is ranked 13th and Shiv Nadar with the net worth of 14.4 billion has been ranked 14. Of the top 10, nine are Americans and just one is Chinese – Jack Ma of Alibaba.
The Top Ten Tech Billionaires
Name |
Company |
Net Worth |
| Bill Gates | Microsoft | $79.6 Billion |
| Larry Ellison | Oracle | $50 Billion |
| Bezos | Amazon | $47.8 Billion |
| Mark Zuckerberg | $41.2 Billion | |
| Larry Page | $33.4 Billion | |
| Sergey Brin | $32.8 Billion | |
| Jack Ma | Alibaba | $23.2 Billion |
| Steve Ballmer | Microsoft | $21.5 Billion |
| Laurene Powell Jobs | Disney | $19.5 Billion |
Points to Note
- The list has only seven women. The wealthiest women Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple’s late chief Steve Jobs.
- The average age of the group is 53. A total of 15 of the 100 are under age 40.
- Two Indian-origin technology czars Romesh Wadhwani and Bharat Desai are also in the list.
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