Forbes has published a rating of the 100 richest IT entrepreneurs in the world
American magazine Forbes presented the ranking of the richest IT entrepreneurs in 2015.
Rating headed by Bill Gates. He is the richest man on the planet. This year, Gates' fortune is estimated at $ 79.6 billion. 13% of his money is invested in Microsoft shares. Over the past 21 years, he has become 16 times the richest man in the world according to Forbes.
In second place is the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison. His fortune is $ 50 billion. Today he is the chairman of the board of directors and the technical director of the company.
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Third place went to Jeff Bezos. 90% of its capital comes from Amazon shares. Due to the sharp increase in the company's market value, Bezos’s fortune has grown by $ 13 billion since the beginning of the year and reached $ 47.8 billion.
Top five closes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with $ 33.4 billion and Google founder Larry Page c $ 29.7 billion.
Only one Russian is represented in the ranking - co-owner of the Mail.Ru Group and founder of the DST Global funds, Yuri Milner. He is ranked 62nd with a fortune of $ 3.3 billion.
The list of the richest IT entrepreneurs included 33 representatives from the Asia-Pacific region, 51 Americans, eight Europeans, two Israelis, one Hispanic. 40 out of 100 businessmen live and work in California.
The aggregate state of the rating participants is estimated at $ 842.9 billion. The basis of their wealth are assets in hard- and software companies, social media, online casinos and high-tech manufacturing.
The average age of the list is 53 years. 94 out of 100 made their fortunes, starting a business from scratch.
Top 10 rankings for Forbes:
1 Bill Gates, Microsoft founder - $ 79.6 billion
2 Larry Ellison, Oracle Founder - $ 50 billion
3 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon - $ 47.8 billion
4 Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook - $ 33.4 billion
5 Larry Page, co-founder of Google - $ 29.7 billion
6 Sergey Brin, Google co-founder - $ 29.2 billion
7 Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group - $ 22.7 billion
8 Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft - no accurate data.
9 Loren Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' widow - $ 19.5 billion
10 Michael Dell, founder of Dell - $ 19.2 billion
Rating headed by Bill Gates. He is the richest man on the planet. This year, Gates' fortune is estimated at $ 79.6 billion. 13% of his money is invested in Microsoft shares. Over the past 21 years, he has become 16 times the richest man in the world according to Forbes.
In second place is the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison. His fortune is $ 50 billion. Today he is the chairman of the board of directors and the technical director of the company.
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Third place went to Jeff Bezos. 90% of its capital comes from Amazon shares. Due to the sharp increase in the company's market value, Bezos’s fortune has grown by $ 13 billion since the beginning of the year and reached $ 47.8 billion.
Top five closes Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with $ 33.4 billion and Google founder Larry Page c $ 29.7 billion.
Only one Russian is represented in the ranking - co-owner of the Mail.Ru Group and founder of the DST Global funds, Yuri Milner. He is ranked 62nd with a fortune of $ 3.3 billion.
The list of the richest IT entrepreneurs included 33 representatives from the Asia-Pacific region, 51 Americans, eight Europeans, two Israelis, one Hispanic. 40 out of 100 businessmen live and work in California.
The aggregate state of the rating participants is estimated at $ 842.9 billion. The basis of their wealth are assets in hard- and software companies, social media, online casinos and high-tech manufacturing.
The average age of the list is 53 years. 94 out of 100 made their fortunes, starting a business from scratch.
Top 10 rankings for Forbes:
1 Bill Gates, Microsoft founder - $ 79.6 billion
2 Larry Ellison, Oracle Founder - $ 50 billion
3 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon - $ 47.8 billion
4 Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook - $ 33.4 billion
5 Larry Page, co-founder of Google - $ 29.7 billion
6 Sergey Brin, Google co-founder - $ 29.2 billion
7 Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group - $ 22.7 billion
8 Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft - no accurate data.
9 Loren Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' widow - $ 19.5 billion
10 Michael Dell, founder of Dell - $ 19.2 billion
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