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  2. Browse today’s rankings of the wealthiest people and families globally. Discover the net worth, age, and other information about the richest people in the world.

  3. Apr 5, 2022 · According to Forbes’ estimates, 332 billionaires made their fortunes in the tech industry, down from 365 last year. It has the third-most billionaires in the world, behind finance and ...

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  4. Jan 7, 2021 · Elon Musk has become the world's richest person, as his net worth crossed $185bn (£136bn). The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla's share price increased on...

  5. Forbes Middle East /. Forbes Middle East. /. <p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos overtook Oracle co-founder and chief technology officer Larry Ellison as the second richest person in the world on Forbes’ real-time billionaires rankings, behind Elon Musk, after shares of Amazon jumped Friday.</p>.

    • Source of Wealth: Amazon
    • Source of Wealth: Microsoft
    • Source of Wealth: Facebook
    • Source of Wealth: Software
    • Source of Wealth: Google
    • Source of Wealth: Internet Media
    • Source of Wealth: E-Commerce
    • Source of Wealth: Dell Computers
    • Source of Wealth: Bytedance
    • Source of Wealth: Online Games

    The Amazon founder will no longer be CEO at the end of the year. In February, Bezos announced that he would step down from the position in the third quarter of 2021 to focus on other projects, including his space company, Blue Origin, theWashington Post and charitable initiatives such as the Amazon Day 1 Fund. In 2020, his $10 billion Bezos Earth F...

    Although Gates fell below the top two richest people in the world for the first time on the Forbes Billionaires list since 2008, this year marks the first time he crossed the $100 billion mark. The Microsoft cofounder’s fortune grew by $26 billion, benefiting in part from a 66% increase in the company’s stock, as well as surging shares of tractor m...

    Facebook continues to be one of the preeminent platforms for communication during the pandemic, but it has caught significant flak along the way. Zuckerberg testified (virtually) before Congress last summer regarding potential antitrust violations, and again in March on Facebook’s role in spreading disinformation and extremism. The company notably ...

    Ellison is a leading figure in the purported tech exodus out of the San Francisco Bay Area to new hot spots such as Texas and Florida. In his case, Oracle, the software company he cofounded in 1977, moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas, while Ellison told employees he was moving to Hawaii. In 2012, the tycoon paid $300 million to buy the Hawaiia...

    The Google cofoundershave stayed out of the spotlight since stepping away from executive control of Google parent company Alphabet in late 2019. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai appeared alongside Zuckerberg during congressional hearings in March and last summer. The pair still hold more than 50% of Alphabet’s voting rights, which allows them to maintain...

    As with Facebook and Google in the United States, Chinese internet magnate Pony Ma is facing pressure as his home country attempts to curb the power of big tech companies. Shares of Tencent, which Ma chairs, fell steadily after peaking this January, as the company’s digital payments arm became a target of regulators. Still, Tencent’s strong perform...

    The cofounder of online discounter Pinduoduo got $38.8 billion richer over the past year, as his firm became China’s largest e-commerce platform by active users in March—just six years after its 2015 inception. Last July, Huang stepped down as CEO; in March, he abruptly exited as chairman and entrusted his voting rights to the board. Huang told sha...

    Shares of Dell Technologies increased by 187% over the past year, contributing to a $22.2 billion increase in the fortune of its chairman and CEO. Last year, Dell announced a $100 million donation to fight Covid-19 through the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. Four fifths of the gift went to providing relief for small businesses and nonprofits imp...

    Zhang, CEO and chairman of ByteDance, owns an estimated 22% of the Beijing-based internet giant, which he founded in 2012. Propelled by the popularity of news app Toutiao in China and video social-networking app TikTok worldwide, ByteDance continued to experience rapid growth in the face of then President Trump’s August 2020 order that it must dive...

    Ding is founder and CEO of Chinese online gaming giant NetEase, which has developed hit titles such as Fantasy Westward Journey. His fortune has nearly doubled after a year where Covid-19 lockdowns drove surging demandfor NetEase’s games and, in turn, its stock. NetEase, which has traded on Nasdaq since 2000, raised an additional $2.7 billion last ...

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  6. Oct 4, 2024 · Zuckerberg’s net worth reached $206.2 billion Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, topping the $205.1 billion net worth of the former Amazon CEO and president. Mark ...

  7. Jan 7, 2021 · Elon Musk has become the world's richest person, as his net worth crossed $185bn (£136bn). The Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur was pushed into the top slot after Tesla's share price increased on...

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