Jeff Bezos is richer than Warren Buffett: Here's a list of the 10 richest people in tech

There is no doubt that technology has become a crucial aspect for human beings. We are surrounded by it all the time, when we are at work, travelling and when we go to sleep. This also means that technology has a lot of wealth behind it, like a LOT. Tech companies around the world are probably one of the richest firms and here are the top ten richest people in tech.

1. Bill Gates (60 years)

No brainer as to who is on the top of the list, yup it’s Mr. Microsoft himself. He is not only the richest man in tech, but is also the richest man on the planet with a net worth of close to $90 billion. Bill Gates started earning money at an early age and became a billionaire just at the age of 30 when Microsoft went public. After running the company for many years he stepped down as CEO in 2000. While he retains a position on the company’s board, he is more focused on philanthropic work.

2. Jeff Bezos (52 years)

According to Bloomberg, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos’ total net worth hit $65.05 billion on just a day back which also makes him the second wealthiest person in the world. Apart from having one of the biggest online markets in the world, Bezos also owns the Washington Post newspaper and the space rocket company Blue Origin.

3. Mark Zuckerberg (31 years)

Owner of the world’s biggest social network, all of Mark Zuckerberg’s $46.7 billion comes from Facebook. The Harvard University dropout has been one of the most influential people on the internet and has pledged along with his wife to give away 99 percent of their wealth in their lifetime, and regularly contribute money or Facebook shares to causes and communities.

4. Larry Ellison (71 years)

Co-founder of Oracle Corp, which largely deals in Database software for businesses and government and workplace efficiency software, Ellison was one of the most highly paid CEOs in the world at one point of time. He currently has a net worth of $46.1 billion, owns a Hawaiian island (Lanai) and has been married and divorced four times.

5. Larry Page (42 years)

Co-founder of Google and the current CEO of Alphabet (Google’s new parent company), Page had a major role in creating the algorithm of Google’s search engine. He became a billionaire at the age of 30 and now has a net worth of $37.8 billion. In 2001 he stepped down as CEO of Google in favour of Eric Schmidt and later re-assumed the role in April 2011.

6. Sergey Brin (42 years)

Closely behind Page is Sergey Brin who co-founded Google in 1998. Today many of Google’s products are built on the foundation that Brin and Page created back in the late ’90s. Brin has a net worth of $ 36.2 billion and is currently is a part of Alphabet focusing on new ideas including Project Loon to provide Wi-Fi to rural communities through high-altitude balloons.

7. Jack Ma (51 years)

Founder of China’s biggest online store Alibaba , Jack Ma is also called as Jeff Bezos of China. Alibaba has become China’s equivalent of Amazon’s online store and the company went public in 2014 with the world’s largest ever stock offering of $25 billion. The founder currently has a net worth of $26.3 billion.

8. Steve Ballmer (59 years)

Steve Ballmer dropped out of business school at Stanford in 1980 to join Microsoft owned by his friend Bill Gates. He became the company’s first business manager, earning a $50,000 salary and a stake in the company. He later went on to become CEO during his time at Microsoft. Ballmer is now only the second person to ever become a billionaire from employee stock options. His net worth is now close to $26 billion.

9. Michael Dell (51 years)

The name just gives it away. Michael was a pre-med student at the University of Texas in 1984, when he founded a company called PC Ltd. which later became Dell. He dropped out of college to build computers full-time to make one of the world’s biggest PC brand. At the age of 23 his company went public and raised $30 million out of which $18 million of it went to him personally. Currently he has a net worth of $18.9 billion.

10. Pony Ma (44 years)

No he is not related to Jack Ma in any way but he is wealthy. Ma Huateng (Pony Ma) started a company called Tencent with his college friends. The company’s first major product was a messaging service in China named QQ which became a standard in early online messaging services. Ever since the company has started investing in a variety of different businesses including music distribution and video game studios like Riot Games. His net worth today at the age of 44 is $18.2 billion.