The richest tech billionaires in the world

Journal Forbes just released the 36th billionaire rankings. For tech billionaires, the list has a significant shuffle compared to 2021.

Elon Musk (219 billion USD)

Compared to last year, Elon Musk rose one place from second to first, taking the house of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. His fortune also increased from 151 billion USD to 219 billion USD.

Musk’s fortune increased sharply during the pandemic, especially in the period 2020-2021 thanks to Tesla setting a sales record. He also made his mark over the past year with the development of technology companies he founded and runs such as SpaceXNeurallink, construction company Boring Company.

Jeff Bezos ($171 billion)

The former Amazon CEO is no longer the richest person in the world by ranking Forbes Billionaires 2022. Compared to 2021, his fortune decreased from 177 billion USD to 171 billion USD.

Bezos, 57, founded the Amazon e-commerce system in 1994. He officially stepped down as CEO in July 2021 after 27 years in office, but still owns 11% of the shares and is the executive chairman of the company. company. After retiring, he is now focusing on new projects, including the aerospace company Blue Origin to compete with SpaceX.

Bill Gates ($129 billion)

Co-founder and former CEO Microsoft still holds the fourth position among the richest people in the world and third if counting technology billionaires alone. Compared to last year, his fortune increased slightly from $124 billion to $129 billion, mainly from stocks and his family’s investments, which are managed through Cascade Investment. He also holds about 1% of Microsoft shares.

Larry Page ($111 billion)

The Google co-founder, now Alphabet, is sixth on the billionaire list, up two places from before as his fortune expanded from $91.5 billion to $111 billion. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in 1996 but has now left the position of running the company to move into an advisory role.

Sergey Brin ($107 billion)

Similar to Page, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, also rose two places and ranked seventh among the richest people in the world and fifth on the list of technology billionaires. Compared to last year, his fortune increased from $ 89 billion to $ 107 billion.

Larry Ellison ($106 billion)

Larry Ellison’s ranking fell one place, from 7th to 8th, although his fortune increased sharply from $ 93 billion to $ 106 billion in the past year. He is currently the Chairman, Chief Technology Officer and also the largest shareholder of Oracle. In addition to this company, his fortune also comes from Tesla – Elon Musk’s company, and a number of businesses in sailing, tennis and real estate.

Steve Ballmer (91.4 billion USD)

Former Microsoft CEO ranked 9th in the 10 richest billionaires in the world due to Forbes statistical. Last year, he was not in the top 10. The only time he appeared on the list was in 1999 with fourth place.

Ballmer resigned in 2014 but remains a shareholder of the world’s largest software company. He currently owns the LA Clippers basketball team in the US.

Mark Zuckerberg (67.3 billion USD)

CEO Meta – the parent company of Facebook – dropped out of the top 10 richest billionaires in the world for the first time Forbes since 2016. From fifth place with a fortune of $97 billion last year, he dropped 10 places and is now 15th. Last year, Zuckerberg’s company faced a series of data scandals. Facebook also saw a drop in monthly users for the first time. The company changed its name to Meta with the ambition of conquering the metaverse virtual universe from October 2021.

Michael Dell (55.1 billion USD)

Michael Dell là Chủ tịch kiêm CEO của hãng máy tính Dell Technologies. So với 45,1 tỷ USD năm ngoái, khối tài sản của ông tăng thêm 10 tỷ USD, giúp ông đứng vị trí thứ 24 trong số những người giàu nhất và thứ 9 nếu xét riêng mảng công nghệ.

Ma Huateng (37,2 tỷ USD)

Ma Huateng, chairman of internet giant Tencent Holdings, is the only Chinese on the list of 10 tech billionaires. In the past year, his fortune has plummeted from 65.8 billion USD to 37.2 billion USD. He is currently ranked 34th among the richest people in the world.

Bao Lam