Bill Gates Is the Richest Man in Tech, Again

The man who helped create Microsoft in his garage (and was at one time the world’s richest man) has to now settle for the richest man in the technology world, with a net worth of $67 billion.
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The co-founder and chief executive of Oracle, one of the world’s leading enterprise software companies, ranked fifth on the overall list.
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Although he has a penchant for a more low-profile dress code, his net worth, valued at $25.2 billion, looks very executive-lounge.
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The Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of search engine giant Google, who is worth $23 billion, recently took the reins as CEO, replacing Eric Schmidt, who didn’t crack the top 10.
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Right behind Page, with a $22.8 billion net worth, was Google’s other co-founder, Sergey Brin.
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The founder and CEO of Dell, the world’s third-largest PC manufacturer, has a net worth of $15.3 billion, according to the Forbes report.
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Ebullient Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has reason to be excited. His net worth stands at $15.2 billion.
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Thanks to investments in Microsoft and elsewhere, the 60-year-old co-founder of the software giant has accumulated a net worth of $15 billion.
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The 28-year-old Facebook founder and hoodie-lover Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on the technology list, with a net worth of $13.3 billion.
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Azim Premji, one of the Indian leaders in the software industry, placed 10th among the tech industry titans with a net worth of $11.2 billion.
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