Tech pays, it seems.
Forbes updated list of the richest people on the planet, and multiple tech company founders and executives were scattered throughout the list.
Bill Gates ($86 B) topped the list yet again — no surprise there. Also in the Top 10 are Amazon’s Jeff Bezos ($72 B), Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ($56 B), and Oracle’s Larry Ellison ($52.2 B).
Other members in the top 100 include Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google; former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer; and Laurene Powell Jobs, chairman of the Emerson Collective and widow of Apple’s Steve Jobs.
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According to the BBC, the grand total of tech billionaires on the list is 183, with a combined fortune $1 trillion.
In all, the list has bloated to include all 2.043 billionaires on the planet. The top 10 on the list all have fortunes in excess of $47 billion. If you have an hour to kill, you can view the full list of billionaires here.
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