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Technology billionaires
528 technology billionaires are ranked in our records, with combined latest estimates of $5.51 trillion. Elon Musk leads at $945 billion. 493 of them built their fortune themselves.
| World rank | Name | Net worth | Source of wealth | Country | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk 55 Tesla, SpaceX, United States | $945B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Tesla, SpaceX | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3 | Larry Page 53 Google, Alphabet, United States | $285B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Google, Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 4 | Sergey Brin 53 Google, Alphabet, United States | $262B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Google, Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 5 | Michael Dell 61 Dell Technologies, United States | $256B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Dell Technologies | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 6 | Mark Zuckerberg 42 Facebook, Meta Platforms, United States | $253B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Facebook, Meta Platforms | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 7 | Jensen Huang 63 Nvidia, United States | $192B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Nvidia | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 8 | Larry Ellison 82 Oracle, United States | $170B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Oracle | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 9 | Steve Ballmer 70 Microsoft, United States | $165B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 16 | Bill Gates 70 Microsoft, Cascade Investment, United States | $117B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microsoft, Cascade Investment | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 24 | Zhang Yiming 43 ByteDance, China | $84.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | ByteDance | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 32 | Masayoshi Son 69 SoftBank Group, Japan | $59.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SoftBank Group | 🇯🇵 Japan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 44 | Ma Huateng 54 Tencent, China | $45.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Tencent | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 48 | William Ding 55 NetEase (online games), China | $41.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | NetEase (online games) | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 49 | Eduardo Saverin 44 Facebook, Meta Platforms, Brazil | $40.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Facebook, Meta Platforms | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 50 | Andrea Pignataro 56 ION Group, Italy | $40.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | ION Group | 🇮🇹 Italy | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 51 | Liang Wenfeng 41 DeepSeek (AI), High-Flyer (hedge f..., China | $40.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | DeepSeek (AI), High-Flyer (hedge fund) | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 52 | Andy Bechtolsheim 71 Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems,..., Germany | $39.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Arista Networks, Sun Microsystems, early Google investment | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 56 | Eric Schmidt 71 Google (Alphabet), United States | $38.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Google (Alphabet) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 57 | Peter Thiel 59 Palantir, PayPal, Founders Fund, United States | $38.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Palantir, PayPal, Founders Fund | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 68 | Melinda Gates 62 Microsoft (divorce settlement), United States | $34.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microsoft (divorce settlement) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 69 | Henry Samueli 72 Broadcom, United States | $32.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Broadcom | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 70 | John Tu 86 Kingston Technology, United States | $32.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Kingston Technology | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 71 | David Sun 75 Kingston Technology, computer memo..., United States | $32.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Kingston Technology, computer memory | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 76 | Shiv Nadar 81 HCL Technologies, India | $30.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | HCL Technologies | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 79 | Robert J. Pera 48 Ubiquiti, United States | $29.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Ubiquiti | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 81 | Colin Huang 46 Pinduoduo, PDD Holdings, China | $28.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Pinduoduo, PDD Holdings | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 84 | MacKenzie Scott 56 Amazon (divorce settlement), United States | $27.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Amazon (divorce settlement) | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 88 | Jay Y. Lee 58 Samsung, South Korea | $26.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Samsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 91 | Jack Ma 62 Alibaba Group, Ant Group, China | $26.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Alibaba Group, Ant Group | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 95 | Greg Brockman 37 OpenAI, United States | $25.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | OpenAI | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 106 | Chen Tianshi 41 Semiconductors, China | $23.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 110 | Brett Adcock 40 Robots, United States | $23.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Robots | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 120 | Lei Jun 56 Xiaomi, China | $21.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Xiaomi | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 122 | Henry Nicholas 67 Broadcom, United States | $21.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Broadcom | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 123 | Alexander C. Karp 59 Palantir Technologies, United States | $21.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Palantir Technologies | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 133 | Richard B. Cohen 74 Symbotic, C&S Wholesale Grocers, United States | $19.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Symbotic, C&S Wholesale Grocers | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 143 | Jan Koum 50 WhatsApp, United States | $18.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes | |
| 150 | Edwin Chen 38 Surge AI, United States | $18.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Surge AI | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 152 | John Collison 36 Payment software, Ireland | $17.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Payment software | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 153 | Patrick Collison 38 Payment software, Ireland | $17.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Payment software | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 164 | Pierre Chen 70 Electronics, Taiwan | $16.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 179 | Christopher Olah 34 Artificial intelligence, Canada | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 180 | Daniela Amodei 39 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 181 | Dario Amodei 43 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 182 | Jack Clark 37 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 183 | Jared Kaplan 42 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 184 | Sam McCandlish 36 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 185 | Tom Brown 39 Artificial intelligence, United States | $15.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 196 | Tobi Lutke 46 E-commerce, Canada | $14.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | E-commerce | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 198 | James Dyson 79 Dyson, United Kingdom | $14.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Dyson | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 200 | Barry Lam 77 Electronics, Taiwan | $14.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 202 | Terry Gou 76 Electronics, Taiwan | $14.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 211 | Hasso Plattner 82 SAP, Germany | $14.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SAP | 🇩🇪 Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 216 | George Kurtz 56 CrowdStrike, United States | $13.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | CrowdStrike | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 217 | Zhang Zhidong 55 Tencent, China | $13.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Tencent | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 218 | Pierre Omidyar 59 eBay, United States | $13.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | eBay | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 227 | Mike Cannon-Brookes 46 Atlassian, Australia | $13.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Atlassian | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 233 | Zhou Qunfei 56 Lens Technology, China | $13.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Lens Technology | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 234 | Gong Hongjia 62 Hikvision, China | $13.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Hikvision | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 239 | Scott Farquhar 46 Atlassian, Australia | $13.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Atlassian | 🇦🇺 Australia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 248 | Zhu Yiming 54 Semiconductors, China | $12.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 249 | Daniel Ek 43 Spotify, Sweden | $12.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Spotify | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 255 | Jay Chaudhry 71 Zscaler, United States | $12.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Zscaler | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 258 | Ken Xie 63 Fortinet, United States | $12.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Fortinet | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 259 | David Steward 75 World Wide Technology, United States | $12.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | World Wide Technology | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 262 | Joseph Tsai 62 Alibaba, Canada | $12.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Alibaba | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 282 | James Goodnight 83 SAS Institute, United States | $11.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SAS Institute | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 288 | Brian Chesky 45 Airbnb, United States | $11.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Airbnb | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 293 | Vinod Khosla 71 Sun Microsystems, venture capital, United States | $11.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Sun Microsystems, venture capital | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 299 | Tsai Ming-kai 76 Semiconductors, Taiwan | $11.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 303 | Martin Lorentzon 57 Spotify, Sweden | $11.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Spotify | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 307 | David Duffield 85 Workday, PeopleSoft, United States | $11.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Workday, PeopleSoft | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 309 | Bruce Cheng 89 Electronics, Taiwan | $11.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 320 | Nathan Blecharczyk 43 Airbnb, United States | $11.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Airbnb | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 326 | Wang Laisheng 61 Electronics components, Hong Kong | $10.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics components | ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 336 | Michael Xie 57 Fortinet, United States | $10.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Fortinet | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 343 | David Cheriton 75 Google, Canada | $10.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | 🇨🇦 Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes | |
| 353 | Gabe Newell 63 Valve, Steam, United States | $10.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Valve, Steam | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 359 | Morris Chang 95 Semiconductors, Taiwan | $9.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 360 | Lee Boo-jin 56 Samsung, South Korea | $9.9B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Samsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 368 | Hong Ra-hee 81 Samsung, South Korea | $9.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Samsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 371 | Adam Foroughi 46 AppLovin, United States | $9.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | AppLovin | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 379 | Matthew Prince 51 Cloudflare, United States | $9.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cloudflare | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 380 | Jack Dangermond 81 Esri, United States | $9.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Esri | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 381 | Lee Seo-hyun 53 Samsung, South Korea | $9.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Samsung | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 393 | Joe Gebbia 45 Airbnb, United States | $9.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Airbnb | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 394 | Michael Federmann 83 Defense, hotels, Israel | $9.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Defense, hotels | 🇮🇱 Israel | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 396 | Marc Benioff 62 Salesforce, United States | $9.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Salesforce | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 401 | Dustin Moskovitz 42 Facebook, Asana, United States | $9.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Facebook, Asana | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 406 | James H. Clark 82 Netscape, Silicon Graphics, United States | $9.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Netscape, Silicon Graphics | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 407 | Lin Bin 65 Xiaomi, China | $9.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Xiaomi | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 410 | Tench Coxe 68 Nvidia, venture capital, United States | $9.0B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Nvidia, venture capital | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 425 | Charles Simonyi 78 Microsoft, United States | $8.8B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 428 | Yi Zheng 56 Software, China | $8.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 430 | Min Kao 77 Garmin, United States | $8.7B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Garmin | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 441 | Rakesh Mittal 71 Telecom, India | $8.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Telecom | 🇮🇳 India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 447 | Leo KoGuan 71 SHI International, investments, United States | $8.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SHI International, investments | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 451 | Chris Larsen 66 Ripple, XRP, United States | $8.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Ripple, XRP | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 456 | Brian Armstrong 43 Coinbase, United States | $8.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Coinbase | 🇺🇸 United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 470 | Liu Debing 50 AI, China | $8.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | AI | 🇨🇳 China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in technology?
Elon Musk, with a latest public estimate of $945 billion dated October 2026.
How many technology billionaires are there?
528 are ranked here (latest public estimate above $1 billion, dated on or after 1 September 2026).
Which countries lead in technology?
United States (232), China (101), Germany (21).
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