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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2528 | Terence (Terry) Matthews 83 Telecom, Canada | $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Telecom | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2533 | S.D. Shibulal 71 Software services, India | $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software services | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2534 | Stewart Butterfield 53 Slack, Flickr, Canada | $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Slack, Flickr | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2539 | Bharat Desai 73 IT consulting, United States | $1.6B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | IT consulting | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2558 | Alakh Pandey 34 Edtech, India | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Edtech | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2559 | Prateek Boob 38 Edtech, India | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Edtech | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2565 | Peter Kelly 69 I.T., United Kingdom | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | I.T. | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2568 | Nicole Shanahan 41 Google, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes | |
| 2580 | Andy Fang 34 Food delivery app, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Food delivery app | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2582 | Daniel Dines 54 Software, Romania | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ท๐ด Romania | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2587 | Roman Sokolov Optical modules | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optical modules | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes | |
| 2588 | George Christ 71 Technology, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Technology | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2590 | Jack Cogen 70 Technology, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Technology | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2618 | Peter Ludwig 42 AI software, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | AI software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2619 | Prasanna Sankar 38 Software, India | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2620 | Qasar Younis 45 AI software, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | AI software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2626 | Eduard Kuฤera 73 Avast antivirus, Czech Republic | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Avast antivirus | ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2628 | Sekar Vembu 54 Business software, India | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Business software | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2630 | Tian Ming 72 Measuring instruments, China | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Measuring instruments | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2640 | Li Weiwei 49 Online games, China | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Online games | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2642 | Shigefumi Wada 74 Software, Japan | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2652 | Kim Sang-beom 65 Semiconductors, South Korea | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2655 | Brian Schimpf 42 Defense technology, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Defense technology | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2657 | Sun Aixiang 58 Thermal management, China | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Thermal management | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2681 | Zeng Kaitian 51 Online games, China | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Online games | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2683 | Melissa Ma Internet search, China | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Internet search | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2685 | Lucy Guo 32 Artificial intelligence, United States | $1.5B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2687 | Andrew Bialecki 41 Marketing software, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Marketing software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2690 | Philip Fayer 48 Fintech, Canada | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Fintech | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2691 | Roland Duchatelet 79 Semiconductors, Belgium | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2692 | Swift Xie 46 Drones, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Drones | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2697 | Xiong Wu 50 Software, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2706 | Vasily Shikin 41 Advertising technology, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Advertising technology | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2708 | Marissa Mayer 51 Google, Yahoo, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Google, Yahoo | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2712 | Adriaan Mol 42 Fintech, Netherlands | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Fintech | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2713 | Satya Nadella 59 Microsoft, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Microsoft | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2716 | Jared Smith 52 Cloud computing, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cloud computing | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2724 | Rick Smith 56 Tasers, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Tasers | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2728 | Lu Lili Financial information, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Financial information | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2735 | Mark Pincus 60 Online games, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Online games | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2739 | Binny Bansal 56 Flipkart, India | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Flipkart | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2755 | Greg Brown 66 Motorola, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Motorola | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2765 | Gleb Fetisov 60 Investments, Russia | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Investments | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2766 | Christopher Stolte 53 Software, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2767 | Gregory Bentley 71 Software, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2768 | Lee Chae-yoon 76 Semiconductors, South Korea | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2774 | Steven Schuurman 51 Software, Netherlands | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2778 | Cao Kanyu 55 Semiconductors, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2783 | Chi Fung Cheng 58 Semiconductors, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2785 | Shyam Sankar 44 Palantir, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Palantir | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2787 | Lee Hae-jin 59 Internet, South Korea | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Internet | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2788 | Chen Qixing 66 Electronics components, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics components | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2798 | Andrew Feldman 57 Artificial intelligence chips, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Artificial intelligence chips | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2818 | Bret Johnsen SpaceX, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | SpaceX | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2828 | Wu Zhongyi 52 Electronics, China | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2832 | Tope Awotona 45 Software, United States | $1.4B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2838 | Markus Persson 47 Minecraft (Mojang), Sweden | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Minecraft (Mojang) | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2841 | Frederic Luddy 71 Software, United States | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2868 | Wu Kaiting 56 Electronics, Hong Kong | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2878 | Andrei Kuzyaev 61 Telecom, oil service, real estate, Russia | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Telecom, oil service, real estate | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2886 | Chris Wanstrath 41 Software, United States | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2893 | Wang Minwen 62 Semiconductor, China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductor | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2896 | Miguel Tomรกs Arrufat Pujol 65 Education technology, Spain | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Education technology | ๐ช๐ธ Spain | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2902 | Ryan Graves 43 Uber, United States | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Uber | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2916 | Michael Krasny 73 Retail, United States | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Retail | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2918 | Ilyas Khan 64 Technology, United Kingdom | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Technology | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2926 | Zhang Changhong 68 Financial information service, China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Financial information service | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2930 | Yang Jian 46 Optical and semiconductor testing..., China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optical and semiconductor testing equipment | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2932 | Huang Shanbing 70 Semiconductors, China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2934 | Sytse 'Sid' Sijbrandij 47 Software, Netherlands | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2935 | Mu Rongjun 46 E-commerce, China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | E-commerce | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2938 | Yasuhide Uno 63 Payment services, Japan | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Payment services | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2952 | Tianqiao Chen 53 Online games, China | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Online games | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2956 | Mo Ibrahim 80 Celtel telecoms, United Kingdom | $1.3B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Celtel telecoms | ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2970 | Qiu Minxiu 81 Semiconductors, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2973 | Boris Nuraliev 68 Software, Russia | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐ท๐บ Russia | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2977 | Zhu Shunquan 58 Semiconductor materials, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductor materials | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2982 | Nicholas Woodman 51 GoPro, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | GoPro | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 2984 | Ma Fei 58 Electronics components, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics components | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3003 | Li Xiaoming 52 AI, Landscape Design, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | AI, Landscape Design | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3005 | Neerja Sethi 71 IT consulting, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | IT consulting | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3013 | Colette Kress 59 Nvidia, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Nvidia | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3016 | Christian Chabot 54 Software, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3019 | Bastian Nominacher 41 Enterprise software, Germany | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise software | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3020 | Dylan Field 34 Software, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3022 | James Truchard 83 Software, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3028 | Zhu Shuangquan 62 Semiconductor materials, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductor materials | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3052 | Martin Klenk 39 Enterprise software, Germany | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Enterprise software | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3064 | Shay Banon 48 Search engine, Israel | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Search engine | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3065 | Sung Kyu-dong 69 Semiconductors, South Korea | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductors | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3073 | Benjamin Zhengmin Pan 56 Electronics, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronics | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3091 | Zhao Jianping 62 Thermal management, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Thermal management | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3096 | Zhang Jian 52 Optical transceivers, China | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Optical transceivers | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3113 | Scott Smith 77 Cloud computing, United States | $1.2B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Cloud computing | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3118 | Zhao Hongfei 52 Software, China | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Software | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3127 | Paul Sciarra 45 Pinterest, United States | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes | |
| 3136 | Craig Abod 63 Information Technology, United States | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Information Technology | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3137 | Zhong Peifeng 63 Semiconductor, United States | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Semiconductor | ๐บ๐ธ United States | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3160 | Cai Mingtong 74 Electronic components, China | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Electronic components | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
| 3164 | Sun Qinghuan 53 Lighting, China | $1.1B 15 Oct 2026, Forbes | Lighting | ๐จ๐ณ China | 15 Oct 2026 Forbes |
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