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In Case You Were Wondering, These Are The 20 Richest Billionaires In Technology

Money makes the world go round, but when was any amount enough? Unfortunately, COVID-19 lockdowns across nations affected a lot of businesses around the world. This also translated into people losing their net worth on a global scale. But these people have more than enough for a few lifetimes and then some. According to Forbes, these are the 20 richest billionaires in the world right now in the technology sector.

Anuj Tiwari Updated on Apr 28, 2020, 15:40 IST

Money makes the world go round, but when was any amount enough? Unfortunately, COVID-19 lockdowns across nations affected a lot of businesses around the world. This also translated into people losing their net worth on a global scale. But these people have more than enough for a few lifetimes and then some. According to Forbes, these are the 20 richest billionaires in the world right now in the technology sector.

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, according to the latest annual ranking from Forbes. The Amazon founder leads with an estimated net worth of $113 billion.

Bill Gates

Bill Gates is now second with an estimated net worth of $98 billion. While he made Windows worldwide phenomena, in February his foundation said it would spend up to $100 million on coronavirus relief and vaccines.

Larry Ellison

Oracle chief Larry Ellison is the fifth-richest person in the world and third in technology with $59 billion. Recently, the Oracle founder joined the fight against the coronavirus for creating a database for the country’s coronavirus cases with the help of White House, the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies.

Mark Zuckerberg

After facing a lot of criticism for fake news and data privacy, Facebook was fined $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission in July 2019.? Facebook also announced plans to pay all workers a $1,000 bonus to help offset the economic impact of the coronavirus. Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's net worth is $54 billion.??

Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is the high-wattage former CEO of Microsoft, who led the company from 2000 to 2014. He joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee No. 30. Ballmer is 11th-richest in the world with $52.7 billion.

Larry Page

Larry Page sits at the helm of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, healthcare division Calico, smart home appliance division Nest and more. He cofounded Google in 1998 with fellow Stanford PhD student Sergey Brin. Google co-founder Larry Page is worth $50.9 billion.?You can thank this man for all the quick search results that you are so used to.

Sergey Brin

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is worth $49.1 billion. Sergey Brin works as president of tech giant Alphabet, the parent firm of Google. Brin cofounded search engine firm Google with Larry Page in 1998.

Jack Ma

Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma is worth $38.8 billion. Jack Ma?retired as chairman of online-shopping giant Alibaba Group in September 2019 and said he would get more involved in philanthropy. Also, Jack Ma Foundation announced to donate 1 million masks and 500,000 coronavirus test kits to the U.S. in March.

Ma Huateng

Ma Huateng chairs Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings, Tencent's popular social messaging app WeChat has more than 1 billion users, Ma Huateng is worth $38.1 billion

Mackenzie Bezos

Mackenzie Bezos?debuts on the list this year with net $36 billion after she and Jeff Bezos agreed on a divorce settlement in 2019 that granted her a quarter of his Amazon stake.

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Anuj Tiwari writes stories for SEO and is a Youtube wizard. An engineer turned social media champ, he keeps a track of all that goes around the world. His interest areas include historic events, political and social-sciences.

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