Despite a pandemic stricken 2020, the world's tech billionaires found a way to get richer and add to their wealth. Here are the world's top 25 tech billionaires, according to Forbes 2021 billionaires list.
As Covid-19 pandemic gripped our lives in early 2020, world's largest tech companies suffered a downward spiral at the beginning. Despite all of this, 25 of the top 120 richest people in the world are all tech billionaires -- people who've started and run some of the largest tech companies in the world. All the world's richest tech billionaires are worth $2.5 trillion in 2021, which is a 80% increase in their wealth from $1.4 trillion in early 2020.
Beyond Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, it's good to see Indian tech tycoon Shiv Nadar who secured the 16th spot among the world's top 25 tech billionaires. In total, there are 365 tech billionaires on the 2021 Forbes billionaire list, up from 241 last year.
The 25 richest people in technology are almost all men including two women, except for some exceptions that have to do with their degree of kinship with other billionaires. The net worth of these billionaires corresponds to March 5, 2021. Here are the list of 25 Tech Billionaires in the World 2021:
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1. Jeff Bezos -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $177 Billion, Source Of Wealth: AmazonIf you don't know about Jef... Read More
Country: United States, Net Worth: $177 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Amazon
If you don't know about Jeff Bezos yet, you've been living under a rock alright. He's not just the richest tech billionaire of 2021, he's the richest person on the planet outright. It all started with Amazon in the 1990s, with Jeff Bezos, and he has never looked back.
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2. Bill Gates -
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Country: United States, Net Worth: $124 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Microsoft
Bill Gates is the second richest person on the planet, and also the second richest tech billionaire of 2021. He made his billions making Microsoft huge during the PC era, and now he's busy with philanthropic activities.
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3. Mark Zuckerberg -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $97 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Facebook
A Harvard drop-out, Mark Zuckerberg is the king of social networks, founder of Facebook, and the third richest tech billionaire in the world.?
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4. Larry Ellison -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $93 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Software
Larry Ellison is the founder of Oracle, one of the earliest success stories of silicon valley, and the fourth richest tech billionaire of 2021.
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5. Larry Page -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $91.5 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Google
One half of the duo that founded Google, Larry Page is the fifth richest tech billionaire of 2021, which doesn't come as a surprise to be honest.
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6. Sergey Brin -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $89 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Google
Sergey Brin is the other half of the duo that started Google from a garage, and he's behind Larry Page to be the sixth richest tech billionaire in the world of 2021.
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7. Steve Ballmer-
Country: United States, Net Worth: $68.7 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Microsoft
Seventh richest tech billionaire of 2021, Steve Ballmer co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and even served as its CEO after Bill Gates stepped down.
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8. Ma Huateng -
Country: China, Net Worth: $65.8 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Internet Media
Ma Huateng is the eighth richest tech billionaire of 2021, having built his tech empire by founding Tencent in China.
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9. Colin Zheng Huang -
Country: China, Net Worth: $55.3 Billion, Source Of Wealth: E-commerce
Colin Zheng Huang is the ninth richest tech billionaire of 2021, founder and CEO of e-commerce company Pinduoduo, a leading grocery marketplace in China.
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10. Mackenzie Scott -
Country: United States, Net Worth: $53 Billion, Source Of Wealth: Amazon
Mackenzie Scott is the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, and she retained a massive chunk of Amazon's share to be 10th richest tech billionaire of 2021.
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