Techies on the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans (pictures)
Executives and founders from Microsoft, Dell, Facebook, and Twitter make the list of the top 400 richest Americans.
#1 Bill Gates
This week Forbes released its list of 400 of the richest Americans, a who's who of American business masterminds, with an average
net worth of $4.2 billion. Founders and co-creators of tech companies didn't factor extremely heavily into the list of major players, but they did account for some of the more youthful members.
The top techie -- and overall No. 1 -- on the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America is Bill Gates, with a net worth of $66 billion.
The top techie -- and overall No. 1 -- on the Forbes list of the 400 richest people in America is Bill Gates, with a net worth of $66 billion.
#3 Larry Ellison
#3 on the list of the richest Americans is Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle, worth $41 billion.
#11 Jeff Bezos
At #11, founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos has a net worth of more than $23.2 billion.
#13 Sergey Brin
Google co-founder Sergey Brin shares the #13 with co-founder Larry Page, with a net worth of $20.3 billion.
#13 Larry Page
Google co-founder Larry Page shares the #13 position with co-founder Sergey Brin, with a net worth of $20.3 billion.
#19 Steve Ballmer
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is #19, with a net worth of $15.9 billion.
#22 Michael Dell
At #22 is Michael Dell, with a net worth of $14.6 billion.
#36 Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is at #36, with a net worth of $9.4 billion.
#45 Eric Schmidt
#45 is Eric Schmidt with a net worth $7.5 billion.
#71 Gordon Moore
Intel founder Gordon Moore is #71, with a net worth of $4.8 billion.
#151 Dustin Moskovitz
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is #151 on the list, with a net worth $2.7 billion.
#190 Elon Musk
Elon Musk, who created SpaceX and co-founded Tesla Motors and PayPal is #190, with a net worth of $2.4 billion.
#218 Marc Benioff
#218 is Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com. His net worth is $2.2 billion.
#229 Reid Hoffman
#229 is Reid Hoffman, who co-founded LinkedIn, with a net worth of $2.1 billion.
#285 Meg Whitman
#285 on the list is Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard, with a net worth of $1.7 billion.
#328 Vinod Khosla
Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla is #328 on the Forbes 400 list, with a net worth $1.4 billion.
#328 Peter Thiel
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is #328 on the list, with a net worth $1.4 billion.
#347 Sean Parker
Napster founder and early Facebook president Sean Parker is #347 on the list, with a net worth of $1.3 billion.
#360 David Filo
Yahoo co-founder David Filo is #360, with a net worth of $1.2 billion.
#360 Jerry Yang
#360 is Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, with a net worth of $1.2 billion.
#392 Jack Dorsey
#392 is Jack Dorsey, who co-created Twitter, with a net worth of $1.1 billion.
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