World's richest tech billionaires
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made news again this week when it was reported that she received a $1.12 million cash bonus and $13 million in additional restricted stock options on top of her $1 million salary in 2012. But that is nothing compared to what the world's richest technology billionaires pull in each year.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer received a $1.12 million cash bonus and $13 million in additional restricted stock options on top of her $1 million salary in 2012. The technology company executive pulled in a good amount of money, but she didn't even come close to making this list. Check out the world's richest technology billionaires.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer received a $1.12 million cash bonus and $13 million in additional restricted stock options on top of her $1 million salary in 2012. The technology company executive pulled in a good amount of money, but she didn't even come close to making this list. Check out the world's richest technology billionaires.
In 2013, the top 15 richest individuals in technology amassed a collective net worth of $295.2 billion, up 8% from last year.
10. Azim Premji. Net Worth: $11.2 billion. Asia's most generous person, Azim Premji gave away $2.3 billion worth of shares in his outsourcing firm Wipro to his education-focused foundation in February.
9. Mark Zuckerberg. Net Worth: $13.3 billion. Since taking Facebook public in May 2012, the hoodie-wearing founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has seen his net worth rise and fall with every fluctuation of the stock price, which fell under $20 in August 2012.
8. Paul Allen. Net Worth: $15 billion. Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Paul Allen scores big in real estate, tech and energy. In late 2012 his Vulcan Real Estate sold to Amazon their 12-building campus in Seattle for $1.15 billion.
7. Steve Ballmer. Net Worth: $15.2 billion. Microsoft CEO and Chairman Steve Ballmer is celebrating his 33rd year at the software company by continuing to sell the world on all of the company's new products while battling competitors Apple and Google.
6. Michael Dell. Net Worth: $15.3 billion. In what could be the biggest leveraged buy-out of recent years, Michael Dell and his investment partners at Silver Lake struck an agreement in February with Dell's board to acquire the company he founded in 1984 for $24.4 billion.
5. Sergey Brin. Net Worth: $22.8 billion. Google cofounder Sergey Brin is now director of special projects at the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant, leaving his counterpart Larry Page to handle most day-to-day operations.
4. Larry Page. Net Worth: $23 billion. Larry Page, Google's cofounder and CEO since April 2011, saw the company through the $50 billion revenue milestone in 2012.
3. Jeff Bezos. Net Worth: $25.2 billion. Jeff Bezos' Amazon.com is the world's largest internet retailer of any kind, reporting more than $61 billion in 2012 sales, up $13 billion from the previous year.
2. Larry Ellison. Net Worth: $43 billion. In the past year, Larry Ellison, America's third richest man, has been on a real estate buying spree. In June, he bought 98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai for a reported $500 million or more.
1. Bill Gates. Net Worth: $67 billion. Bill Gates, the world's most generous person, has already given more than $28 billion through multiple charities, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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