Richest Technology Billionaires
Elon Musk is the richest person in Technology, with a net worth of $849.7 billion as of November 7, 2026. Jeff Bezos is second with $378.1B. There are 509 billionaires in Technology, worth $5.21 trillion combined.
· Source: Forbes Real-Time Billionaires
| # | Name | Net worth | Today | Per second | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Elon MuskTesla, SpaceX | $849.7B | +$60.24B(+7.6%) | $10,044/s | United States |
| 2 |  Jeff BezosAmazon | $378.1B | −$804.8M(−0.2%) | $3,226/s | United States |
| 3 |  Larry PageGoogle | $236.9B | +$1.72B(+0.7%) | $1,838/s | United States |
| 4 |  Sergey BrinGoogle | $218.1B | +$1.58B(+0.7%) | $1,584/s | United States |
| 5 |  Mark ZuckerbergFacebook | $209.7B | +$1.72B(+0.8%) | −$124/s | United States |
| 6 | Michael DellDell Technologies | $194.9B | +$3.78B(+2.0%) | $1,923/s | United States |
| 7 | Steve BallmerMicrosoft | $163.9B | −$1.34B(−0.8%) | $908/s | United States |
| 8 | Jensen HuangNvidia | $162.2B | +$4.29B(+2.7%) | $1,255/s | United States |
| 9 |  Larry EllisonOracle | $154.9B | +$1.6B(+1.0%) | −$734/s | United States |
| 10 |  Bill GatesMicrosoft | $121.3B | −$491.7M(−0.4%) | $262/s | United States |
| 11 | Zhang YimingTikTok | $84B | — | $366/s | China |
| 12 | Liang WenfengAI, hedge fund | $46.14B | — | $893/s | China |
| 13 | Ma HuatengOnline games | $45.56B | −$959.7M(−2.1%) | −$210/s | China |
| 14 | William DingOnline games | $43.24B | +$838.4M(+2.0%) | $197/s | China |
| 15 | Andreas von Bechtolsheim & familyGoogle | $34.7B | +$2.15B(+6.6%) | $332/s | Germany |
| 16 | Melinda French GatesMicrosoft | $34.49B | +$964,233(+0.0%) | $80.94/s | United States |
| 17 | Eduardo SaverinFacebook | $33.95B | +$271.1M(+0.8%) | −$10.92/s | Brazil |
| 18 | Eric SchmidtGoogle | $33.36B | +$186.1M(+0.6%) | $185/s | United States |
| 19 | Shiv NadarSoftware services | $31.69B | +$114.7M(+0.4%) | −$55.49/s | India |
| 20 | Robert PeraWireless networking | $29.62B | — | $275/s | United States |
| 21 | Colin HuangE-commerce | $29.26B | −$324.2M(−1.1%) | −$258/s | China |
| 22 | Henry SamueliSemiconductors | $28.46B | +$180.1M(+0.6%) | $173/s | United States |
| 23 | MacKenzie ScottAmazon | $27.97B | −$62.09M(−0.2%) | −$4.63/s | United States |
| 24 | Jack MaE-commerce | $26.08B | +$117.2M(+0.5%) | −$49.79/s | China |
| 25 | Greg BrockmanOpenAI | $25.49B | — | — | United States |
| 26 | Jay Y. LeeSamsung | $25.46B | −$1.43B(−5.3%) | $341/s | South Korea |
| 27 | Lei JunSmartphones, automobiles | $24.4B | −$707.4M(−2.8%) | −$378/s | China |
| 28 | Brett AdcockRobots | $23.39B | +$6.17M(+0.0%) | $435/s | United States |
| 29 | John TuComputer hardware | $22.48B | — | $168/s | United States |
| 30 | David SunComputer hardware | $22.46B | — | $167/s | United States |
| 31 | Chen TianshiSemiconductors | $21.58B | −$1.13B(−5.0%) | $180/s | China |
| 32 | Henry Nicholas IIISemiconductors | $19.63B | +$73.92M(+0.4%) | $67.83/s | United States |
| 33 | Rick Cohen & familyWarehouse automation | $19.45B | +$714.8M(+3.8%) | $147/s | United States |
| 34 | Jan KoumWhatsApp | $18.47B | +$16.76M(+0.1%) | $38.88/s | United States |
| 35 | Edwin ChenArtificial intelligence | $18B | — | $0/s | United States |
| 36 | John CollisonPayment software | $17.49B | — | $146/s | Ireland |
| 37 | Patrick CollisonPayment software | $17.49B | — | $146/s | Ireland |
| 38 | Alexander KarpSoftware firm | $17.43B | +$521.8M(+3.1%) | $179/s | United States |
| 39 | Laurene Powell JobsApple, Disney | $15.84B | −$54.1M(−0.3%) | $4.80/s | United States |
| 40 | Hasso Plattner & familySoftware | $14.81B | −$207.7M(−1.4%) | −$7.66/s | Germany |
| 41 | Adam Foroughiadvertising technology | $14.24B | +$1.25B(+9.6%) | $85.88/s | United States |
| 42 | Zhou Qunfei & familySmartphone screens | $14.1B | −$413.1M(−2.8%) | $15.81/s | Hong Kong |
| 43 | Pierre OmidyarEBay, PayPal | $14.03B | −$35.67M(−0.3%) | $75.75/s | United States |
| 44 | Zhang ZhidongOnline games | $13.87B | −$261.1M(−1.8%) | −$59.92/s | China |
| 45 | Christopher OlahArtificial intelligence | $13.8B | — | $249/s | Canada |
| 46 | Tom BrownArtificial intelligence | $13.8B | — | $249/s | United States |
| 47 | Daniela AmodeiArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 48 | Jack ClarkArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 49 | Jared KaplanArtificial intelligence | $13.7B | — | $247/s | United States |
| 50 | Terry GouElectronics | $13.61B | −$501.7M(−3.6%) | $53.55/s | Taiwan |
| 51 | Dario AmodeiArtificial intelligence | $13.6B | — | $245/s | United States |
| 52 | Daniel EkSpotify | $13.55B | −$136.7M(−1.0%) | $114/s | Sweden |
| 53 | Barry LamElectronics | $13.48B | −$302.9M(−2.2%) | $35.16/s | Taiwan |
| 54 | Brian CheskyAirbnb | $13.11B | +$1.3B(+11.0%) | $77.44/s | United States |
| 55 | Sam McCandlishArtificial intelligence | $13.1B | — | $235/s | United States |
| 56 | Tobi LutkeE-commerce | $12.92B | +$412M(+3.3%) | $79.58/s | Canada |
| 57 | Martin LorentzonSpotify | $12.86B | −$216.7M(−1.7%) | $28.91/s | Sweden |
| 58 | George KurtzSecurity software | $12.47B | −$13.05M(−0.1%) | $122/s | United States |
| 59 | Nathan BlecharczykAirbnb | $12.36B | +$1.21B(+10.9%) | $66.57/s | United States |
| 60 | David StewardIT provider | $12.26B | — | $16.99/s | United States |
| 61 | Wang LaishengElectronics components | $12.11B | −$160.4M(−1.3%) | $59.48/s | Hong Kong |
| 62 | Joseph TsaiE-commerce | $12.06B | −$140.9M(−1.2%) | −$0.78/s | Canada |
| 63 | Wang LaichunElectronics components | $11.88B | −$150.2M(−1.2%) | $58.91/s | Hong Kong |
| 64 | Pierre ChenElectronics | $11.77B | −$687M(−5.5%) | $108/s | Taiwan |
| 65 | Zhu YimingSemiconductors | $11.72B | −$611.3M(−5.0%) | $206/s | China |
| 66 | David DuffieldBusiness software | $11.36B | −$265.8M(−2.3%) | −$50.20/s | United States |
| 67 | Jay ChaudhrySecurity software | $11.26B | −$347.9M(−3.0%) | −$12.62/s | United States |
| 68 | Mike Cannon-BrookesSoftware | $11.05B | −$1.4B(−11.3%) | −$76.25/s | Australia |
| 69 | James GoodnightSoftware | $10.98B | — | $21.40/s | United States |
| 70 | Scott FarquharSoftware | $10.69B | −$1.4B(−11.6%) | −$77.28/s | Australia |
| 71 | David CheritonGoogle | $10.19B | +$111.4M(+1.1%) | −$81.28/s | Canada |
| 72 | Vinod KhoslaSun Microsystems, venture capital | $10.19B | +$96.51M(+1.0%) | $39.29/s | United States |
| 73 | Lin BinSmartphones | $10.01B | −$267.4M(−2.6%) | −$136/s | United States |
| 74 | Joe GebbiaAirbnb | $9.96B | +$659.7M(+7.1%) | $32.81/s | United States |
| 75 | Judy FaulknerHealthcare software | $9.63B | — | $38.13/s | United States |
| 76 | Jack DangermondMapping software | $9.4B | — | $9.94/s | United States |
| 77 | Lee Boo-jinSamsung | $9.29B | −$545.4M(−5.5%) | $119/s | South Korea |
| 78 | Tsai Ming-kaiSemiconductors | $9.24B | −$172.6M(−1.8%) | $97.73/s | Taiwan |
| 79 | Yi ZhengSoftware | $8.84B | −$260.9M(−2.9%) | $2.81/s | China |
| 80 | Min Kao & familyNavigation equipment | $8.83B | −$15.07M(−0.2%) | $38.24/s | United States |
| 81 | Hong Ra-heeSamsung | $8.83B | −$513.9M(−5.5%) | $109/s | South Korea |
| 82 | Michael Federmann & familyDefense, hotels | $8.8B | +$119.5M(+1.4%) | $75.11/s | Israel |
| 83 | Dustin MoskovitzFacebook | $8.78B | −$57.17M(−0.6%) | −$163/s | United States |
| 84 | Charles SimonyiMicrosoft | $8.77B | −$47M(−0.5%) | $31.03/s | United States |
| 85 | Lee Seo-hyunSamsung | $8.75B | −$538.3M(−5.8%) | $114/s | South Korea |
| 86 | Marc BenioffBusiness software | $8.65B | −$197.9M(−2.2%) | −$22.80/s | United States |
| 87 | Morris ChangSemiconductors | $8.53B | −$399.7M(−4.5%) | $87.72/s | Taiwan |
| 88 | Leo KoGuanIT provider | $8.34B | +$110.6M(+1.3%) | $12.62/s | United States |
| 89 | James ClarkNetscape, investments | $8.28B | +$88.7M(+1.1%) | $45.18/s | United States |
| 90 | Azim PremjiSoftware services | $8.18B | −$4.37M(−0.1%) | −$75.64/s | India |
| 91 | Ken Xie & familyCybersecurity | $8.14B | −$232.7M(−2.8%) | $20.55/s | United States |
| 92 | Matthew PrinceCybersecurity | $8.04B | +$622.3M(+8.4%) | $75.94/s | United States |
| 93 | Zeng FangqinSmartphone components | $7.85B | −$182.7M(−2.3%) | $34.64/s | Hong Kong |
| 94 | Jim KavanaughIT provider | $7.71B | — | $14.03/s | United States |
| 95 | Daniel NadlerAI software | $7.62B | — | $0.91/s | Canada |
| 96 | Jack DorseyTwitter, Square | $7.6B | +$278M(+3.8%) | $73.12/s | United States |
| 97 | Joseph LiemandtSoftware | $7.59B | — | $27.45/s | United States |
| 98 | Ali GhodsiData analytics | $7.58B | — | $96.64/s | United States |
| 99 | Cliff ObrechtSoftware | $7.56B | — | $34.82/s | Australia |
| 100 | Melanie PerkinsSoftware | $7.56B | — | $34.82/s | Australia |
| 101 | Thai LeeIT provider | $7.37B | — | $7.22/s | United States |
| 102 | Wang XingFood delivery | $7.2B | +$5.74M(+0.1%) | −$146/s | China |
| 103 | Bruce ChengElectronics | $7.17B | −$485.3M(−6.3%) | $88.50/s | Taiwan |
| 104 | Ling Tangadvertising technology | $7.12B | +$605.6M(+9.3%) | $41.85/s | Canada |
| 105 | Ion StoicaData analytics | $7.03B | — | $89.62/s | United States |
| 106 | Matei ZahariaData analytics | $7.03B | — | $89.62/s | United States |
| 107 | Michael XieCybersecurity | $6.97B | −$207.3M(−2.9%) | $19.22/s | United States |
| 108 | Eric LefkofskyGroupon, investments | $6.86B | +$237.9M(+3.6%) | $48.64/s | United States |
| 109 | Pavel DurovMessaging app | $6.62B | — | −$207/s | United Arab Emirates |
| 110 | Jayshree UllalComputer networking | $6.61B | +$301.9M(+4.8%) | $47.76/s | United States |
| 111 | Margot Birmingham PerotComputer services, real estate | $6.4B | — | $21.76/s | United States |
| 112 | Marcos GalperinE-commerce | $6.36B | −$71.99M(−1.1%) | −$32.39/s | Argentina |
| 113 | Dietmar Hopp & familySoftware | $6.3B | −$4.55M(−0.1%) | $21.82/s | Germany |
| 114 | Liu DebingAI | $6.25B | −$730.5M(−10.5%) | −$136/s | China |
| 115 | Stephen CohenSoftware | $6.23B | +$194.4M(+3.2%) | $65.83/s | United States |
| 116 | Frank WangDrones | $6.16B | — | $14.96/s | China |
| 117 | Jiang BinAcoustic components | $6.09B | −$34.32M(−0.6%) | $15.59/s | China |
| 118 | Richard LiuE-commerce | $6.01B | +$77.22M(+1.3%) | −$35.36/s | China |
| 119 | Jeff SkollEBay | $5.95B | −$3.49M(−0.1%) | $14.81/s | United States |
| 120 | Palmer LuckeyVirtual reality, defense technology | $5.92B | +$3.27M(+0.1%) | $67.65/s | United States |
| 121 | Romesh T. WadhwaniSoftware | $5.87B | — | $17.15/s | United States |
| 122 | Hao TangAdvertising technology | $5.82B | +$378.3M(+7.0%) | $30.04/s | China |
| 123 | Yip Sum YinPrinted circuit boards | $5.78B | −$248.9M(−4.1%) | — | Hong Kong |
| 124 | Li MinSemiconductor | $5.69B | −$131.6M(−2.3%) | $33.47/s | China |
| 125 | Ben LammBiotech | $5.66B | — | $38.72/s | United States |
| 126 | Dan KurziusEmail marketing | $5.61B | −$34.68M(−0.6%) | $0.25/s | United States |
| 127 | Steven HaoAI software | $5.6B | — | $206/s | United States |
| 128 | Eric Yuan & familyZoom Video Communications | $5.42B | +$36.1M(+0.7%) | $14.31/s | United States |
| 129 | Cai HaoyuMobile games | $5.4B | — | −$33.63/s | China |
| 130 | Ratmir TimashevSoftware | $5.38B | — | — | United States |
| 131 | John SallSoftware | $5.36B | — | $9.07/s | United States |
| 132 | Dagmar Dolby & familyDolby Laboratories | $5.31B | +$345,660(+0.0%) | $0.26/s | United States |
| 133 | Cai HuaboMemory and storage | $5.29B | −$269.3M(−4.8%) | $57.22/s | China |
| 134 | Scott CookSoftware | $5.25B | −$70.62M(−1.3%) | −$26.65/s | United States |
| 135 | David FiloYahoo | $5.21B | — | $18.03/s | United States |
| 136 | Otto Toto SugiriData centers | $5.18B | −$373M(−6.7%) | −$35.93/s | Indonesia |
| 137 | Peter GassnerSoftware | $5.16B | −$95.08M(−1.8%) | $22.93/s | United States |
| 138 | Marc LoreJet.com | $5.11B | — | $45.74/s | United States |
| 139 | Robin LiInternet search | $5.01B | +$136.2M(+2.8%) | −$13.67/s | China |
| 140 | Ben ChestnutEmail marketing | $5B | −$28.09M(−0.6%) | $0.03/s | United States |
| 141 | Georg Nemetschek & familySoftware | $4.95B | −$214.5M(−4.2%) | −$40.61/s | Germany |
| 142 | Martin HaefnerSoftware, investments | $4.87B | −$1.12M(−0.0%) | −$14.51/s | Switzerland |
| 143 | Chen Tao & familyHardware | $4.74B | −$369.6M(−7.2%) | $58.14/s | China |
| 144 | Garrett CampUber | $4.72B | −$6.49M(−0.1%) | −$5.55/s | Canada |
| 145 | Masahiro NodaSoftware | $4.66B | −$157.6M(−3.3%) | $21.06/s | Japan |
| 146 | Sanjit BiswasSensor systems | $4.6B | −$10.9M(−0.2%) | $9.96/s | United States |
| 147 | Thomas SiebelBusiness software | $4.57B | +$7.94M(+0.2%) | $9.25/s | United States |
| 148 | Bob ParsonsWeb hosting | $4.56B | — | $13.04/s | United States |
| 149 | Meg WhitmanEBay | $4.51B | −$14.41M(−0.3%) | $15.97/s | United States |
| 150 | Huang LiImaging systems | $4.49B | −$135M(−2.9%) | $21.64/s | China |
| 151 | Cho Jyh-jerSemiconductors | $4.45B | −$84.28M(−1.9%) | $48.39/s | Taiwan |
| 152 | John BicketSensor systems | $4.43B | −$10.38M(−0.2%) | $8.49/s | United States |
| 153 | Arkady VolozhSearch engine | $4.39B | +$281.1M(+6.8%) | $63.18/s | Israel |
| 154 | Richard WhiteSoftware | $4.37B | −$24.58M(−0.6%) | −$61.90/s | Australia |
| 155 | Fabien PinckaersSoftware | $4.32B | — | $26.16/s | Belgium |
| 156 | Gil ShwedSoftware | $4.29B | −$106.2M(−2.4%) | −$41.82/s | Israel |
| 157 | Michael SaylorCryptocurrency | $4.29B | −$7.26M(−0.2%) | −$61.62/s | United States |
| 158 | Andrew KaramAdvertising technology | $4.28B | +$316.1M(+8.0%) | −$4.39/s | United States |
| 159 | Yang MengElectronics | $4.23B | −$143.7M(−3.3%) | $18.46/s | China |
| 160 | N.R. Narayana MurthySoftware services | $4.22B | +$23.25M(+0.6%) | −$11.48/s | India |
| 161 | Chey Tae-wonOil, semiconductor | $4.19B | −$324.8M(−7.2%) | $63.20/s | South Korea |
| 162 | Phillip T. (Terry) RagonHealth IT | $4.17B | — | $21.10/s | United States |
| 163 | Reed HastingsNetflix | $4.16B | −$81.71M(−1.9%) | −$20.62/s | United States |
| 164 | Weili DaiSemiconductors | $4.08B | +$67.12M(+1.7%) | $23.42/s | United States |
| 165 | Anthony HallTechnology | $3.89B | −$52.1M(−1.3%) | −$6.23/s | Australia |
| 166 | Mark Leonard & familySoftware | $3.86B | +$16.03M(+0.4%) | −$26.55/s | Canada |
| 167 | Kavitark Ram ShriramGoogle, venture capital | $3.84B | +$10.48M(+0.3%) | $16.57/s | United States |
| 168 | Sam HupertTechnology | $3.82B | −$52.19M(−1.3%) | −$7.43/s | Australia |
| 169 | Cameron AdamsSoftware | $3.78B | — | $17.41/s | Australia |
| 170 | Kwak Dong-shinSemiconductors | $3.74B | −$178.6M(−4.6%) | $36.42/s | South Korea |
| 171 | Liu WeiMobile gaming | $3.7B | — | −$13.85/s | China |
| 172 | Hemant TanejaVenture capital | $3.63B | — | $1.53/s | United States |
| 173 | Walden YanVibe coding | $3.6B | — | — | United States |
| 174 | Brian ActonWhatsApp | $3.58B | — | $3.58/s | United States |
| 175 | Fu LiquanSurveillance equipment | $3.58B | −$36.74M(−1.0%) | −$6.33/s | China |
| 176 | Jeff RothschildFacebook | $3.57B | +$353,920(+0.0%) | −$48.12/s | United States |
| 177 | Travis KalanickUber | $3.56B | — | −$0.75/s | United States |
| 178 | Yuji OtsukaCopy machines, software | $3.56B | −$162.6M(−4.4%) | $3.15/s | Japan |
| 179 | Anthony WoodRoku | $3.52B | +$2.59M(+0.1%) | $32.02/s | United States |
| 180 | David BaszuckiOnline games | $3.5B | +$79.63M(+2.3%) | −$3.88/s | United States |
| 181 | Luo YuhaoMobile gaming | $3.5B | — | −$13.85/s | China |
| 182 | William StoneSoftware | $3.49B | −$22.2M(−0.6%) | $3.83/s | United States |
| 183 | Olivier PomelCloud computing | $3.49B | +$55.91M(+1.6%) | $13.72/s | France |
| 184 | Luca FerrariSoftware investment | $3.48B | −$220.1M(−5.9%) | $99.64/s | Italy |
| 185 | Alexis Lê-QuôcCloud computing | $3.46B | +$51.68M(+1.5%) | $17.09/s | United States |
| 186 | Frank SlootmanSoftware | $3.45B | +$29.13M(+0.9%) | $12.89/s | United States |
| 187 | Eva Maria Bucher-HaefnerSoftware, investments | $3.4B | — | $7.91/s | Switzerland |
| 188 | Parker ConradSoftware | $3.4B | — | $11.87/s | United States |
| 189 | Sean ParkerFacebook | $3.36B | +$101,891(+0.0%) | $7.03/s | United States |
| 190 | Matteo DanieliSoftware investment | $3.29B | −$207.7M(−5.9%) | $94.97/s | Italy |
| 191 | Michael IntratorTechnology | $3.28B | +$154.4M(+4.9%) | $3.64/s | United States |
| 192 | Ryan SmithCloud computing | $3.26B | — | $13.14/s | United States |
| 193 | Marina BudimanData centers | $3.24B | −$280.7M(−8.0%) | −$32.90/s | Indonesia |
| 194 | Ralph DommermuthInternet service provider | $3.22B | −$42.04M(−1.3%) | $14.33/s | Germany |
| 195 | Senapathy GopalakrishnanSoftware services | $3.22B | +$22.38M(+0.7%) | −$11.42/s | India |
| 196 | Joe Lonsdaletech investments | $3.22B | +$82.96M(+2.6%) | $24.17/s | United States |
| 197 | Luca QuerellaSoftware investment | $3.22B | −$203.5M(−5.9%) | $91.80/s | Italy |
| 198 | Alexandr Wangartificial intelligence | $3.21B | — | $24.04/s | United States |
| 199 | David ZalikFinancial technology | $3.21B | −$5.53M(−0.2%) | $21.96/s | United States |
| 200 | Patrizio Vinciarellielectronic components | $3.17B | +$230.4M(+7.8%) | $36.95/s | United States |
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the richest person in Technology?
Elon Musk is the richest person in Technology, worth $849.7 billion according to Forbes' real-time data on November 7, 2026.
How many billionaires are there in Technology?
Forbes counts 509 billionaires in Technology, with a combined net worth of $5.21 trillion.