15 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs Of All Time


#12 Xavier Niel

Net Worth, $4.5 Billion

He is a French entrepreneur and businessman, active in the telecommunications and technology industry and best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider Iliad. It is the largest Internet Service Provider in France. Xavier Niel owns 64 percent of the company. He has also invested in over 100 startups around the world making him one of the most active Venture Capitalists in the world. Interestingly, Xavier Niel also owns 50 percent of French newspaper Le Monde and 50 percent of Frank Sinatra's song "My Way". His net worth is $4.5 billion.

#11 Ma Huateng

Net Worth, $4.7 Billion

He is a Chinese internet entrepreneur and founder of Tencent. It is one of the largest internet companies in the world thanks to its dominance in mainland China. In terms of market cap, Tencent was once the third largest web businesses in the world, after Amazon and Google. The company's first product, an instant message tool named Tencent QQ, became very popular in China. Tencent soon expanded to become "China's answer to AOL". Now its diverse services include social networks, Web portals, e-commerce, and multiplayer online games. Ma Huateng has a net worth of $4.7 billion.

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