Unknown Facts About 15 Richest Tech Titans


#14 Hasso Plattner

Net worth: $7.2 billion

Company: SAP (co-founder)

"From my earliest days developing business software, I have always believed that design has to start with the user, ... Businesses around the globe need to look for innovation by focusing on their customers."

Plattner has occasionally been brought into the public eye due to disputes with Oracle's founder Larry Ellison. Both share an unusual passion: racing transoceanic yachts around the world. Aside from sailing the seas, Plattner is a keen Golfer. He owns the Fancourt Golf Estate, in South Africa.

#13 James Goodnight

Net worth: $7.3 billion

Company: SAS (co-founder)

James Goodnight keeps away from the limelight but he hosts monthly “Conversations Over Coffee” with employees in which any topic is fair game.

Goodnight has an interest in improving the state of education, particularly elementary and secondary education. In 1996, Goodnight and his wife founded an independent prep school Cary Academy in 1996.

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