Top 10 Tech Billionaires of Today
#8 Steve Ballmer- $15.3 Billion
CEO, Microsoft
Ballmer lost around $156.6 million today.
Ballmer is the first business manager hired by Bill Gates and he is the second person to become a billionaire in U.S. based on stock value received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of founder. He is the 46th richest person in the world.
#7 Jeff Bezos- $17.2 billion
CEO, Amazon
Jeff’s wealth raise by $73 million today. He owns 20 percent of Amazon’s shares. In 2011, the raise in shares added $6.5 billion to his net worth. He is the 30th richest man in the world.
