Unknown Facts About 15 Richest Tech Titans
# 12 Laurene Powell Jobs
Net worth: $9 billion
Company: Apple (widow of Steve Jobs)
Steve first met Laurene after noticing her in the front row at one of his speeches at Stanford University. He asked her out to dinner that night."I was in the parking lot with the key in the car, and I thought to myself, 'If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman?' I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we've been together ever since." Source: Brian Lam. "The Life of Steve Jobs -- So Far."
#11 Robin Li
Net worth: $10.2 billion
Company: Baidu (co-founder)
"Over the past six years I've had many difficulties. But I never lost my passion."
One of his important innovative achievements was the picture search function used by Go.com. In the twelve years since founding Baidu in January 2000, Li has turned the company into the largest Chinese search engine, with over 80% market share by search query, and the second largest independent search engine in the world. On August 5, 2005, Baidu successfully completed its IPO on NASDAQ, and in 2007 Baidu became the first Chinese company to be included in the NASDAQ-100 Index.
