Well most of the world’s richest men include tech company owners. They have a large influence on any sector of the world and when they take a hit, the world takes a hit.
According to Bloomberg’s billionaire index, eight of the top twenty billionaires are tech company owners. Almost all of them are also a part of the worlds richest people. These technological giants have made staggering profits through the software, automotive, online shops and social media departments. These billionaires have a total net worth of $936 billion. However, they are not exactly where they used to be as soon as 2022 started. They faced losses and some of them are still questionable. They are unidentified because of their unusualness.
Eight Technological Billionaires
Here’s a list of the eight tech billionaires who list enormous amount of money this year.
Elon Musk
This mad lad is not only the richest tech billionaire but also the richest man in the world. Elon has a net worth of almost $223 billion but thats now how things used to be. He has lost over $47 billion since last year. His company SpaceX doesn’t seem to stop making staggering profits though. He also had a deal with Twitter earlier. For $44 billion Twitter guaranteed him full control over their operations. But the deal seems to be going downhill ever since it went official.
Jeff Bezos
The king of online retail, Jeff Bezos is the second richest tech billionaire. His net worth is around $140 billion. He also took a hit at his net worth though. He’s almost $52 billion down since last year. Jeff is the proud owner of the Amazon industry and it has also helped him to become the third richest man in the world as well.
Bill Gates
Bill has always been the talk of the town whenever it comes down to the richest men in the world list. He’s no stranger to the number one spot as he’s been on and off that spot a lot, a lot!
Currently, his net worth is valued at $116 billion. Sadly, my guy also faced a major loss in the form of almost $22 billion as of last year. He co-founded the infamous Microsoft company which made him capture an overall market cap of almost $2 trillion. He has also actively taken part in making the world a better place. His philanthropic activities are appreciated world widely.
Larry Page
Larry has a net worth of $107 billion and he took a massive hit as well. As of now he has taken a hit of almost $21 billion loss. He was the co-founder of Google alongside Sergey Brin. Currently he sits on Alphabet’s board of directors.
Sergey Brin
Sergey is the other founder of Google alongside Larry. His net worth now stands at $103 billion. Just like the others, he faced a loss as well. He’s around $20 billion down. Google acts as an incentive for billions of people around the globe. Most our searching activities go through Google.
Steve Ballmer
Steve’s net worth sits around $94.6 billion but alongside all these other tech giants, he was targeted by a major loss. He’s now almost $11 billion down. Steve was the proud CEO of Microsoft for almost 14 years. During his tenure, he gathered a revenue of almost $80 billion. Now that he’s retired, his basic income comes from the NBA team he owns, Los Angeles Clippers.
Larry Ellison
Another Larry on our list is Larry Ellison. He was captured by a loss of almost $18 billion and currently has a net worth of $88.8 billion. Larry Ellison co-founded the massive tech company Oracle. It was formed in 1977 in Silicon Valley. In almost no amount of time, it became a monster of a company. He also owns his very own Island in Hawaii as well.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is name unknown to no one. He now has a net worth of $63.8 billion. You know the drill, he also took a hit of almost $2 billion since 2022 started. Mark founded Facebook which is the most used social media app in the world. It connects people no matter the barrier in between them. It enables you to post and share stuff and you can also watch what others are posting and sharing. Although the company is now shaping towards another big target evolving its current operations. Mark is changing his existing operations slowly into the Metaverse. A virtual reality platform.
