Top 20 Technology celebrities in the world
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Technology celebrities [Updated May 17, 2022].
Steve Ballmer was born
on March 24, 1956
in Hunts Point, Washington, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $81 Billion
Steve Ballmer Net Worth Milestones:
1986 (IPO Day) – $85 million
1987 – $270 million
1995 -$2 billion
1997 – $6 billion
1999 – $13 billion
2008 – $10 billion
2014 – $24 billion
2017 – $33 billion
2018 – $42 billion
2019 – $45 billion
2020 – $77 billion
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Salary 2020: $1.35 Million
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Salary: During his tenure as CEO of Microsoft, Ballmer earned a total salary of approximately $1.275 million. This included a base salary of about $666,000, a cash bonus of $600,000, and miscellaneous compensation of about $11,000.
Michael Dell was born
on February 23, 1965
in Austin, Texas, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $30 Billion
Michael Dell Net Worth Details: Michael Dell is the sole owner of MSD Capital and owns 65 percent of MSD Partners, which manages more than $16 billion in combined assets. Dell Inc. was taken private for $25 billion in 2003 and Dell holds a 75 percent stake. In 2015 he purchased EMC Corp. to form the largest private technology company in the world, Dell Technology. Dell Technologies had $74 billion in revenue in 2016.
William Ding was born
on October 1, 1971
in Guangzhou, China, China.
Net Worth 2020: $26 Billion
Net Worth details: William Ding is a 44 percent owner in the online games operator NetEase. His shares are owned through Shining Global International which is based in the British Virgin Islands. Ding's stake is made up of two million American depositary shares combined with 1.4 billion ordinary shares. Each of his American depositary shares are equivalent to 25 ordinary shares. In 2016 NetEase reported $5.7 billion revenue.
Wang Wei was born
in China.
Net Worth 2020: $22 Billion
Net Worth details: Wang owns a 65 percent stake in S.F. Holding which owns S.F. Express, the largest parcel delivery company in China. Wang owns a 99.9 percent stake of Shenzhen Mingde Holdings Development. He received his shares of S.F. in 2017 when the company went public on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Wang is the owner of Hong Kong residential real estate. His company S.F. Express had revenue of $8.6 billion in 2016.
Zhang Zhidong was born
on November 7, 1972
in Shenzhen, China, China.
Net Worth 2020: $21 Billion
Eric Schmidt was born
on April 27, 1955
in Washington, D.C., United States.
Net Worth 2020: $17 Billion
Hasso Plattner was born
on January 21, 1944
in Heidelberg, Germany, Germany.
Net Worth 2020: $13.5 Billion
Robin Li was born
on November 17, 1968
in Beijing, China, China.
Net Worth 2020: $13 Billion
Net Worth details: Robin Li holds a 21 percent stake in China's most popular search engine, Baidu. He also controls a 5 percent stake through his wife Melissa Ma. Together the couple owns more than 7 million Class A and Class B shares in Baidu. Each of those shares equals 10 American depository receipts which are traded publically on NASDAQ. Baidu reported $10.6 billion in revenue in 2016.
Scott Farquhar was born
on December 1, 1979
in Sydney, Australia, Australia.
Net Worth 2020: $11 Billion
James Goodnight was born
on January 6, 1943
in Cary, North Carolina, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $10 Billion
Jan Koum was born
on February 24, 1976
in Kiev, Ukraine, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $10 Billion
Hiroshi Mikitani was born
on March 11, 1965
in Tokyo, Japan, Japan.
Net Worth 2020: $9 Billion
Liu Qiangdong was born
on February 14, 1974
in Beijing, China, China.
Net Worth 2020: $7.9 Billion
David Duffield was born
on November 7, 1941
in Incline Village, Nevada, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $7.3 Billion
Dietmar Hopp was born
on April 26, 1940
in Walldorf, Germany, Germany.
Net Worth 2020: $7.1 Billion
Gordon Moore was born
on January 3, 1929
in San Francisco, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $7.1 Billion
John Tu was born
on November 7, 1941
in Rolling Hills, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $7.1 Billion
Marc Benioff was born
on September 25, 1964
in San Francisco, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $6.7 Billion
Travis Kalanick was born
on August 6, 1976
in San Francisco, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $6 Billion
Meg Whitman was born
on August 4, 1956
in Atherton, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $5 Billion