Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos top the world’s 12 richest tech billionaires list – worth a collective US$990 billion
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Meet the tech tycoons as ranked by their net worths sourced from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
12. Michael Dell
Net worth: US$36.8 billion
Age: 55
Source of wealth: Self-made; Dell
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$5.96 billion in the last year.
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11. Ma Huateng
Net worth: US$52.9 billion
Age: 48
Source of wealth: Self-made; Tencent Holdings
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$14.3 billion in the last year.
10. Jack Ma
Net worth: US$57.1 billion
Age: 56
Source of wealth: Self-made; Alibaba
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$10.4 billion in the last year.
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9. Mackenzie Scott
Net worth: US$57.8 billion
Age: 50
Source of wealth: Self-made; Amazon
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$20.7 billion in the last year.
8. Sergey Brin
Net worth: US$69.2 billion
Age: 47
Source of wealth: Self-made; Google
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$6.55 billion in the last year.
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7. Larry Ellison
Net worth: US$70.8 billion
Age: 76
Source of wealth: Self-made; Oracle
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$12 billion in the last year.
6. Larry Page
Net worth: US$71.4 billion
Age: 47
Source of wealth: Self-made; Google
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$6.82 billion in the last year.
5. Steve Ballmer
Net worth: US$73.3 billion
Age: 64
Source of wealth: Self-made; Microsoft
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$15.2 billion in the last year.
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4. Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth: US$96.7 billion
Age: 36
Source of wealth: Self-made; Facebook
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$18.3 billion in the last year.
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3. Elon Musk
Net worth: US$103 million
Age: 49
Source of wealth: Self-made; Tesla
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$75.1 billion in the last year.
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2. Bill Gates
Net worth: US$123 billion
Age: 64
Source of wealth: Self-made; Cash, Microsoft
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$9.76 billion in the last year.
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1. Jeff Bezos
Net worth: US$178 billion
Age: 56
Source of wealth: Self-made; Amazon
Net worth year-over-year change: Up by US$63.4 billion in the last year.
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This article originally appeared in Business Insider
They’ve founded Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Tesla – but exactly how much are the world’s 12 richest tech billionaires worth, and how much has their wealth increased in 2020?