Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos topped Larry Page on Forbes’ annual list of the the world’s billionaires, while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg came in at no. 66.
Bezos, who was 26 on the list last year, is now at No. 19 with an estimated net worth of $25.2 billion. He’s right above Page at No. 20 with $23 billion and fellow Google co-founder Sergey Brin with $22.8 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg’s estimated fortune of $13.3 billion ranks him at No. 66, a sharp drop from No. 35 last year. The Facebook founder’s freefall came after his company’s IPO fell flat, losing more than half its value at one point, though the company’s stock price has recently recovered somewhat.
Other tech luminaries also graced the list this year including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates at No. 2 with $67 billion. (No. 1 once again is Mexico’s Slim Helu.) Oracle CEO Larry Ellison also clocked in at No. 5 with $43 billion and Michael Dell came in at 49 with $15.3 billion. Others include Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (No. 49 with $15.2 billion); Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (No. 53, $15 billion; Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs (No. 98, $10.7 billion); eBay founder Pierre Omidyar (No. 123, $8.7 billion); and Google chairman Eric Schmidt (No. 138, $8.2 billion).
Though seen as the industry standard for such rankings, the publication of the list packs less of a punch than previous years. Last year Bloomberg rolled out its own Billionaires List that tracks the fortunes of the world’s top 20 billionaires in real time. Not to be outdone, Forbes introduced a real-time ranking for the top 50.
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