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Ingrid Lunden
March 4th, 2013

Google, Microsoft Dominate Forbes’ List Of Tech Billionaires; Zuckerberg, Moskovitz Are The Youngest

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Forbes has today published its annual list of the world’s richest people — and once again tech and its related tentacles continue to lead the top of the list. Coming in at number-one for the fourth year in a row is Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexico-based mogul who controls Latin American mobile carrier America Movil and has holdings in mobile carriers in Europe: net worth $73 billion. Microsoft’s Bill… → Read More

Leena Rao
March 13th, 2009

The 2009 List Of Tech Billionaires And How Much They Lost

Forbes released its list of the world’s billionaires and it looks like the U.S. tech billionaires took a pretty hefty hit from the economic crisis. The 40 tech billionaires we identified on the list collectively lost $81.5 billion compared to their standing in last year’s list. That is a drop in the bucket compared to the $1.4 trillion in net worth that disappeared from the entire Forbes’ list… → Read More