Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates once again has topped the annual Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people with an estimated net worth of $50bn.
Microsoft's co-founder and investor Paul Allen claims the fifth place with an estimated value of $22bn and the software vendor's chief executive Steve Ballmer comes in at number 24 with $13.6bn.
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ranked 26 and 27, with net worths of $12.9bn and $12.8bn respectively.
Yahoo founders David Filo and Jerry Yang didn't do quite as well as their competitors. They are ranked 240 and 317 with $2.9bn and $2.4bn respectively.
Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar's 10.1bn fortunes lands him at the 43rd postion in the list of the world's wealthiest, while the company's first president Jeff Skoll is ranked 114th with $5.0bn. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos's ebusiness venture has made him $4.3bn, ranking him in 147th place.
In the enterprise software segment, Oracle's Larry Ellison remains king. His $16bn made him rank 15th in the overall list. He is followed by Azim Premji's $13.3bn. The founder of the Wipro software development company that is headquartered in India is ranked number 25. SAP co-founder Hass Plattner trails in 89th place with $6.4bn.
In hardware, the work that Michael Dell invested in building his PC and server empire landed him the 12th position and a $17.1bn net worth. Samsung founder Kun-Hee Lee comes in at position 82 with $6.6bn, followed by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (ranked 140 at $4.4bn) and by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (ranked 181 at $3.7bn).
Microsoft's co-founder and investor Paul Allen claims the fifth place with an estimated value of $22bn and the software vendor's chief executive Steve Ballmer comes in at number 24 with $13.6bn.
Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are ranked 26 and 27, with net worths of $12.9bn and $12.8bn respectively.
Yahoo founders David Filo and Jerry Yang didn't do quite as well as their competitors. They are ranked 240 and 317 with $2.9bn and $2.4bn respectively.
Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar's 10.1bn fortunes lands him at the 43rd postion in the list of the world's wealthiest, while the company's first president Jeff Skoll is ranked 114th with $5.0bn. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos's ebusiness venture has made him $4.3bn, ranking him in 147th place.
In the enterprise software segment, Oracle's Larry Ellison remains king. His $16bn made him rank 15th in the overall list. He is followed by Azim Premji's $13.3bn. The founder of the Wipro software development company that is headquartered in India is ranked number 25. SAP co-founder Hass Plattner trails in 89th place with $6.4bn.
In hardware, the work that Michael Dell invested in building his PC and server empire landed him the 12th position and a $17.1bn net worth. Samsung founder Kun-Hee Lee comes in at position 82 with $6.6bn, followed by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs (ranked 140 at $4.4bn) and by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore (ranked 181 at $3.7bn).
