While many entrepreneurs would say money isn't important, many others want to get rich. If the path of other famed entrepreneurs is any judge, you may have made the right career choice. Of the top 21 richest people on Forbes's newly released list of the wealthiest people in the world, 10 are entrepreneurs.
Just how rich are they? Take a gander below:
10.
Mark Zuckerberg - $ 28.5 billion
Not even 30 years old yet, Facebook founder and CEO
Mark Zuckerberg ranks as No. 21 on the Forbes Rich List. Shares of the
10-year-old company are up about 130 percent over last year, which helped the
company find much of the $19 billion it used last month to pay for the
text-messaging tool, WhatsApp.
9.
Sergey Brin - $31.8 billion
Along with fellow Google co-founder Larry Page, Sergey
Brin is one of the richest men in the world, according to Forbes's latest Rich
List. While Brin has taken on a lesser role at Mountain View, California-based
search giant than Page, Brin is seen as the main driving force behind Google
Glass.
8.
Jeff Bezos - $32 billion
The Amazon.com founder's fortune skyrocketed by $13
billion in 2013, after his shares in the online retailer ballooned by 55
percent, notes Forbes. Among other initiatives, the 50-year-old entrepreneur
purchased the Washington Post in October and he has been looking into
delivering packages using drones. With a net worth of $32 billion, Bezos is the
18th richest person (and the 8th richest entrepreneur) in the world.
7.
Larry Page - $32.3 billion
Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page clocks in at No.
17 on Forbes's Rich List this year with a net worth of $32.3 billion. The
Mountain View, California-based search giant that he and Sergey Brin (also on
the list) founded in 1998, is now the second-most valuable company in the U.S.,
surpassing Exxon in market capitalization--that is the total value of the
company's shares.
6.
Michael Bloomberg - $33 billion
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg may not
be at the helm of the Big Apple any longer, but the entrepreneur still holds
ample sway in both business and political circles. Just last week, he was in
Washington, D.C. to help usher in President Obama's My Brother's Keeper
program, an initiative focused on men of color, which is modeled after the
former mayor's program in New York. Before working at city hall, the world's
16th-richest person, who has a fortune valued at $33 billion, held court at his
eponymous financial software and media firm Bloomberg LP.
5.
Sheldon Adelson - $38 billion
Sheldon Adelson may have sunk millions into the failed
presidential campaigns of Republican hopefuls in 2012, but with a net worth of
$38 billion, he's still the eighth richest person in the world. Today, he is
the chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, but he got his start
in the computer trade show circuit. He and his business partners held their
first COMDEX--a massive computer expo in Las Vegas--in 1979.
4.
Larry Ellison - $48 billion
One of the first entrepreneurs to give Silicon Valley
its cachet, Larry Ellison is the co-founder of a company that would eventually
be called Oracle Corporation. Today, he serves as the Redwood City,
California-based enterprise software company's CEO. His fortune, at $48
billion, makes Ellison the fifth wealthiest person in the world, according to
the latest Rich List.
3.
Amancio Ortega - $64 billion
The 77-year-old Spanish fashion executive founded the
first Zara fashion clothing and accessories chain in 1975. Today, that retail
chain is part of the Inditex
fashion group, of which he is the founding chairman. Ortega clocked in at No. 3
on the Rich List with a fortune of $64 billion.
2. Carlos Slim Helu - $72 billion
Carlos Slim Helu may be best known as a
telecommunications executive, but the 74-year-old made his start in Mexico with
a brokerage firm he opened shortly after completing college. He would then go
on to invest in a variety of businesses, and acquire Telmex from the Mexican
government in 1990. Today, he has a net worth of $72 billion, and came in
second place overall on Forbes's Rich List.
1. Bill Gates - $76 billion
Topping the list with a net worth of $76 billion is
Bill Gates. While the 58 year-old co-founder of Microsoft has devoted more time
to philanthropic activities in recent years, he plans to begin spending more
time at the Redmond, Washington software giant. Gates has led the richest pack
for 15 out of the last 20 years.
THE TOP 10 RICHEST ENTREPRENEURS IN THE WORLD
While many entrepreneurs would say money isn't important, many others want to get rich. If the path of other famed entrepreneurs is any judge, you may have made the right career choice. Of the top 21 richest people on Forbes's newly released list of the wealthiest people in the world, 10 are entrepreneurs.
Just how rich are they? Take a gander below:
10.
Mark Zuckerberg - $ 28.5 billion
Not even 30 years old yet, Facebook founder and CEO
Mark Zuckerberg ranks as No. 21 on the Forbes Rich List. Shares of the
10-year-old company are up about 130 percent over last year, which helped the
company find much of the $19 billion it used last month to pay for the
text-messaging tool, WhatsApp.
9.
Sergey Brin - $31.8 billion
Along with fellow Google co-founder Larry Page, Sergey
Brin is one of the richest men in the world, according to Forbes's latest Rich
List. While Brin has taken on a lesser role at Mountain View, California-based
search giant than Page, Brin is seen as the main driving force behind Google
Glass.
8.
Jeff Bezos - $32 billion
The Amazon.com founder's fortune skyrocketed by $13
billion in 2013, after his shares in the online retailer ballooned by 55
percent, notes Forbes. Among other initiatives, the 50-year-old entrepreneur
purchased the Washington Post in October and he has been looking into
delivering packages using drones. With a net worth of $32 billion, Bezos is the
18th richest person (and the 8th richest entrepreneur) in the world.
7.
Larry Page - $32.3 billion
Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page clocks in at No.
17 on Forbes's Rich List this year with a net worth of $32.3 billion. The
Mountain View, California-based search giant that he and Sergey Brin (also on
the list) founded in 1998, is now the second-most valuable company in the U.S.,
surpassing Exxon in market capitalization--that is the total value of the
company's shares.
6.
Michael Bloomberg - $33 billion
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg may not
be at the helm of the Big Apple any longer, but the entrepreneur still holds
ample sway in both business and political circles. Just last week, he was in
Washington, D.C. to help usher in President Obama's My Brother's Keeper
program, an initiative focused on men of color, which is modeled after the
former mayor's program in New York. Before working at city hall, the world's
16th-richest person, who has a fortune valued at $33 billion, held court at his
eponymous financial software and media firm Bloomberg LP.
5.
Sheldon Adelson - $38 billion
Sheldon Adelson may have sunk millions into the failed
presidential campaigns of Republican hopefuls in 2012, but with a net worth of
$38 billion, he's still the eighth richest person in the world. Today, he is
the chairman and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation, but he got his start
in the computer trade show circuit. He and his business partners held their
first COMDEX--a massive computer expo in Las Vegas--in 1979.
4.
Larry Ellison - $48 billion
One of the first entrepreneurs to give Silicon Valley
its cachet, Larry Ellison is the co-founder of a company that would eventually
be called Oracle Corporation. Today, he serves as the Redwood City,
California-based enterprise software company's CEO. His fortune, at $48
billion, makes Ellison the fifth wealthiest person in the world, according to
the latest Rich List.
3.
Amancio Ortega - $64 billion
The 77-year-old Spanish fashion executive founded the
first Zara fashion clothing and accessories chain in 1975. Today, that retail
chain is part of the Inditex
fashion group, of which he is the founding chairman. Ortega clocked in at No. 3
on the Rich List with a fortune of $64 billion.
2. Carlos Slim Helu - $72 billion
Carlos Slim Helu may be best known as a
telecommunications executive, but the 74-year-old made his start in Mexico with
a brokerage firm he opened shortly after completing college. He would then go
on to invest in a variety of businesses, and acquire Telmex from the Mexican
government in 1990. Today, he has a net worth of $72 billion, and came in
second place overall on Forbes's Rich List.
1. Bill Gates - $76 billion
Topping the list with a net worth of $76 billion is
Bill Gates. While the 58 year-old co-founder of Microsoft has devoted more time
to philanthropic activities in recent years, he plans to begin spending more
time at the Redmond, Washington software giant. Gates has led the richest pack
for 15 out of the last 20 years.
