$1 billion in 183 technological business people

Three out five richest people in the world built their multi-million-dollar heritage on code or chips, here are another 180.There have never before more technological billionaires like now, and together they have a record heritage: There are 183 technology billionaires in Forbes list of the richest in the world in 2017, 23 more than the previous year, add up to a fortune of 1 trillion dollars.

Three of the world’s five richest people made their fortunes in technology, and 59 percent of technology billionaires increased their wealth last year. Only 9% of them have fortunes that have declined compared to the 2016 list.

Technology fortunes.

The technological fortunes are concentrated in the United States: 78 out of 183 are American. From these, 53 live in California. In addition, five other non-US technology entrepreneurs with 10-figure fortunes live in Golden State, which has become home to more billionaires in the technology industry than any other country or place within the United States. Second is China, with 47 of them.

Bill Gates comes back.

The person with the most money in the technology industry, who is also the richest person in the world, is Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. His net worth rose from $ 11 billion to an estimated $ 86 billion. Microsoft shares are worth 27% more than a year ago, but today they represent only 13% of Gates’ fortune, who has been selling his shares for years and investing in a variety of assets and stocks, including hygiene firm Ecolab, tractor maker Deere and Canadian Pacific Railway. In December 2016, Gates announced that he would invest $ 1,000 million to open Breakthrough Energy to invest in new forms of clean energy with 20 people, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Alibaba, Jack Ma.

Amazon.

With a net worth of $ 72,800, Bezos is the second-richest man in technology on Forbes’ list of billionaires, a figure 27.6 billion higher than last year. Amazon shares rose 67% over the previous year, boosting their fortunes more than any other multimillionaire on the list.

Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the third richest billionaire with a fortune of $ 56 billion. His net worth rose 11.4 billion from the 2016 list, when Facebook shares climbed 31%. In December 2015 Zuckerberg pledged to donate 99% of his Facebook shares before dying, and in September 2016 announced plans to invest $ 3 billion to palliate, cure and eradicate diseases by the end of the century.

Women on the list.

There are only 12 women on the list of technological billionaires this year, seven of whom are entrepreneurs and made their own fortune. The wealthiest woman on the list is Laurene Powell Jobs, Apple founder’s wife Steve Jobs. Her net worth, which is made primarily from Apple and Disney shares, grew 3.3 billion to 16.7 billion during the previous year.

The top-earning entrepreneur on the list is Zhou Qin Fei from China, who founded Shenzhen-listed Lens Technology, which is dedicated to making the screen glasses for smartphones, and it has clients such as Apple and Samsung. Her net worth is $ 7,400 million.