Apple
1.Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., is widely regarded as a pioneer in personal computing, mobile technology, and digital music. His most famous invention, the iPhone, redefined communication and made smartphones an integral part of modern life.
Tesla,Space X,
2.Elon Musk
With a net worth of more than $333 billion as of 2024, Elon Musk is currently focusing on AI that can contribute to scientific discoveries. Musk displayed a keen interest in technology from an early age and taught himself programming, selling his first game at 12.
Netflix
3.Reed Hastings
Before co-founding Netflix, Reed Hastings developed a tool for debugging software and launched a company that offered troubleshooting solutions. But he gave this up to work on a new service that would offer movie rental-by-mail services for a flat rate.
Cryptocurrency
4.Satoshi Nakamoto
The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto remains one of the biggest mysteries in tech, but his or her impact on the world is undeniable. Nakamoto is the fictitious name of Bitcoin’s creator, the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency, which offers a system that operates without a central authority.
Microsoft
5.Bill Gates
Born William Henry Gates III, Bill Gates has been on the Forbes list of the world’s top billionaires since 1987. Many people credit him for being the man behind bringing personal computers into homes and offices worldwide after co-founding Microsoft.
Amazon
6.Jeff Bezos
Think of Bezos every time you head to Amazon to buy anything. Did you know that this shopping haven started as an online bookstore founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994? And it’s not just about shopping because his development of Amazon Web Services empowered countless businesses and startups.
Netflix
7.Sebastian Siemiatkowski
In 2005, Sebastian Siemiatkowski launched Klarna, forever changing e-commerce by offering consumers a more flexible way to pay for purchases. And the best part is that he started building his platform with other entrepreneurs while working at Burger King.
Bumble
8.Whitney Wolfe Herd
Wouldn’t it be great if you could find a partner who shares the same interests as you for friendship or marriage? This is what Whitney Wolfe Herd thought when she founded Bumble in 2014. Within a decade, this online dating app has redefined the dating dynamics.
Meta
9.Mark Zuckerberg
What started as a joke between college friends altered how people connect. Mark Zuckerberg co-founded and heads Meta, formerly Facebook. He launched Facebook in 2004 from his Harvard dorm room, and the platform attracted billions of users.
10.Larry Page
What if there’s a platform that can provide unlimited access to information? Larry Page asked himself this question and co-founded Google with Sergey Brin. He revolutionized access to information with the development of the world’s most popular search engine.
Dell
11.Michael Dell
Michael Dell was born in 1965 in Texas and showed entrepreneurial skills early by selling newspaper subscriptions and investing in stocks as a teenager. He started Dell Technologies in 1984 from his college dorm room with just $1,000 to become one of the world’s largest computer manufacturers.
12.Jack Dorsey
A few billionaires stay away from the media the way Jack Dorsey does. He played a pivotal role in social media and digital payments by co-founding Twitter and Square, now Block. Dorsey is known for his minimalist lifestyle and interest in meditation and wellness.
NVIDIA
13.Jensen Huang
Did you know that everything from gaming to artificial intelligence and data centers partially owes its success to Jensen Huang? Born in Taiwan, he immigrated to the US as a child and later earned engineering degrees before co-founding NVIDIA in 1993.
Tiktok
14.Zhang Yiming
Today, there are 1 billion TikTok users, all thanks to Zhang Yiming. He was born in 1983 in Fujian, China, and studied software engineering before launching ByteDance, which later created TikTok—the short-form video app that changed digital entertainment.
Oracle
15.Larry Ellison
In 2024, Larry Ellison ranked as the third-richest person in the world as the co-founder of Oracle Corporation. He’s a tech titan who changed enterprise software, particularly database management, after building Oracle in 1977.
eBay
16.Pierre Omidyar
Born in 1967 in Paris, France, Pierre Omidyar moved to the US as a child. He developed a passion for programming early and created his first software application while still in high school. After graduating from Tufts University, he worked in tech before launching eBay as a side project.
Paypal
17.Max Levchin
Best known as one of the co-founders of PayPal and an expert in anti-fraud practices, Max Levchin is a key figure in the world of fintech. Since its conception in 1998, PayPal quickly became the go-to platform for online payments and was eventually sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.
Snapchat
18.Evan Spiegel
At the age of 34, as of 2024, Evan Spiegel has a net worth of $ 2.6 billion as the co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat. Spiegel studied product design at Stanford before dropping out to focus on Snapchat.
Bitcoin
19.Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum expanded on Bitcoin’s ideas by introducing smart contracts and decentralized applications to enable more complex financial transactions and decentralized ecosystems. The man behind it is Vitalik Buterin, with several sources claiming his IQ level is 257; official results have not been released, though.
Dropbox
20.Drew Houston
Every time you share files and photos easily, you might need to thank Drew Houston. He was born in 1983 in Massachusetts and studied computer science at MIT. He came up with the idea for Dropbox after forgetting his USB drive at home before heading out.
OpenAI
21.Sam Altman
Samuel Harris Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019. He is also the chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. and Helion Energy. Altman is considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom.
22.Jan Koum
Jan Borysovych Koum is a Ukrainian-American billionaire businessman and computer programmer. He is the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, a mobile messaging app which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19.3 billion.
Uber
23.Travis Kalanick
Travis Cordell Kalanick is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer of Uber.
24.Reid Hoffman
Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.