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Meet the 10 richest US entrepreneurs
Wealth-X, global wealth intelligence and prospecting firm headquartered in Singapore, came up with a list of 10 wealthiest billionaires.
The list was dominated by ‘technopreneurs’ as six of them made their fortunes from technology or technology-related businesses.
The combined market capitalisation of these 10 individuals' primary companies is $1.7 trillion, which means they have created wealth that's four times what they themselves are worth.
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Bill Gates (Rank 1)
Net worth: $80.2 billion
Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft.
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Warren Buffett (Rank 2)
Net worth: $64.2 billion
Buffett is the Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway.
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Larry Ellison (Rank 3)
Net worth: $48.2 billion
Ellison is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading software companies.
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Michael Bloomberg (Rank 3)
Net worth: $33.7 billion
He is the founder and 88% owner of Bloomberg LP, global financial data and media company.
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Sheldon Adelson (Rank 5)
Net worth: $32.8 billion
Adelson is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation.
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Larry Page (Rank 6)
Net worth of $31.3 billion
Page is the CEO and co-founder of Google.
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Mark Zuckerberg (Rank 7)
Net worth of $30.9 billion
Zuckerberg is the co-founder of Facebook.
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Jeff Bezos (Rank 8)
Net worth: $30.5 billion
Bezos is founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
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Sergey Brin (Rank 9)
Net worth: $30.1 billion
Brin is the co-founder of Google.
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Carl Icahn (Rank 10)
Net worth: $25.5 billion
Icahn is a billionaire activist and investor.
He is the majority shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified holding company.
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