Top 10 Richest Programmer in the World
10. Jack Dorsey
Co-founder and CEO of Twitter, and programmer of the original version of the website. Net worth of $5.1B.
9. Jan Koum
Co-founder of WhatsApp, and programmer of the original version of the app. Net worth of $13.7B.
8. Paul Allen
Co-founder of Microsoft and programmer of early versions of Microsoft BASIC. Net worth of $20.3B (deceased).
7. Mark Zuckerberg
Co-founder and CEO of Facebook, and programmer of the original version of the website. Net worth of $66.4B.
6. Sergey Brin
Co-founder of Google and programmer of the original version of the Google search engine. Net worth of $78.2B.
5. Larry Page
Co-founder of Google and programmer of the original version of the Google search engine. Net worth of $81.5B.
4. Steve Ballmer
Former CEO of Microsoft and programmer of early versions of Microsoft Excel and Word. Net worth of $82.4B
3. Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft and programmer of early versions of Microsoft BASIC. Net worth of $106B.
2. Larry Ellison
Co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation, and programmer of the first version of Oracle database. Net worth of $113.9B.
1. Elon Musk
CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and programmer of early versions of his companies' software and engineering systems. Net worth of $191.4B
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