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