Technology has no limits. What you see today as a gigantic invention seems to get all faded in the next couple of months and what keep this trend all going are the IT Businesses that make sure the progress never rests. If you have been thinking about the top 10 Business Tycoons who belong to IT industry, you wont be shocked to see Bill Gates on top of the list.
Here is a detailed list of IT Business Tycoons, Have a look!
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is one of the most influential people from the IT industry. He began using computer at the age of 13 and with his exceptional mathematics and programming skills he was admitted to Harvard. Gates later dropped out of college to start his own computer business in 1975 with his partner Paul Allen. He launched Microsoft and was the richest man from 1995-2007.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs too had dropped out of college just after the first semester. He began designing games and then teamed up with Steve Wozniak to launch Apple computers including Macintosh and Power Mac. The iPod, iPhone and iPad are also Job’s creations.
Mark Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg attended college at Harvard and started the largest social networking while he was still studying. He is the youngest self made billionaire in history with a net worth of 13.5 billion.
Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is the co founder and CEO of Oracle Corp, one of the most popular database suites at enterprise level. He started Oracle in 1977 which now has a net worth of over $160 billion, making him one of the richest people.
Larry Page
Larry Page is the co founder and CEO of Google. He had his bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and then teamed up with Sergey Brin to start Google.
Sergey Brin
Sergey is a graduate from the Stanford University. He quit his PhD program to start the search engine Google from a garage with his partner Larry Page. Google has a net worth of $200 billion.
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon, an online retailer. He has 20% shares in Amazon and is the 14th richest man in US.
Michael Dell
Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc. He too started his small business while still in premed college and became one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers.
Azim Premji
Azim Premji is the chairman of Wipro and the only non US based IT tycoon. He is the student of Stanford University and has a share of 70% in the company.
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is associated with Microsoft. Although he wasn’t one of the founders, he has been playing a pivotal role in the progress of the company. Steve joined in 1980 and is currently the CEO. He has successfully launched a new gaming system Kinect.
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