Expected founder of Microsoft Bill Gates remains the richest businessman in the world in the field of information technology, writes magazine "Forbes said on Monday. Rating from the magazine for 2015 shows that among the hundred richest businessmen in the IT sector, there are 51 Americans, 33 members of the Asia-Pacific region, eight Europeans, two Israelis and one Hispanic. 40 percent of those living and working in California, says Russian information portal bar.
Bill Gates is the richest person on the planet with the state, which in 2015 was estimated at 79.6 billion dollars. 13% of them are still invested in shares of Microsoft. Second in the ranking of "Forbes" is the founder of Oracle Larry Ellison with $ 50 billion, while the third place was surprisingly Jeff Bezos, the founder of the American giant Amazon online marketing. Since the beginning of the year his company has made great growth, sharply increased market value of Bezos state increased by 13 billion, reaching 47.8 billion dollars. Facebook founder Mark Tsukarbarg is in fourth place with 41.2 billion dollars, followed by Google founders Larry Page (33.4 billion dollars) and Sergey Brin (33.4 billion). Seventh place is the creator of the online trading platform Alibaba Jack Ma, whose wealth is estimated at 23.2 billion dollars. This makes it the richest of the ten Chinese entered the ranking of "Forbes". Widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs - Lauren Powell Jobs is in ninth place with 19.4 billion and is the most abundant of the seven women who are on the list. The average age of the hundred largest rich from the IT sector for 53 years, which is ten years less than the average age of the first hundred richest people in general. The youngest of a hundred businessmen in the IT sector is 25-year-old Evan Spiegel, founder of mobile app Snapchat whose condition according to "Forbes" estimated at $ 2.1 billion. And the oldest is 86-year-old co-founder of Intel, Gordon Moore, who has 6 billion. 94 of 100 billionaires from the IT sector have accumulated his fortune from scratch.
