Business Leaders with Companies Based in King County
People are grouped by where their associated companies are headquartered.
RichGeo records 69 people for King County by company headquarters. 9 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.
69
People recorded
9
Net worth of $1B or more
$467.43B
Combined recorded net worth
Districts and counties
Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth
- 1Jeff BezosSeattle · American business magnate (born 1964)$204.6B
- 2Bill GatesBellevue · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)$96.5B
- 3MacKenzie ScottSeattle · American philanthropist and novelist$59.4B
- 4Steve BallmerRedmond · American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft$51.9B
- 5Melinda GatesSeattle · American philanthropist$29B
- 6Gabe NewellBellevue · American computer programmer and businessman$9.5B
- 7Jack DorseySeattle · American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter$6.7B
- 8Barry DillerSeattle · American businessman (born 1942)$5.5B
- 9Howard SchultzSeattle · American businessman$4.2B
- 10Vin DieselTech founderBellevue · American actor (born 1967)$125M
- 11亚历克斯·托马斯·沃尔夫Tech founderBellevue · Russian-American writer and journalist (b.2005)Undisclosed
- 12Kaitlyn PutnamTech founderBellevue · American education consultant and authorUndisclosed
- 13Erik BenjaminsonTech founderSeattle · AI-native systems architect, founder of Sapient Technology Group, building production multi-agent systemsUndisclosed
- 14Boris ZhukovTech founderSeattle · American economist, co-founder and CEO of LetYouKnow, Inc.Undisclosed
- 15Apurva LutyTech founderSeattle · American technology entrepreneur, founder and CEO of OptimlyUndisclosed
- 16Omer QureshiTech founderBellevue · American technology executive, go-to-market strategist and co-founder of Americans 4 EqualityUndisclosed
- 17William A. HaseltinePublic company founderSeattle · American biologistUndisclosed
- 18Mark GettyPublic company founderSeattle · Irish businessmanUndisclosed
- 19Paul AllenTech founderBellevue · American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)Undisclosed
- 20Mike O'BrienTech founderBellevue · video game programmerUndisclosed
- 21Ilya ZubarewTech founderRenton · Cypriot businesspersonUndisclosed
- 22Phil SpencerTech founderMicrosoft Redmond Campus · American business executive (born 1968)Undisclosed
- 23Denny ThorleyTech founderRedmond · American video game designerUndisclosed
- 24Minoru ArakawaTech founderRedmond · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
- 25L. Ross Babcock IIITech founderRedmond · game designerUndisclosed
- 26Bonnie RossTech founderRedmond · American video game developerUndisclosed
- 27Alex AlgardTech founderSeattle · High tech entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Whitepages.Undisclosed
- 28Eddie BauerPublic company founderBellevue · American outdoorsmanUndisclosed
- 29Nels AndersonTech founderBellevue · American video game designer and programmerUndisclosed
- 30Ron GilbertTech founderBothell · American video game designerUndisclosed
- 31Serg BellTech founderRenton · Russian and Singaporean businessman entrepreneur and investorUndisclosed
- 32Eric BaroneTech founderSeattle · American video game developer, designer, composer and musician (born 1987)Undisclosed
- 33Alex SeropianTech founderBellevue · American video game developer (b. 1969)Undisclosed
- 34Alex St. JohnTech founderRedmond · American engineerUndisclosed
- 35Christian AllenTech founderSeattle · American video game designerUndisclosed
- 36Daniel BernsteinTech founderSeattle · American video game composerUndisclosed
- 37Roberta WilliamsTech founderBellevue · American video game designer (b. 1953)Undisclosed
- 38Darrell CavensTech founderSeattle · BusinessmanUndisclosed
- 39Jason JonesTech founderBellevue · American programmerUndisclosed
- 40John W. NordstromPublic company founderSeattle · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 41Jake RodkinTech founderBellevue · American video game designer, writer and graphic designerUndisclosed
- 42James SinegalPublic company founderIssaquah · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 43Jeff StrainTech founderBellevue · video game designerUndisclosed
- 44Jeffrey BrotmanPublic company founderIssaquah · American businessman; co-founder Costco (1942-2017)Undisclosed
- 45John W. StantonPublic company founderBellevue · American businessman and corporate director; majority owner of the Seattle MarinersUndisclosed
- 46Jonathan KleinPublic company founderSeattle · South African businessmanUndisclosed
- 47Jordan WeismanTech founderBellevue · American game designer, author, and serial entrepreneur (1960-)Undisclosed
- 48Carver MeadPublic company founderSeattle · American computer scientist (born 1934)Undisclosed
- 49Jason KapalkaTech founderSeattle · Canadian game developer and entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 50Linious McGeePublic company founderSeattle · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 51Mike HarringtonTech founderBellevue · co-founder of Valve CorporationUndisclosed
- 52Kelsey LewinTech founderSeattle · video game historianUndisclosed
- 53Olly MossTech founderBellevue · English graphic artistUndisclosed
- 54Patrick WyattTech founderBellevue · Battle.net game programmerUndisclosed
- 55Paul ThelenTech founderSeattle · systems engineerUndisclosed
- 56Chris TaylorTech founderRedmond · computer game designer and entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 57Rich BartonTech founderSeattle · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 58Sean VanamanTech founderBellevue · American video game designer, writer and podcasterUndisclosed
- 59Shelley DayTech founderBothell · American video game designerUndisclosed
- 60Jerry BaldwinPublic company founderSeattle · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 61Zev SieglPublic company founderSeattle · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 62Gordon BowkerPublic company founderSeattle · American entrepreneur and co-founder of StarbucksUndisclosed
- 63William Andrew Goddard IIIPublic company founderSeattle · American chemistUndisclosed
- 64Zachary BarthTech founderRedmond · American video game developerUndisclosed
- 65Friedrich WeyerhäuserPublic company founderSeattle · German-American industrialist (1834-1914)Undisclosed
- 66Seymour CrayTech founderSeattle · Applied mathematician, computer scientist, and electrical engineer (1925–1996)Undisclosed
- 67William PigottPublic company founderBellevue · American steel man (1860-1929)Undisclosed
- 68Ken WilliamsTech founderBellevue · American video game programmer (born 1954)Undisclosed
- 69Duncan DrummondTech founderSeattle · video game programmer and artistUndisclosed
Technology Sectors
Leading IndustriesBy associated people
Companies Headquartered Here
- 1Getty Images4
- 2Microsoft4
- 3Starbucks3
- 4Amazon3
- 5Costco2
- 6Zillow2
- 7Expedia Group2
- 8Cray1
- 9PACCAR1
- 10Zulily1
- 11Nordstrom1
- 12Weyerhaeuser1
- 13T-Mobile US1
- 14Impinj1
- 15Dendreon1
- 16Alaska Airlines1
- 17Campo Santo4
- 18Gates Foundation4
- 19ConcernedApe LLC3
- 20Optimus Consulting3
- 21Valve Corporation3
- 22FASA Studio3
- 23Cascade Investment3
- 24ArenaNet3
- 25XBOX2
- 26LearnSynergy Global Institute2
- 27Americans 4 Equality2
- 28Parallels2
- 29Nash Holdings2
- 30Vulcan Inc.2
Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.