Business Leaders with Companies Based in Santa Clara County
People are grouped by where their associated companies are headquartered.
RichGeo records 149 people for Santa Clara County by company headquarters. 28 have reported or estimated net worth of at least $1 billion.
149
People recorded
28
Net worth of $1B or more
$1.11T
Combined recorded net worth
Districts and counties
San Jose 41Palo Alto 40Mountain View 27Santa Clara 23Sunnyvale 20Cupertino 4Milpitas 4Los Gatos 3Los Altos 3Stanford 1坎贝尔 1
Locations without recorded people
Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100
- 1Elon MuskPalo Alto · American businessman (born 1971)$790B
- 2Larry PageMountain View · American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)$50.8B
- 3Sergey BrinMountain View · American billionaire businessman (born 1973)$49.8B
- 4Henry SamueliPalo Alto · American businessman$27.7B
- 5Peter ThielStanford · German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)$23.9B
- 6Laurene Powell JobsPalo Alto · American political activist, business executive, philanthropist, heiress, billionaire$18.6B
- 7Jan KoumMountain View · Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp$16.1B
- 8Robert KraftSan Jose · American businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)$13.8B
- 9Eric SchmidtPalo Alto · software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO$12.9B
- 10Pierre OmidyarSan Jose · American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay$11.4B
- 11Vinod KhoslaSanta Clara · Indian-American businessman$9.9B
- 12Gordon MooreSanta Clara · American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)$9.7B
- 13James H. ClarkSunnyvale · American entrepreneur and computer scientist$7.2B
- 14Scott CookMountain View · American businessman$7B
- 15Andy BechtolsheimSanta Clara · German electrical engineer (born 1955) Co-founder of Sun Microsystems; early investor in Google$6.6B
- 16Tom GolisanoLos Altos · American businessman$6.5B
- 17Reed HastingsLos Gatos · American entrepreneur and education philanthropist$6.3B
- 18Baiju BhattPalo Alto · American entrepreneur co-founder and co-CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$6B
- 19Vlad TenevPalo Alto · Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$5.8B
- 20Ken XieSunnyvale · American businessman$5.6B
- 21Jeff SkollPalo Alto · Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer$5.4B
- 22Eric S. YuanSan Jose · American billionaire businessman$4.9B
- 23David FiloSunnyvale · American businessman$3.4B
- 24Kimbal MuskPalo Alto · South African-Canadian-American entrepreneur and restaurateur (born 1972)$2.5B
- 25Jerry YangSunnyvale · founder of Yahoo!$1.8B
- 26Sundar PichaiMountain View · Indian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.$1.3B
- 27Colette KressSanta Clara · American businesswoman; CFO and interim CEO of Nvidia$1.2B
- 28Anthony WoodSanta Clara · American billionaire businessman$1B
- 29黄仁勋Public company founderSanta Clara · Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and former CEO of Nvidia$6.77K
- 30Michael WeiTech founderSan Jose · researcherUndisclosed
- 31Mike OlsonPublic company founderPalo Alto · software executive and co-founder of clouderaUndisclosed
- 32Neha NarkhedePublic company founderMountain View · American technology entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 33Diane GreenePublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 34Daphne KollerPublic company founderMountain View · Israeli-American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 35Brett AdcockTech founderSunnyvale · American technology entrepreneur and executiveUndisclosed
- 36Dheeraj PandeyPublic company founderSan Jose · Indian-American businessman and philanthropist; CEO of DevRev and former CEO and co-founder of NutanixUndisclosed
- 37Adam GoldsteinPublic company founderSan Jose · EntrepreneurUndisclosed
- 38Nacho De MarcoTech founderMountain View · businessmanUndisclosed
- 39Eugene KleinerPublic company founderSan Jose · American engineer (1923–2003)Undisclosed
- 40Marvin von HagenTech founderPalo Alto · Technology EntrepreneurUndisclosed
- 41David HallPublic company founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur, engineer, and inventorUndisclosed
- 42John WarnockTech founderSan Jose · American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)Undisclosed
- 43William R. G. BeauchampTech founderPalo Alto · CEO and founder of CHAI, the social AI platform. University of Cambridge 2012.Undisclosed
- 44Steve ChouTech founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur, author, and founder of Bumblebee Linens and MyWifeQuitHerJob.comUndisclosed
- 45Felix SchlegelTech founderPalo Alto · Computer programmerUndisclosed
- 46Alan ShugartPublic company founderCupertino · American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive (1930-2006)Undisclosed
- 47Young ZhaoTech founderPalo Alto · American entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of OpusClipUndisclosed
- 48Jay WuTech founderPalo Alto · American software engineer, CTO and co-founder of OpusClipUndisclosed
- 49Grace WangTech founderPalo Alto · Chinese-American entrepreneur, co-founder and CMO of OpusClipUndisclosed
- 50Sashank Vandrangi:Tech founderMountain View · instance of: humanUndisclosed
- 51Vivek RamachandranTech founderMountain ViewUndisclosed
- 52Rodrigo LiangTech founderPalo Alto · co-founder and CEO of SambaNova SystemsUndisclosed
- 53Ivan TsybaevTech founderSan Jose · technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Trucker Path and founder of Ten8Undisclosed
- 54Sherman FairchildPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman (1896–1971)Undisclosed
- 55Jack GiffordPublic company founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 56David WelchPublic company founderSan Jose · American optical engineerUndisclosed
- 57Paul AllenTech founderPalo Alto · American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)Undisclosed
- 58Scott McNealyTech founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 59Bart DecremTech founderPalo Alto · entrepreneurUndisclosed
- 60Dean DrakoPublic company founderSan Jose · American technology company founderUndisclosed
- 61Louis B. RosenbergPublic company founderSan Jose · American engineer, computer scientist, writer, and inventorUndisclosed
- 62Mustafa SuleymanTech founderPalo Alto · British entrepreneur (born 1984)Undisclosed
- 63Jerry SandersPublic company founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
- 64Marc RandolphPublic company founderLos Gatos · American tech entrepreneur and co-founder of NetflixUndisclosed
- 65Nir ZukPublic company founderSanta Clara · The co-founder and CTO of Palo Alto NetworksUndisclosed
- 66Steve JobsTech founderCupertino · American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)Undisclosed
- 67Anne WojcickiPublic company founderPalo Alto · American biotech analyst, biologist, businesswoman, and co-founder of 23andMeUndisclosed
- 68Sanjay MehrotraPublic company founderMilpitas · Indian American business executive and CEO of MicronUndisclosed
- 69Keith J. KrachPublic company founderSunnyvale · American business executive and politicianUndisclosed
- 70Reid HoffmanTech founderSunnyvale · American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and authorUndisclosed
- 71Ilya SutskeverTech founderPalo Alto · Canadian-Israeli AI researcherUndisclosed
- 72Christopher RéTech founderPalo Alto · computer scientistUndisclosed
- 73Jeff HammerbacherPublic company founderPalo Alto · data scientistUndisclosed
- 74John KozaPublic company founderLos Altos · American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 75Robert NoycePublic company founderSanta Clara · American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1927–1990), co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and IntelUndisclosed
- 76Toshihiro NagoshiTech founderSan Jose · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
- 77Mohit AronTech founderSanta Clara · Indian businessmanUndisclosed
- 78Amr AwadallahPublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 79Alan MillerTech founderSan Jose · American video game designer and programmerUndisclosed
- 80Andrew Y. NgPublic company founderMountain View · American artificial intelligence researcherUndisclosed
- 81Eli HarariPublic company founderMilpitas · American business executive and founder of SanDiskUndisclosed
- 82Quoc Viet LeTech founderPalo Alto · machine learning researcherUndisclosed
- 83Charles GeschkeTech founderSan Jose · American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 84Leonard BosackPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman, co-founder of Cisco SystemsUndisclosed
- 85Sanjay GhemawatTech founderPalo Alto · American computer scientist and software engineerUndisclosed
- 86Mark CernyTech founderPalo Alto · American video game designerUndisclosed
- 87罗纳德·韦恩Tech founderCupertino · American engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1934)Undisclosed
- 88Nolan BushnellTech founderSunnyvale · American entrepreneur (born 1943)Undisclosed
- 89Bill JoyTech founderSanta Clara · American computer scientistUndisclosed
- 90Mike MarkkulaPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman (born 1942)Undisclosed
- 91Jack TramielTech founderSunnyvale · American businessman (1928-2012)Undisclosed
- 92Bill HewlettPublic company founderSanta Clara · American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (1913–2001)Undisclosed
- 93David PackardPublic company founderSan Jose · American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)Undisclosed
- 94Ralph UngermannTech founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur and engineerUndisclosed
- 95Ted DabneyTech founderSunnyvale · American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018)Undisclosed
- 96Trevor BlackwellTech founderMountain View · Canadian programmerUndisclosed
- 97Andrew GrovePublic company founderSanta Clara · Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936–2016)Undisclosed
- 98John McAfeePublic company founderSan Jose · British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)Undisclosed
- 99Aart de GeusPublic company founderMountain View · Dutch businessman (born 1954)Undisclosed
- 100Mendel RosenblumPublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer science professorUndisclosed
Technology Sectors
Leading IndustriesBy associated people
Companies Headquartered Here
- 1Alphabet Inc.6
- 2Intel6
- 3Nvidia5
- 4Apple Inc.5
- 5Sun Microsystems4
- 6AMD3
- 7Synopsys3
- 8Cloudera3
- 9Roku, Inc.3
- 10BEA Systems3
- 11Google3
- 12Fairchild Semiconductor2
- 13VMware2
- 14Adobe2
- 15Netflix, Inc.2
- 16Intuit2
- 17FICO2
- 18Synaptics2
- 19Nutanix2
- 20Cisco2
- 21Zoom Communications2
- 22Robinhood2
- 23晟碟2
- 24Coursera2
- 25eBay2
- 26Hewlett-Packard2
- 27Becton Dickinson2
- 28Juniper Networks1
- 29Immersion Corporation1
- 30Intersil1
Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.