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

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Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

  1. 1Elon MuskPalo Alto · American businessman (born 1971)$790B
  2. 2Larry PageMountain View · American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)$50.8B
  3. 3Sergey BrinMountain View · American billionaire businessman (born 1973)$49.8B
  4. 4Henry SamueliPalo Alto · American businessman$27.7B
  5. 5Peter ThielStanford · German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)$23.9B
  6. 6Laurene Powell JobsPalo Alto · American political activist, business executive, philanthropist, heiress, billionaire$18.6B
  7. 7Jan KoumMountain View · Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp$16.1B
  8. 8Robert KraftSan Jose · American businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)$13.8B
  9. 9Eric SchmidtPalo Alto · software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO$12.9B
  10. 10Pierre OmidyarSan Jose · American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay$11.4B
  11. 11Vinod KhoslaSanta Clara · Indian-American businessman$9.9B
  12. 12Gordon MooreSanta Clara · American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)$9.7B
  13. 13James H. ClarkSunnyvale · American entrepreneur and computer scientist$7.2B
  14. 14Scott CookMountain View · American businessman$7B
  15. 15Andy BechtolsheimSanta Clara · German electrical engineer (born 1955) Co-founder of Sun Microsystems; early investor in Google$6.6B
  16. 16Tom GolisanoLos Altos · American businessman$6.5B
  17. 17Reed HastingsLos Gatos · American entrepreneur and education philanthropist$6.3B
  18. 18Baiju BhattPalo Alto · American entrepreneur co-founder and co-CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$6B
  19. 19Vlad TenevPalo Alto · Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$5.8B
  20. 20Ken XieSunnyvale · American businessman$5.6B
  21. 21Jeff SkollPalo Alto · Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer$5.4B
  22. 22Eric S. YuanSan Jose · American billionaire businessman$4.9B
  23. 23David FiloSunnyvale · American businessman$3.4B
  24. 24Kimbal MuskPalo Alto · South African-Canadian-American entrepreneur and restaurateur (born 1972)$2.5B
  25. 25Jerry YangSunnyvale · founder of Yahoo!$1.8B
  26. 26Sundar PichaiMountain View · Indian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.$1.3B
  27. 27Colette KressSanta Clara · American businesswoman; CFO and interim CEO of Nvidia$1.2B
  28. 28Anthony WoodSanta Clara · American billionaire businessman$1B
  29. 29黄仁勋Public company founderSanta Clara · Taiwanese-American entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and former CEO of Nvidia$6.77K
  30. 30Michael WeiTech founderSan Jose · researcherUndisclosed
  31. 31Mike OlsonPublic company founderPalo Alto · software executive and co-founder of clouderaUndisclosed
  32. 32Neha NarkhedePublic company founderMountain View · American technology entrepreneurUndisclosed
  33. 33Diane GreenePublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer scientistUndisclosed
  34. 34Daphne KollerPublic company founderMountain View · Israeli-American computer scientistUndisclosed
  35. 35Brett AdcockTech founderSunnyvale · American technology entrepreneur and executiveUndisclosed
  36. 36Dheeraj PandeyPublic company founderSan Jose · Indian-American businessman and philanthropist; CEO of DevRev and former CEO and co-founder of NutanixUndisclosed
  37. 37Adam GoldsteinPublic company founderSan Jose · EntrepreneurUndisclosed
  38. 38Nacho De MarcoTech founderMountain View · businessmanUndisclosed
  39. 39Eugene KleinerPublic company founderSan Jose · American engineer (1923–2003)Undisclosed
  40. 40Marvin von HagenTech founderPalo Alto · Technology EntrepreneurUndisclosed
  41. 41David HallPublic company founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur, engineer, and inventorUndisclosed
  42. 42John WarnockTech founderSan Jose · American computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)Undisclosed
  43. 43William R. G. BeauchampTech founderPalo Alto · CEO and founder of CHAI, the social AI platform. University of Cambridge 2012.Undisclosed
  44. 44Steve ChouTech founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur, author, and founder of Bumblebee Linens and MyWifeQuitHerJob.comUndisclosed
  45. 45Felix SchlegelTech founderPalo Alto · Computer programmerUndisclosed
  46. 46Alan ShugartPublic company founderCupertino · American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive (1930-2006)Undisclosed
  47. 47Young ZhaoTech founderPalo Alto · American entrepreneur, CEO and co-founder of OpusClipUndisclosed
  48. 48Jay WuTech founderPalo Alto · American software engineer, CTO and co-founder of OpusClipUndisclosed
  49. 49Grace WangTech founderPalo Alto · Chinese-American entrepreneur, co-founder and CMO of OpusClipUndisclosed
  50. 50Sashank Vandrangi:Tech founderMountain View · instance of: humanUndisclosed
  51. 51Vivek RamachandranTech founderMountain ViewUndisclosed
  52. 52Rodrigo LiangTech founderPalo Alto · co-founder and CEO of SambaNova SystemsUndisclosed
  53. 53Ivan TsybaevTech founderSan Jose · technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Trucker Path and founder of Ten8Undisclosed
  54. 54Sherman FairchildPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman (1896–1971)Undisclosed
  55. 55Jack GiffordPublic company founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
  56. 56David WelchPublic company founderSan Jose · American optical engineerUndisclosed
  57. 57Paul AllenTech founderPalo Alto · American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)Undisclosed
  58. 58Scott McNealyTech founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
  59. 59Bart DecremTech founderPalo Alto · entrepreneurUndisclosed
  60. 60Dean DrakoPublic company founderSan Jose · American technology company founderUndisclosed
  61. 61Louis B. RosenbergPublic company founderSan Jose · American engineer, computer scientist, writer, and inventorUndisclosed
  62. 62Mustafa SuleymanTech founderPalo Alto · British entrepreneur (born 1984)Undisclosed
  63. 63Jerry SandersPublic company founderSanta Clara · American businessmanUndisclosed
  64. 64Marc RandolphPublic company founderLos Gatos · American tech entrepreneur and co-founder of NetflixUndisclosed
  65. 65Nir ZukPublic company founderSanta Clara · The co-founder and CTO of Palo Alto NetworksUndisclosed
  66. 66Steve JobsTech founderCupertino · American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)Undisclosed
  67. 67Anne WojcickiPublic company founderPalo Alto · American biotech analyst, biologist, businesswoman, and co-founder of 23andMeUndisclosed
  68. 68Sanjay MehrotraPublic company founderMilpitas · Indian American business executive and CEO of MicronUndisclosed
  69. 69Keith J. KrachPublic company founderSunnyvale · American business executive and politicianUndisclosed
  70. 70Reid HoffmanTech founderSunnyvale · American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and authorUndisclosed
  71. 71Ilya SutskeverTech founderPalo Alto · Canadian-Israeli AI researcherUndisclosed
  72. 72Christopher RéTech founderPalo Alto · computer scientistUndisclosed
  73. 73Jeff HammerbacherPublic company founderPalo Alto · data scientistUndisclosed
  74. 74John KozaPublic company founderLos Altos · American computer scientistUndisclosed
  75. 75Robert NoycePublic company founderSanta Clara · American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur (1927–1990), co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and IntelUndisclosed
  76. 76Toshihiro NagoshiTech founderSan Jose · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
  77. 77Mohit AronTech founderSanta Clara · Indian businessmanUndisclosed
  78. 78Amr AwadallahPublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer scientistUndisclosed
  79. 79Alan MillerTech founderSan Jose · American video game designer and programmerUndisclosed
  80. 80Andrew Y. NgPublic company founderMountain View · American artificial intelligence researcherUndisclosed
  81. 81Eli HarariPublic company founderMilpitas · American business executive and founder of SanDiskUndisclosed
  82. 82Quoc Viet LeTech founderPalo Alto · machine learning researcherUndisclosed
  83. 83Charles GeschkeTech founderSan Jose · American computer scientistUndisclosed
  84. 84Leonard BosackPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman, co-founder of Cisco SystemsUndisclosed
  85. 85Sanjay GhemawatTech founderPalo Alto · American computer scientist and software engineerUndisclosed
  86. 86Mark CernyTech founderPalo Alto · American video game designerUndisclosed
  87. 87罗纳德·韦恩Tech founderCupertino · American engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc. (born 1934)Undisclosed
  88. 88Nolan BushnellTech founderSunnyvale · American entrepreneur (born 1943)Undisclosed
  89. 89Bill JoyTech founderSanta Clara · American computer scientistUndisclosed
  90. 90Mike MarkkulaPublic company founderSan Jose · American businessman (born 1942)Undisclosed
  91. 91Jack TramielTech founderSunnyvale · American businessman (1928-2012)Undisclosed
  92. 92Bill HewlettPublic company founderSanta Clara · American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard (1913–2001)Undisclosed
  93. 93David PackardPublic company founderSan Jose · American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)Undisclosed
  94. 94Ralph UngermannTech founderSan Jose · American entrepreneur and engineerUndisclosed
  95. 95Ted DabneyTech founderSunnyvale · American electronic engineer, the co-founder of Atari, Inc. (1937–2018)Undisclosed
  96. 96Trevor BlackwellTech founderMountain View · Canadian programmerUndisclosed
  97. 97Andrew GrovePublic company founderSanta Clara · Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936–2016)Undisclosed
  98. 98John McAfeePublic company founderSan Jose · British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)Undisclosed
  99. 99Aart de GeusPublic company founderMountain View · Dutch businessman (born 1954)Undisclosed
  100. 100Mendel RosenblumPublic company founderPalo Alto · American computer science professorUndisclosed

Technology Sectors

Leading IndustriesBy associated people

Companies Headquartered Here

  1. 1Alphabet Inc.6
  2. 2Intel6
  3. 3Nvidia5
  4. 4Apple Inc.5
  5. 5Sun Microsystems4
  6. 6AMD3
  7. 7Synopsys3
  8. 8Cloudera3
  9. 9Roku, Inc.3
  10. 10BEA Systems3
  11. 11Google3
  12. 12Fairchild Semiconductor2
  13. 13VMware2
  14. 14Adobe2
  15. 15Netflix, Inc.2
  16. 16Intuit2
  17. 17FICO2
  18. 18Synaptics2
  19. 19Nutanix2
  20. 20Cisco2
  21. 21Zoom Communications2
  22. 22Robinhood2
  23. 23晟碟2
  24. 24Coursera2
  25. 25eBay2
  26. 26Hewlett-Packard2
  27. 27Becton Dickinson2
  28. 28Juniper Networks1
  29. 29Immersion Corporation1
  30. 30Intersil1

Wealth figures are in U.S. dollars and use the latest available estimate for each person. Read the methodology and sources.