Business Leaders with Companies Based in California

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

1. 1Elon MuskSan Diego · American businessman (born 1971)$790B
2. 2Bill GatesLos Angeles · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)$96.5B
3. 3Mark ZuckerbergRedwood City · American Internet entrepreneur$69.8B
4. 4Steve BallmerLos Angeles · American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft$51.9B
5. 5Larry PageMountain View · American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)$50.8B
6. 6Sergey BrinMountain View · American billionaire businessman (born 1973)$49.8B
7. 7Henry SamueliPalo Alto · American businessman$27.7B
8. 8Dan GilbertLos Angeles · American businessman$26.7B
9. 9Peter ThielStanford · German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)$23.9B
10. 10Henry NicholasIrvine · American businessman and convicted felon$19.6B
11. 11Laurene Powell JobsOakland · American political activist, business executive, philanthropist, heiress, billionaire$18.6B
12. 12Jan KoumMountain View · Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp$16.1B
13. 13Jack DangermondRedlands · American businessman and founder of ESRI$14.1B
14. 14Antony ResslerLos Angeles · American chief executive$13.8B
15. 15John TuFountain Valley · American billionaire$13.8B
16. 16Robert KraftSan Jose · American businessman and philanthropist (born 1941)$13.8B
17. 17Brian ArmstrongSan Francisco · American business executive and investor$12.9B
18. 18Eric SchmidtPalo Alto · software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO$12.9B
19. 19Orlando BravoSan Francisco · American billionaire businessman$12.8B
20. 20David DuffieldPleasanton · American engineer and entrepreneur$11.8B
21. 21Chris LarsenSan Francisco · American entrepreneur and investor$11.5B
22. 22Pierre OmidyarSan Jose · American entrepreneur and philanthropist; founder of eBay$11.4B
23. 23Dustin MoskovitzSan Francisco · American computer/Internet entrepreneur$11.1B
24. 24Philip AnschutzLos Angeles · American billionaire businessman$10.9B
25. 25Tom GoresBeverly Hills · American businessman and investor$10.1B
26. 26Vinod KhoslaSanta Clara · Indian-American businessman$9.9B
27. 27Dan FriedkinSanta Monica · American businessman$9.7B
28. 28Gordon MooreSanta Clara · American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)$9.7B
29. 29Eduardo SaverinMenlo Park · Brazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook$9.7B
30. 30Brian CheskySan Francisco · American businessman & Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb$9.2B
31. 31Marc BenioffSan Francisco · American internet entrepreneur and philanthropist$9.1B
32. 32Nathan BlecharczykSan Francisco · American businessman & Co-founder of Airbnb$8.7B
33. 33Charles R. SchwabSan Francisco · American entrepreneur$8.3B
34. 34Joe GebbiaSan Francisco · American businessman and a co-founder of Airbnb$8B
35. 35David GeffenUniversal City · American businessman$7.8B
36. 36Andrew CherngRosemead · American entrepreneur$7.7B
37. 37George KaiserFremont · American businessman$7.6B
38. 38Michael MilkenSanta Monica · American investor$7.5B
39. 39Mark WalterLos Angeles · American businessman$7.3B
40. 40James H. ClarkSunnyvale · American entrepreneur and computer scientist$7.2B
41. 41Rupert MurdochFox Plaza · American businessman$7.17B
42. 42Steven SpielbergUniversal City · American filmmaker (born 1946)$7.1B
43. 43David BaszuckiSan Mateo · Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation$7B
44. 44Scott CookMountain View · American businessman$7B
45. 45Jack DorseySan Francisco · American computer scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter$6.7B
46. 46Andy BechtolsheimSanta Clara · German electrical engineer (born 1955) Co-founder of Sun Microsystems; early investor in Google$6.6B
47. 47Tom GolisanoLos Altos · American businessman$6.5B
48. 48Matthew PrinceSan Francisco · American businessman and entrepreneur$6.4B
49. 49Reed HastingsLos Gatos · American entrepreneur and education philanthropist$6.3B
50. 50Baiju BhattSan Carlos · American entrepreneur co-founder and co-CEO of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$6B
51. 51Rick J. CarusoLos Angeles · American businessman$5.9B
52. 52Vlad TenevPalo Alto · Bulgarian-American entrepreneur and co-founder of Robinhood, a US-based financial services company$5.8B
53. 53Ken XieSunnyvale · American businessman$5.6B
54. 54Patrick Soon-ShiongCulver City · Chinese-American billionaire physician, CEO & philanthropist$5.6B
55. 55Barry DillerUniversal City · American businessman (born 1942)$5.5B
56. 56Stewart ResnickLos Angeles · American businessman, billionaire, philanthropist, art collector$5.4B
57. 57Lynda ResnickLos Angeles · American businesswoman, philanthropist$5.4B
58. 58Jeff SkollUniversal City · Canadian engineer, internet entrepreneur and film producer$5.4B
59. 59Thomas TullBurbank · American film producer$5.3B
60. 60Bobby MurphySanta Monica · American businessman (born 1988)$5B
61. 61George LucasLucas Valley · American filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)$5B
62. 62Dara KhosrowshahiSan Francisco · Iranian businessman$5B
63. 63Eric S. YuanSan Jose · American billionaire businessman$4.9B
64. 64Torstein HagenWoodland Hills · Norwegian businessman$4.84B
65. 65David SunFountain Valley · American businessman$4.6B
66. 66Sanjit BiswasSan Francisco · businessperson$4.2B
67. 67Thomas SiebelRedwood City · American businessman$4.1B
68. 68Meg WhitmanLos Angeles · American business executive$4.1B
69. 69John BicketSan Francisco · American IT engineer$4B
70. 70Behdad EghbaliSanta Monica · iranian–American businessman (born 1976)$3.9B
71. 71David FiloSunnyvale · American businessman$3.4B
72. 72Anil AmbaniUniversal City · Indian businessman (1959-present)$3.4B
73. 73Osman KibarSan Diego · Turkish-American biotech entrepreneur (born 1974)$2.9B
74. 74Hiro MatsushitaSan Clemente · Japanese businessman and former racing driver$2.7B
75. 75Kimbal MuskPalo Alto · South African-Canadian-American entrepreneur and restaurateur (born 1972)$2.5B
76. 76Max LytvynSan Francisco · Ukrainian IT entrepreneur$1.9B
77. 77Alex ShevchenkoSan Francisco · Ukrainian IT entrepreneur$1.9B
78. 78Jerry YangSunnyvale · founder of Yahoo!$1.8B
79. 79Stewart ButterfieldSan Francisco · Canadian entrepreneur and businessman$1.6B
80. 80Tom SteyerSan Francisco · American businessman, politician, and environmentalist (born 1957)$1.6B
81. 81Sundar PichaiMountain View · Indian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.$1.3B
82. 82Colette KressSanta Clara · American businesswoman; CFO and interim CEO of Nvidia$1.2B
83. 83Luke NosekSan Francisco · American businessman$1.2B
84. 84Drew HoustonSan Francisco · American Internet entrepreneur$1.04B
85. 85Eli BroadLos Angeles · American businessperson and philanthropist (1933–2021)$1B
86. 86George M. MarcusSan Mateo · American real estate broker$1B
87. 87Anthony WoodSanta Clara · American billionaire businessman$1B
88. 88Peter GassnerPleasanton · American entrepreneur and businessman$1B
89. 89Alice SchwartzHercules · American billionaire businesswoman and Bio-Rad Laboratories co-founder$1B
90. 90Jay-ZSan Francisco · American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur$1B
91. 91Rihanna425 Market Street · Barbadian singer and businesswoman$650M
92. 92Dmitriy ZaporozhetsPublic company founderSan Francisco · co-founder of GitLab Inc$450M
93. 93Sky DaytonPublic company founderLos Angeles · American entrepreneur (born 1971)$300M
94. 94Jun PengU.S.-listed Chinese company shareholderFremont$267.21M ^est.
95. 95Jessica AlbaPublic company founderLos Angeles · American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)$200M
96. 96Vin DieselTech founderStudio City · American actor (born 1967)$125M
97. 97Zhitao HeU.S.-listed Chinese company shareholderCity of Industry$99.06M ^est.
98. 98楼天城Hong Kong shareholderFremont$96.49M ^est.
99. 99Tiancheng LouPublic company founderFremont · Chinese businessman and computer programmer$94.47M ^est.
100. 100Fred ChangPublic company founderCity of Industry · American entrepreneur$39.73M ^est.