Web 1.0 and the Early Internet Founders and Billionaires

Founders and owners of internet and software companies established before 2004, including web portals, search engines and early ecommerce.

RichGeo records 892 founders and owners across 711 companies in this sector. Net worth is recorded for 314 people. These estimates total $952.11B.

892
Founders and owners
578
Net worth undisclosed
430
Unlisted companies

People by Recorded Net Worth

  1. 1Jeff BezosUnited States · Amazon$204.6B
  2. 2Bill GatesUnited States · Microsoft, Xbox Game Studios$96.5B
  3. 3Larry EllisonUnited States · Oracle Corporation$62.5B
  4. 4Steve BallmerUnited States · Microsoft$51.9B
  5. 5Larry PageUnited States · Google$50.8B
  6. 6Sergey BrinUnited States · Google$49.8B
  7. 7Ma HuatengChina · Tencent, Tencent Holdings Limited$39.83B est.
  8. 8Jack MaChina · alibaba.com, Alibaba Group, Taobao$37.3B
  9. 9Ding LeiChina · NetEase$35.79B est.
  10. 10Robert J. PeraUnited States · Ubiquiti$24B
  11. 11Lei JunChina · Kingsoft Corporation Limited$23.49B est.
  12. 12Masayoshi SonJapan · SoftBank Group$21.6B
  13. 13James GoodnightUnited States · SAS Institute · Unlisted$15.3B
  14. 14Shiv NadarIndia · HCL Technologies$14.6B
  15. 15Hasso PlattnerGermany · SAP$13.5B
  16. 16Dietmar HoppGermany · SAP$13.4B
  17. 17Zhang ZhidongChina · Tencent$13.3B
  18. 18Pierre OmidyarUnited States · eBay$11.4B
  19. 19Vinod KhoslaUnited States · Sun Microsystems$9.9B
  20. 20Michael G. RubinUnited States · GSI Commerce · Unlisted$9.6B
  21. 21Gabe NewellUnited States · Valve Corporation · Unlisted$9.5B
  22. 22Marc BenioffUnited States · Salesforce$9.1B
  23. 23Michael J. SaylorUnited States · Strategy$8.8B
  24. 24Raymond KwokPublic company founderChina · Sunevision Holdings Ltd.$8.54B est.
  25. 25Charles SimonyiHungary · Intentional Software · Unlisted$8.4B
  26. 26Judith R. FaulknerUnited States · Epic · Unlisted$7.8B
  27. 27John SallUnited States · SAS Institute · Unlisted$7.5B
  28. 28易峥A-share controlling shareholderChina · Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co., Ltd.$7.49B est.
  29. 29Joseph TsaiCanada · Alibaba Group$6.7B est.
  30. 30Andy BechtolsheimGermany · Sun Microsystems$6.6B
  31. 31Robin LiChina · Baidu, Baidu, Inc.$5.84B est.
  32. 32Tim SweeneyUnited States · Unlisted$5.1B
  33. 33George LucasUnited States · Lucasfilm Games · Unlisted$5B
  34. 34Thomas SiebelUnited States · Siebel Systems · Unlisted$4.1B
  35. 35Ross PerotUnited States · Perot Systems · Unlisted$4.1B
  36. 36Bob ParsonsUnited States · GoDaddy$4.1B
  37. 37Guo GuangchangPublic company founderChina · Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co., Ltd.$3.52B est.
  38. 38Vijay Shekhar SharmaIndia · One97 Communications · Unlisted$2.3B
  39. 39李仲初A-share controlling shareholderChina · Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co., Ltd.$1.45B est.
  40. 40Sundar PichaiUnited States · Google$1.3B
  41. 41冯毅A-share controlling shareholderChina · Sangfor Technologies Inc.$1.22B est.
  42. 42欧阳华A-share controlling shareholderChina · Glory View Technology Co., Ltd.$1.18B est.
  43. 43Simon NixonUnited Kingdom · MONY Group$1.12B
  44. 44魏纯暹Hong Kong shareholderSR Medical Technology Company Limited$1.11B est.
  45. 45何朝曦A-share controlling shareholderChina · Sangfor Technologies Inc.$1.01B est.
  46. 46熊武A-share controlling shareholderChina · Sangfor Technologies Inc.$1.01B est.
  47. 47Kwon Hyuk-binSouth Korea · Smilegate · Unlisted$1B
  48. 48褚健A-share controlling shareholderChina · SUPCON Technology Co., Ltd.$857.36M est.
  49. 49Zhou YahuiTech founderChina · Opera$809.47M est.
  50. 50马东敏Hong Kong shareholderBaidu, Inc.$804.64M est.
  51. 51徐少春Hong Kong shareholderKingdee International Software Group Company Limited$788.97M est.
  52. 52Aleš ZavoralTech founderCzech Republic · Alza.cz · Unlisted$774M
  53. 53金锋A-share controlling shareholderChina · KINGNET NETWORK CO., LTD.$739.3M est.
  54. 54沈锦华A-share controlling shareholderChina · Focus Technology Co., Ltd.$731.84M est.
  55. 55李卫伟A-share controlling shareholderChina · 37 INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO.,LTD.$696.35M est.
  56. 56Liu QingfengPublic company founderChina · iFlytek$673.59M est.
  57. 57张镇潮A-share controlling shareholderChina · Servyou Software Group Co., Ltd.$671.83M est.
  58. 58郭为A-share controlling shareholderChina · Digital China Group Co.,Ltd.$657.15M est.
  59. 59张长虹A-share controlling shareholderChina · Shanghai DZH Limited$642.55M est.
  60. 60Liu WeiTech founderChina · PCI TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO.,LTD.$546.73M est.
  61. 61韦利东A-share controlling shareholderChina · WEAVER NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD$476.46M est.
  62. 62李新宇A-share controlling shareholderChina · TALKWEB INFORMATION SYSTEM CO.,LTD.$455.41M est.
  63. 63赵延平A-share controlling shareholderChina · SHANGHAI HUACE NAVIGATION TECHNOLOGY LTD$435.29M est.
  64. 64Zhou HongyiPublic company founderChina · 360 Security Technology Inc.$417.98M est.
  65. 65童之磊A-share controlling shareholderChina · COL Global Co.,Ltd.$336.12M est.
  66. 66姚朔斌A-share controlling shareholderChina · SHANGHAI YAOJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.$327.59M est.
  67. 67钱晓钧A-share controlling shareholderChina · Beijing United Information Technology Co., Ltd.$316.37M est.
  68. 68刘泉A-share controlling shareholderChina · Beijing United Information Technology Co., Ltd.$316.37M est.
  69. 69刁志中A-share controlling shareholderChina · Glodon Company Limited$294.62M est.
  70. 70熊雨前A-share controlling shareholderChina · Fujian Fuxin Software Development Joint Stock Co., Ltd.$288.45M est.
  71. 71王维A-share controlling shareholderChina · Xingyun Technology Co.,Ltd$280.73M est.
  72. 72求伯君Hong Kong shareholderKingsoft Corporation Limited$277.17M est.
  73. 73夏曙东A-share controlling shareholderChina · China TransInfo Technology Co., Ltd$259.9M est.
  74. 74吴志雄A-share controlling shareholderChina · Linewell Software Co.,Ltd.$255.66M est.
  75. 75包志方A-share controlling shareholderChina · Wuxi Boton Technology Co.,Ltd.$252.53M est.
  76. 76辛浩鹰A-share controlling shareholderChina · Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology Co.,Ltd.$245.16M est.
  77. 77李晖A-share controlling shareholderChina · Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology Co.,Ltd.$245.16M est.
  78. 78吉英存A-share controlling shareholderChina · Beijing Jingwei Hirain Technologies Co., Inc.$243.4M est.
  79. 79翟军A-share controlling shareholderChina · VANJEE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.$243.05M est.
  80. 80李红A-share controlling shareholderChina · ZWSOFT CO., LTD.(Guangzhou)$241.54M est.
  81. 81杜玉林A-share controlling shareholderChina · ZWSOFT CO., LTD.(Guangzhou)$241.54M est.
  82. 82陈勤发A-share controlling shareholderChina · Mingchen Health Co.,Ltd.$216.47M est.
  83. 83李佳林Hong Kong shareholderVSTECS Holdings Limited$215.86M est.
  84. 84刘莉Hong Kong shareholderVSTECS Holdings Limited$215.86M est.
  85. 85管连平A-share controlling shareholderChina · Business-intelligence of Oriental Nations Corporation Ltd.$210.98M est.
  86. 86霍卫平A-share controlling shareholderChina · Business-intelligence of Oriental Nations Corporation Ltd.$210.98M est.
  87. 87冯裕才A-share controlling shareholderChina · WUHAN DAMENG DATABASE COMPANY LIMITED$209.31M est.
  88. 88吴太兵A-share controlling shareholderChina · Wondershare Technology Group Co.,Ltd$204.74M est.
  89. 89汪敏A-share controlling shareholderChina · Ucap Cloud Information Technology Co.,Ltd.$201.36M est.
  90. 90邵健伟A-share controlling shareholderChina · New Trend International Logis-Tech Co., Ltd$198.92M est.
  91. 91庄浩A-share controlling shareholderChina · Xiamen Jihong Co., Ltd$192.24M est.
  92. 92赵马克A-share controlling shareholderChina · Wuhan P&S Information Technology Co.,Ltd.$164.53M est.
  93. 93严孟宇A-share controlling shareholderChina · Fujian Apex Software Co.,LTD$160.61M est.
  94. 94李文化A-share controlling shareholderChina · WCON ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD$158.09M est.
  95. 95罗少春A-share controlling shareholderChina · WCON ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD$158.09M est.
  96. 96李睿鑫A-share controlling shareholderChina · WCON ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD$158.09M est.
  97. 97吴强华A-share controlling shareholderChina · Beijing eGOVA Co.,Ltd.$155.72M est.
  98. 98黎峰A-share controlling shareholderChina · JinXianDai Information Industry Co.,Ltd.$150.68M est.
  99. 99曾立军A-share controlling shareholderChina · Sichuan Joyou Digital Technologies Co.,Ltd.$149.74M est.
  100. 100张建成A-share controlling shareholderChina · IKD Co., Ltd.$149.61M est.

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