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Technology's 100 richest people

September 21, 1997
Web posted at: 7:32 p.m. EDT (2332 GMT)

(AP) -- The 100 richest people in the technology business as compiled by Forbes ASAP magazine. Following the name and company is the estimated net worth. 

   1. Bill Gates, Microsoft, $38.66 billion
   2. Paul Allen, Microsoft, $14.77 billion
   3. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, $8.21 billion
   4. Larry Ellison, Oracle, $8.20 billion
   5. Gordon Moore, Intel, $7.97 billion
   6. Michael Dell, Dell, $4.66 billion
   7. William Hewlett, Hewlett-Packard, $4.20 billion
   8. Ted Waitt, Gateway 2000, $2.83 billion
   9. David Duffield, PeopleSoft, $1.73 billion
   10. Charles B. Wang, Computer Associates, $1.20 billion
   11. Robert Galvin, Motorola, $1.10 billion
   12. John Morgridge, Cisco, $779.4 million
   13. Sanjiv Sidhu, i2 Technologies, $716.0 million
   14. Craig Benson, Cabletron, $641.8 million
   15. Jim Clark, Netscape, $597.0 million
   16. Norman Waitt, Gateway 2000, $543.0 million
   17. Steve Jobs, Pixar, $513.8 million
   18. Patrizio Vinciarelli, Vicor, $503.5 million
   19. S. Robert Levine, Cabletron, $488.2 million
   20. John Shirley, Microsoft, $483.5 million
   21. Tom Siebel, Siebel Systems, $425.0 million
   22. Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, $417.0 million
   23. David Huber, Ciena, $306.5 million
   24. Richard Egan, EMC, $300.4 million
   25. Jeffrey P. Bizos, Amazon.com, $275.5 million
   26. Andy Grove, Intel, $267.0 million
   27. George Perlegos, Atmel, $266.8 million
   28. Patrick Nettles, Ciena, $221.0 million
   29. Wilfred Corrigan, LSI Logic, $209.6 million
   30. Ray Noorda, Novell, $202.2 million
   31. Jim Barksdale, Netscape, $198.9 million
   32 (tie). Scott Cook, Intuit, $187.9 million
   32 (tie). Jerry Yang, Yahoo, $187.9 million
   34. David Filo, Yahoo, $185.6 million
   35. Richard Moley, Cisco, $184.8 million
   36 (tie). Leslie Vadasz, Intel, $183.4 million
   36 (tie). Christopher Galvin, Motorola, $183.4 million
   38. David Fulton, Microsoft, $178.1 million
   39. Ken Sharma, i2 Technologies, $176.8 million
   40. Fred and Annie Chan, ESS Technologies, $174.2 million
   41. Craig Barrett, Intel, $172.5 million
   42. Eckard Pfeiffer, Compaq, $157.5 million
   43. Larry Garlick, Remedy, $140.9 million
   44. Stephen Case, America Online, $137.3 million
   45. Paul Maritz, Microsoft, $132.5 million
   46. Jeff Raikes, Microsoft, $124.6 million
   47. Lou Gerstner, IBM, $122.1 million
   48. Gust Perlegos, Atmel, $120.1 million
   49. Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft, $118.3 million
   50. Bernard Verganes, Microsoft, $116.3 million
   51. Jerry Fiddler, Wind River Systems, $109.6 million
   52. Ray Stata, Analog Devices, $108.0 million
   53. Rodney Smith, Altera, $104.4 million
   54. C.N. Reddy, Alliance, $103.4 million
   55. N. Damodar Reddy, Alliance, $103.3 million
   56. Kenneth Levy, KLA-Tencor, $102.6 million
   57. George Kozmetsky, Dell, $102.3 million
   58. Olin B. King, CSI Systems, $95.5 million
   59. Robert Bishop, Silicon Graphics, $94.0 million
   60. Paul Severino, Bay Networks, $90.3 million
   61. Kenneth Morris, PeopleSoft, $88.8 million
   62. Joseph Costello, Cadence Design, $83.0 million
   63. Michael Lacombe, Microsoft, $82.2 million
   64. Maureen Egan, EMC, $82.1 million
   65. Charles Wyle, Sterling Software and Sterling Commerce, $81.9 million
   66. Mike Farmwald, Rambus, $79.7 million
   67. Thomas Jermoluk, (at)Home, $79.0 million
   68. Andy Ludwick, Bay Networks, $75.9 million
   69. Tsung-Ching Wu, Atmel, $75.5 million
   70. Jean-Paul Gimon, Hewlett-Packard, $74.9 million
   71. Max Palevsky, Intel, $73.0 million
   72. James Morgan, Applied Materials, $72.0 million
   73. William Neukom, Microsoft, $69.2 million
   74. Dirk Kabcenell, Oracle, $67.9 million
   75. Frank Gill, Intel, $67.2 million
   76. Russell M. Artzt, Computer Associates, $67.0 million
   77. John Gifford, Maxim Integrated, $66.9 million
   78. Lawrence Huang, Ciena, $63.8 million
   79 (tie). Steve Chaddick, Ciena, $63.7 million
   79 (tie). Sam Wyly, Sterling Software and Sterling Commerce, $63.7 million
   81. David Wilner, Wind River Systems, $63.2 million
   82. Rick Burgum, Great Plains Software, $62.7 million
   83. Bernard Vonderschmitt, Xilinx, $62.4 million
   84. Geoff Tate, Rambus, $60.7 million
   85. Christopher Oliver, Cabletron, $60.1 million
   86. Shawn Hailey, Avant, $59.8 million
   87. William Reed, Microsoft, $58.8 million
   88. Thomas Merideth, Dell, $57.8 million
   89. Morton Topfer, Dell, $56.9 million
   90. Gerhard Parker, Intel, $56.7 million
   91. Marc Andreessen, Netscape, $56.3 million
   92. Albert Duffield, PeopleSoft, $55.8 million
   93. Jeffrey Henley, Oracle, $55.3 million
   94. David Mahler, Remedy, $54.7 million
   95. John Chambers, Cisco, $54.6 million
   96. Sanjay Kumar, Computer Associates, $52.9 million
   97. Robert Sanson, FORE Systems, $50.5 million
   98. Steven Walske, Parametric Technologies, $49.8 million
   99. Francois Bitz, FORE Systems, $49.0 million
   100. Mark Horowitz, Rambus, $48.7 million

Copyright 1997   The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

 
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