THE TOP RICHEST INTERNET BUSINESSMEN IN THE WORLD.

The introduction of the internet and social media to the world has made several impacts on people I.e the users and the founders. Sometimes ago, I published an article titled "The Impact of The Social Media In The World Today" in which I mentioned some advantages and the disadvantages particularly to the users.
Also, the social media has positive impacts on the founders one of which is profit maximization. In the world, we have a lot of people who had become wealthy as a result of the existence of these social networks. They include the following individuals.

Rank

Name

Website

Year Website Launched

Net Worth

1

Larry Page 

Google

1998

$18.5 Billion

2

Sergey Brin 

Google

1998

$18.5 Billion

3

Jeff Bezos 

Amazon

1994

$8.7 Billlion

4

Pierre Omidyar 

eBay

1995

$6.3 Billion

5

Eric Schmidt 

Google

1998

$5.9 Billion

6

Ronald Burkle 

Yahoo

1995

$3.5 Billion

7

Mark Cuban 

Broadcast.com

1995

$2.6 Billion

8

Jerry Yang 

Yahoo

1995

$2.3 Billion

9

Omid Kordestani 

Google

1998

$1.9 Billion

10

David Filo 

Yahoo

1995

$1.7 Billion

11

Kavitark Ram Shriram 

Google

1998

$1.7 Billion

12

Todd Wagner 

Broadcast.com

1995

$1.5 Billion

13

Peter Thiel 

PayPal

1998

$1.3 Billion

14

Niklas Zennstrom 

Skype

2003

$1.3 Billion

15

Janus Friis 

Skype

2003

$1.3 Billion

16

Jack Ma 

Alibaba

1999

$1.1 Billion

17

Mark Zuckerberg 

Facebook

2004

$700 Million

18

Simon Nixon 

MoneySuperMarket1999$680 Million

19

Andrew Gower 

Runescape

2001

$650 Million

20

Reid Hoffman 

LinkedIn

2003

$500 Million

21

Zhang Chaoyang 

Sohu

1996

$425 Million

22

Steve Chen 

YouTube

2005

$350 Million

23

Elon Musk 

PayPal

1998

$328 Million

24

Chad Hurley 

YouTube

2005

$300 Million

25

Duncan Cameron 

MoneySuperMarket1999$280 Million

26

Marc Andreesen 

Netscape

1994

$253 Million

27

Reed Hastings 

NetFlix

1997

$150 Million

28

Blake Ross 

Mozila1998$120 Million

29

Andrew Michael 

Fasthost

1999

$110 Million

30

Max Levchin 

PayPal

1998

$100 Million

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Impact of Social Media in the world today.

The Impact of Social Media In The World Today  Imagine you are hearing the word social business for the first time, how will you view it in your own personal opinion. Actually, social business is a business involving social networks which is set up for the purpose of creating social services to people across the world and also serving as a means of making profit for the owners. Examples of social businesses in the world include Facebook, whatsapp, Instagram, YouTube e.t.c. These social businesses are referred to as multi billion dollar businesses as a result of a concept referred to as VVF.( Value, Volume and Frequency). Value--- The value of these social networks creates an avenue for mass usage of them by people across the world. The values they serve the world are so interesting and embracing, thus making them so attracting to the world. Volume---- The value of these social networks brings about the voluminous usage by people across the world. For instance, Facebook has ov...
Read more

Profile Of The First Chartered Accountant, Dr Akintola Williams.

Image
Meet The First Chartered Accountant In Africa, Dr. Akintola Williams Akintola Williams  was the first African to qualify as a chartered accountant. He founded in 1952 the first indigenous chartered accounting firm indigenous chartered accounting firm indigenous chartered accounting firm in Africa, Akintola Williams & Co in Lagos. He was founding member and first president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Association of Nigeria. He played in invaluable role in the establishment of the Nigeria. He played an invaluable role in the establishment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. For his accomplishments, he was honoured with the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian Government in 1982. And in April 1997,Queen Elizabeth also honoured him with the title Commander of the British Empire (CBE). Early life Williams was born to the family of Ekundayo Williams, a lawyer and farmer who was a son of a wealthy businessman from Abeokuta, Z.A. William...
Read more

The Diversification of The Nigerian Economy Back to Agriculture As A Solution to Nigeria's Economic Problem.

Image
    Economy diversification; Agriculture a way out/wdn.com.ng There is no doubt that petroleum (crude oil) has contributed substantially to Nigerian revenue since its discovery in 1956 and more especially, since 1970 when its price was on the upward trend. However, it is a known fact across the globe that for a country to attain growth and development, its economy has to be diversified and that cannot occur in a vacuum. Mono-economy needs to give way to the productive development of various sectors of the economy. Following the sudden fall in the price of oil by more than 50% since June 2014 when it was $115 a barrel, which now is below $45, after five years of stability, it is a well-known fact that Nigeria’s continuous large earnings or revenue from this sector will be impossible. As a matter of fact, there is an urgent need for the Nigerian government to begin to look into diversification of various sectors of the economy so as to attain solid economic growth. St...
Read more