Technology's 100 richest 1997

Technology's 100 richest

(Name, company and estimated net worth, according to Forbes ASAP.)

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 million

14. Craig Benson, Cabletron, $641.8 million

15. Jim Clark, Netscape, $597 million

16. Norman Waitt, Gateway 2000, $543 mil.

17. Steve Jobs, Pixar, $513.8 million

18. Patrizio Vinciarelli, Vicor, $503.5 million

19. S. Robert Levine, Cabletron, $488.2 million

20. Jon Shirley, Microsoft, $483.5 million

21. Tom Siebel, Siebel Systems, $425 million

22. Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, $417 million

23. David Huber, Ciena, $306.5 million

24. Richard Egan, EMC, $300.4 million

25. Jeffrey P. Bezos, Amazon.com, $275.5 million

26. Andy Grove, Intel, $267 million

27. George Perlegos, Atmel, $266.8 million

28. Patrick Nettles, Ciena, $221 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. Eckhard 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 Vergnes, Microsoft, $116.3 million

51. Jerry Fiddler, Wind River Systems, $109.6 million

52. Ray Stata, Analog Devices, $108 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 million

60. Paul Severino, Bay Networks, $90.3 million

61. Kenneth Morris, PeopleSoft, $88.8 million

62. Joseph Costello, Cadence Design, $83 million

63. Michael Lacombe, Microsoft, $82.2 million

64. Maureen Egan, EMC, $82.1 million

65. Charles Wyly, Sterling Software and Sterling Commerce, $81.9 million

66. Mike Farmwald, Rambus, $79.7 million

67. Thomas Jermoluk, (at)Home, $79 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 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 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 million

100. Mark Horowitz, Rambus, $48.7 million