2. Larry Ellison (Net Worth: $48 billion)
Apple had Steve Jobs, Microsoft has Bill Gates, and Oracle has Larry Ellison. Larry is not just among the richest in the world, but also one of the most powerful. With money (worth of $48 billion) and power in his hands, what else could have he asked for?
Had we asked that question decades ago during his hard life, the answer would be too much. Larry’s struggle started even since he was a kid. As he was born to a single mother who could not raise him alone, he was given to his aunt and uncle. Life seemed to get better until his adoptive mother passed away.
Larry decided to drop out of college and went to California. He worked many kinds of odd jobs for eight years. One of the odd jobs was actually an awesome job: building databases for the CIA. Then in 1977, he founded a software development company, Oracle.
The company is one of the largest tech companies in the world today. Larry gave up his CEO role three years ago. But he remains the chairman and chief technology officer.
