The 15 Richest People In Tech

Forbes has released its annual billionaires list.

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This is the 27th year the publication has put together the ranking.

A majority of the individuals on the tech portion of Forbes' massive list are self-made.

Bill Gates is still the richest man in technology, his net worth increased by $1 billion between 2012 and 2013.

bill gates
World Economic Forum via flickr
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15. James Goodnight -- Net worth: $7.7 billion

james goodnight SAS

Age: 70

Source of income: software

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 154

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14. Eric Schmidt -- Net worth: $8.2 billion

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jolie odell / flickr

Age: 57

Source of income: Google

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 138

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13. Pierre Omidyar -- Net worth: $8.7 billion

Pierre Omidyar
Wikipedia

Age: 45

Source of income: eBay

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 123

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12. Hasso Plattner -- Net worth: $8.9 billion

Hasso Plattner SAP
SAP founder, chairman, Hasso Plattner Business Insider

Age: 69

Source of income: software

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 122

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11. Laurene Powell Jobs & family -- Net worth: $10.7 billion

Laurene Powell Jobs Steve Jobs
Photo by Alexandra Wyman/Getty Images

Age: 49

Source of income: Apple, Disney

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 98

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10. Azim Premji -- Net worth: $11.2 billion

Azim Premji

Age: 67

Source of income: software

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 91

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9.Mark Zuckerberg -- Net worth: $13.3 billion

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Scott Olson/Getty Images

Age: 28

Source of income: Facebook

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 66

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8. Paul Allen -- Net worth: $15 billion

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAZ52msgS_0 and http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fire02.jpg

Age: 60

Source of income: Microsoft and other investments

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 53

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7. Steve Ballmer -- Net worth: $15.2 billion

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AP

Age: 56

Source of income: Microsoft

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 51

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6. Michael Dell -- Net worth: $15.3 billion

Michael Dell

Age: 49

Source of wealth: Dell

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 49

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5. Sergey Brin -- Net worth: $22.8 billion

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jurvetson / flickr

Age: 39

Source of wealth: Google

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 21

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4. Larry Page -- Net worth: $23 billion

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AP

Age: 39

Source of wealth: Google

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 20

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3. Jeff Bezos -- Net worth: $25.2 billion

Jeff Bezos
AP

Age: 49

Source of wealth: Amazon.com

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 19

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2. Larry Ellison -- Net worth: $43 billion

Larry Ellison Oracle
Flickr via Port of San Diego

Age: 68

Source of wealth: Oracle

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 5

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1. Bill Gates -- Net worth: $67 billion

bill gates
World Economic Forum via flickr

Age: 57

Source of wealth: Microsoft

Overall rank on the Forbes Billionaires List: 2

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