Apple CEO Steve Jobs, 55, moved up one spot on Forbes’ 2010 list of The 400 Richest Americans, from 43rd to 42nd, with an estimated fortune of US$6.1 billion, up a cool $1 billion from last year:
Forbes’ blurb for Steve Jobs reads:
In January he unveiled Apple’s iPad tablet amid a media frenzy; the device has so far beaten the hype with more than 3 million sold since April. In May Apple’s market cap overtook Microsoft’s to become the most valuable tech company in the world. Despite a super-publicized antenna problem, Apple’s latest iPhone sold 1.7 million units 3 days after launch. Majority of fortune comes from Disney; as largest shareholder owns about $4.4 billion of stock. Reed College dropout founded Apple 1976.
The Top 20 and selected other tech-related notables:
1. Bill Gates – $54 B
2. Warren Buffett – $45 B
3. Larry Ellison – $27 B
4. Christy Walton – $24 B
5. Charles Koch – $21.5 B
5. David Koch – $21.5 B
7. Jim Walton – $20.1 B
8. Alice Walton – $20 B
9. S. Robson Walton – $19.7 B
10. Michael Bloomberg – $18 B
11. Larry Page – $15 B
11. Sergey Brin – $15 B
13. Sheldon Adelson – $14.7 B
14. George Soros – $14.2 B
15. Michael Dell – $14 B
16. Steve Ballmer – $13.1 B
17. Paul Allen – $12.7 B
18. Jeff Bezos – $12.6 B
19. Anne Cox Chambers – $12.5 B
20. John Paulson – $12.4 B
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34. Mark Zuckerberg – $6.9 B (up rapidly from “just” $2 B last year)
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38. Rupert Murdoch – $6.2 B
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42. Steve Jobs – $6.1 B
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48. Eric Schmidt – $5.45 B
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85. Ray Dolby – $3.6 B
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88. Gordon Moore – $3.5 B
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90. H. Ross Perot – $3.4 B
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97. George Lucas – $3.25 B
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110. Steven Spielberg – $3.0 B
110. John Malone – $3.0 B
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124. Sumner Redstone – $2.8 B
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136. David Sun – $2.6 B
136. John Tu – $2.6 B
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144. Richard Schulze – $2.5 B
144. Mark Cuban – $2.5 B
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266. L. John Doerr – $1.55 B
The full list is here.
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Yea, “my users are suckers”-berg is now richer than Steve Jobs.
Why is a data mining freak, U.S. government spy, trojan horse like Eric Schmidt richer than Steve Jobs?
Why is “inferior by design” Billy Goat Gates and Monkeyboy Ballmer richer than Steve Jobs?
Is it because they treat their customers like cr*p and people enjoy the abuse?
Yea, “my users are suckers”-berg is now richer than Steve Jobs.
Why is a data mining freak, U.S. government spy, trojan horse like Eric Schmidt richer than Steve Jobs?
Why is “inferior by design” Billy Goat Gates and Monkeyboy Ballmer richer than Steve Jobs?
Is it because they treat their customers like cr*p and people enjoy the abuse?
Every penny of it earned with dignity and unparalleled vision and excellence.
Every penny of it earned with dignity and unparalleled vision and excellence.
Behind Zuckerberg, the biggest contributor to lost productivity and pointless bandwidth consumption in history! GMAFB! At least when the history of this period is written, Z will be suitably relegated to the end of the list of notable personages, if he appears at all.
Behind Zuckerberg, the biggest contributor to lost productivity and pointless bandwidth consumption in history! GMAFB! At least when the history of this period is written, Z will be suitably relegated to the end of the list of notable personages, if he appears at all.
@Bizarro… while I agree with you in spirit, I have to disagree with you in theory. It’s mostly because Capitalism works at a certain level. People speak with their wallets and when you can get the masses to blindly follow you, you reap the rewards. They don’t ALL treat users like cr*p, but they most definitely sell cr*p.
With a few exceptions, the leaders on the list have peddled the lowest common denominator product and made money off of volume. I think Steve Jobs is showing that you can peddle the absolute best product and people that recognize quality will flock to it in droves. Sure… there are some Apple customers that wouldn’t recognize quality if it bit them in the arse. They buy Apple because they think it’s cool… I suppose they’re right, but by blind luck, they also happen to be stumbling into the best made products and user experience on the planet.
@Bizarro… while I agree with you in spirit, I have to disagree with you in theory. It’s mostly because Capitalism works at a certain level. People speak with their wallets and when you can get the masses to blindly follow you, you reap the rewards. They don’t ALL treat users like cr*p, but they most definitely sell cr*p.
With a few exceptions, the leaders on the list have peddled the lowest common denominator product and made money off of volume. I think Steve Jobs is showing that you can peddle the absolute best product and people that recognize quality will flock to it in droves. Sure… there are some Apple customers that wouldn’t recognize quality if it bit them in the arse. They buy Apple because they think it’s cool… I suppose they’re right, but by blind luck, they also happen to be stumbling into the best made products and user experience on the planet.
It would be interesting to correlate this list with things like customer satisfaction, return to stockholders, corporate worth etc. Anyone with time on their hands?
It would be interesting to correlate this list with things like customer satisfaction, return to stockholders, corporate worth etc. Anyone with time on their hands?
And if he had held on to his AAPL shares in 1985?
I’m not counting Job’s billions. It’s a poor indicator of his worth.
Whereas someone like Bill Gates, or Steve Ballmer — it’s really the only way to measure their “success”.
And if he had held on to his AAPL shares in 1985?
I’m not counting Job’s billions. It’s a poor indicator of his worth.
Whereas someone like Bill Gates, or Steve Ballmer — it’s really the only way to measure their “success”.
@ disposableidentity.
“I’m not counting Job’s billions. It’s a poor indicator of his worth.
Whereas someone like Bill Gates, or Steve Ballmer — it’s really the only way to measure their “success”
So damned true!
@ disposableidentity.
“I’m not counting Job’s billions. It’s a poor indicator of his worth.
Whereas someone like Bill Gates, or Steve Ballmer — it’s really the only way to measure their “success”
So damned true!
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The Obama Mistake,
That video is devastating. The Dems/Libs/Progressives are going to get destroyed in the U.S. mid-term elections in November.
Palin/Christie 2012!
Behind Michael Dell, with is fraudulently gotten wealth?
Maybe the SEC fines and penalties and legal fees will remedy that.
Behind Michael Dell, with is fraudulently gotten wealth?
Maybe the SEC fines and penalties and legal fees will remedy that.
Steve Jobs since he came back to Apple $1 salary.
recent years he takes no stock options.
Hasn’t sold a single Apple share since his return except for income tax purposes.
He isn’t in it for the money.
Steve Jobs since he came back to Apple $1 salary.
recent years he takes no stock options.
Hasn’t sold a single Apple share since his return except for income tax purposes.
He isn’t in it for the money.
” He isn’t in it for the money.”
Money always follows excellence.
” He isn’t in it for the money.”
Money always follows excellence.
Hold on to that $14 billion real tight, Mikey. Your days are numbed.