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America's 10 Richest IT Professionals of 2008

Here is a list of the ten richest technology geniuses (geeks and nerds are poor by definition) in the U.S. as compiled by Forbes, coupled with the dopiest images I could find of them all.

The hardest-to-find dorky pic is a tie between Dell and Page; the easiest was Ballmer by far. Here’s the list and where they rank in the overall Forbes Richest List.

1. Bill Gates (Microsoft), $57 billion
3. Larry Ellison (Oracle), $27 billion
11. Michael Dell (Dell), $17.3 billion
12. Paul Allen (Microsoft), $16 billion
13. Sergey Brin (Google), $15.9 billion
14. Larry Page (Google), $15.8 billion
15. Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), $15 billion
33. Jeff Bezos (Amazon), $8.7 billion
47. Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.), $6.8 billion
54. Pierre Omidyar (eBay), $6.3 billion

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0.3 out of 10
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50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
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Activity 0%
Freshness 8%

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