Business & Tech
Bay Area Claims 7 of World's 200 Richest
Forbes released its list of billionaires Wednesday and many hail from right here in the Bay Area.
Forbes released its list of billionaires Wednesday, and, no surprise, many of these founders and CEOs call the Bay Area home. Silicon Valley attracts start-up companies like moths to a flame, claiming many self-made enterpreneurs like Larry Ellison of Redwood City's Oracle and the Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
This year's list had the most billionaires ever, 1,210, netting a total of $4.5 trillion. California boasted 88 billionaires, more than a fifth of the U.S.'s billionaires.
Check out who ranks where, or filter your own searches at http://www.forbes.com/wealth/billionaires.
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Rank Name Worth (Billions) Age Source City 5 Larry Ellison $39.5 66 Oracle Woodside 24 Larry Page $19.8 37 Google Palo Alto 24 Sergey Brin $19.8 37 Google San Francisco 52 Mark Zuckerberg $13.5 26 Facebook Palo Alto 110 Steve Jobs $8.3 56 Apple, Pixar Palo Alto 136 Eric Schmidt $7.0 55 Google Atherton 200 Charles Johnson $5.1 75 Franklin Resources San Mateo
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