MARK ZUCKERBERG – EST. $101 BILLION

Mark Zuckerberg is a tech entrepreneur best known for co-founding Facebook and its parent company, Meta. He co-founded the social media platform in 2004 while studying at Harvard University, continuing to expand on it after dropping out a year later. The platform quickly became one of the most widely used social media sites by the 2010s, eventually becoming the number one social media platform in the world, boasting nearly 2 billion active users. Thanks to the success of Facebook, he built a tech empire, acquiring several platforms and tech companies including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Giphy.

In addition to his investments in tech, Zuckerberg has been active in philanthropy through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, co-founded along with his wife Priscilla. Thanks to his massive company, he has amassed a net worth of $66.8 billion. This makes him one of the richest people on the planet, even having been part of the top ten for some years.