The world is speedily converting into a tech-inclined platform where programmers have greater value than others. Software engineers, blockchain developers, web developers are taking not only the credit but earning excessively high pay.
Most of the richest programmers are entrepreneurs who took the world into a new turn. Join me to read this post to the end as you will see the llist of the richest programmers in the world:

Elon Musk
Net worth: 202 billion USD (even more now)
Contributions:
Zip2: Directory service founded with his brother.
X.com: The online bank, investment & payment system service company. It was later acquired by Paypal.
SpaceX: Aerospace Company that designs, creates, and launches spacecraft.
Tesla: Electric & automated automobile company.
Success Story:
Started in 1995 with the company Zip2, then moved on to X.com in 1999, later merged with Paypal. With the funds from both of the businesses he founded, SpaceX and Tesla, the success made him the richest programmer and businessman in the world.


Bill Gates
Net worth:131 billion USD
Contributions: Co-founder, Microsoft
Success Story:
Before making his name with Microsoft, he already made his ground in programming at a very early age. IBM was already a big company even before Bill Gates started working on Microsoft. Back then, the codes needed to be input manually in the PC to operate through an operating system, but very few could code. So, Gates took that opportunity to solve the problem and launched his OS to test before IBM and became a millionaire and carried the legacy.


Mark Zuckerberg
Net worth:122 billion USD
Contributions: Co-founder of Facebook, owns WhatsApp, Instagram, etc.
Success Story:
Facemash gained massive popularity at Harvard but was later banned by the administration. That is where Facebook evolved from. After the initial launch of Facebook in 2004, he never looked back, going on to buy companies like WhatsApp, Instagram and taking over the whole social media single-handedly.


Larry Page
Net worth:120 billion USD
Contributions: Co-founder of Google & Alphabet.
Success Story:
Page is an investor of Tesla and has an interest in high-tech cars. He also invested in a flying cars project named Kitty Hawk. He also has a private Jet and even has an airport under his name, acquired alongside Sergey Brin. He also cherishes Green technology and is a charitable person who contributed over 38 billion to charity on several occasions.


Larry Ellison
Net worth: 118 billion USD
Contributions: Founder of Oracle Corporation.
Success Story:
Oracle is a name that passed through every developer working in Java. One of the brightest names of Silicon Valley. Most of his fortune comes from Oracle, the second-largest technology firm by revenue, where he is the chairperson and the CTO of the company. Besides, he has an investment of 10 billion USD in Tesla as well.


Sergey Brin
Net worth:115 billion USD
Contributions: Co-founder Google.
Success Story:
Sergey Brin is the mind behind a lot of the products of Google. He has a great partnership with Larry page either for the services of Google or acquiring the properties. He was the President of Alphabet until 2019. He is interested in solving problems through technology and investing in renewable energy.


Satoshi Nakamoto
Net worth: 60 billion USD
Contribution: Founder Bitcoin
Success Story:
If asked about the most mysterious person/s right now, Satoshi Nakamoto might come on top of the list. No one is sure if the name is a person or a group of people using the name as a hideout. Though we don’t know them, they are probably the best programmers in the world. The craze of bitcoin and blockchain has arisen because of their creation.


Pony Ma
Net Worth: 47 billion USD
Contributions: Co-founder of Tencent
Success Story:
Pony Ma made his fortune through this company by excelling in the gaming, entertainment industry, and investments as well. Tencent is the largest tech company in China. In 2017 alone, Ma invested $1.4 billion in Flipkart, $863 million in Vipshop with JD.com, and $200 million in Zhuan Zhuan.


William Lei Ding
Net Worth: 35 billion USD
Contributions: Founder of NetEase
Success Story:
Before NetEase, one of China's biggest mobile gaming companies, he first developed an Internet application software. Then an e-mail system was launched by Netease that gained popularity immediately. Since he never looked back. Ding led the company into a new path by launching a search engine and microblogging on NetEase.


Shiv Nadar
Net Worth: 25.90 billion USD
Contributions: Founder of HCL
Success Story: continue here: https://www.dominzyloaded.com/2021/11/top-20-richest-programmers-in-the-world.html?m=1

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