Four out of five top billionaires are IT bosses

FORBES RELEASED a list of the 400 richest Americans with four out of five snouts in the trough being IT billionaires.

Sir William "dollar bill" Gates remains at number one, and, Forbes reckons, has a net worth of $51 billion. Number two billionaire is Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who is only worth a piffling $41 billion plus he's nothing to do with IT so he doesn't count.

In the third position is Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft who has learned to use his billions to sound effect and has no involvement with the Vole. He's worth $22.5 billion, said Forbes.

The head of the Great Satan of Hardware, Michael Dell, is only worth a pathetic $18 billion and comes in at number four, while Larry Ellison, Oracle's mastermind, is number five and claims Forbes is worth $17 billion.

Other IT genii in the top 400 are the Google boyz, Brin and Page, worth an estimated $16 billion each and in the number 16 slot.

Softly spoken Steve "Foghorn Longhorn" Ballmer, is number 11 in the list, and worth $14 billion. While there's no doubt that money talks, Steve talks louder than any money can. µ

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