Four out of five top billionaires are IT bosses

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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