American chief executives in technology

William Henry Gates III is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world.

Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his early business partner Steve Wozniak as Apple Computer Company in 1976. After the company's board of directors fired him in 1985, he founded NeXT the same year and purchased Pixar in 1986, becoming its chairman and majority shareholder until 2007. Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 as CEO, where he was closely involved with the creation and promotion of many of the company's most influential products until his resignation in 2011.

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.

American Internet entrepreneur

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239.4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur (born 1973)

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

American physicist and inventor (1910–1989)

American politician and diplomat (1932–2021)

Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022

Paul Gardner Allen was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen discovered the wrecks of various famous warships, like the IJN Musashi and USS Indianapolis, and was ranked as one of the richest people in American history by Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018.

American businessman and politician; 108th Mayor of New York City

Timothy Donald Cook is an American business executive who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple since 2011. He had previously been the company's chief operating officer under its co-founder Steve Jobs. Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations, and then as vice president for worldwide sales and operations. He was appointed chief executive of Apple on August 24, 2011, after Jobs resigned.

American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft

American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)

Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman. He co-founded the software company Oracle Corporation, and was its CEO from 1977 to 2014. He now serves as its CTO and executive chairman. According to Forbes, as of early 2026, Ellison's estimated net worth is $201–203 billion, making him the world's sixth-richest person.

Indian-American business executive, CEO of Google LLC & Alphabet Inc.

American technology executive, activist, and author

Indian-American business executive and CEO of Microsoft

American computer programmer and businessman

Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur

American business executive (1968–2024) Former CEO of YouTube.

Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies.

American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation (1929–2023)

American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter

software engineer, businessman, former Google CEO

American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, podcaster, and musician

American economist (born 1955)

American businessman and engineer (1927–1990)

American educator (born 1976)

American business executive and engineer, former CEO of Yahoo!

American business executive

American co-founder of YouTube (born 1979)

American electrical engineer

Peter Andreas Thiel is a German and American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), and Founders Fund (2005), he was also the first outside investor in Facebook (2004). According to The New York Times, as of December 2025, Thiel's estimated net worth stood at US$27.5 billion, placing him among the 100 richest individuals in the world.

Jen-Hsun Huang, commonly anglicized as Jensen Huang, is a Taiwanese and American business executive, electrical engineer, and philanthropist who is the founder, president, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nvidia, the world's most valuable company. As of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth at over US$180 billion, making him the seventh-wealthiest individual in the world.

American businesswoman and politician

Canadian-American game programmer and designer

USA IBM executive and art collector (1874-1956)

German-born American inventor and engineer (1922–2014)

American biotechnologist and businessman

Chinese-American businessman

American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)

American entrepreneur

British-American scientist and businessman (born 1959)

founder of Yahoo!

Mark Cuban is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is the former principal owner and current minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and co-owner of 2929 Entertainment. From 2012 to 2025, he was also one of the main "sharks" on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank.

American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)

American business executive

Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer and author (1936–2016)

American computer programmer and technology executive

American rapper

United States Secretary of the Interior

American computer scientist and entrepreneur (1942–1994)

American entrepreneur, programmer and philanthropist

American computer programmer and entrepreneur (born 1983)

Co-founder and CEO of Roblox Corporation

American business executive and electrical engineer

Ukrainian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of WhatsApp

American artificial intelligence researcher