Steve Jobs #136 on Forbes World Billionaire List

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Steve Jobs may be one of the most admired CEOs in the tech industry even if he’s not the richest.

Jobs ranked 136 — down from up 43 spots since last year — in the annual Forbes list of billionaires, far behind Bill Gates (no. 2), Larry Ellison (6), Google founder Sergey Brin (24), Steve Ballmer (33) and Michael Dell who came in at no. 37.

Here’s how they explained his ranking:

“Following months of rumor and speculation, cultish king of the iGeeks presented the highly anticipated iPad in January; ten-inch, multi-touch computer intended to fill gap between smartphone and laptop. Delighted: nerds everywhere. Scared to death: newspaper and magazine publishers. Also unveiled new iBookstore and iBooks application in direct challenge to Amazon’s Kindle; several book publishers have committed to content agreements. Apple shares up 100% in past 12 months. Reed College dropout founded Apple in 1976. Revolutionized music industry with iTunes, iPod. Best investment: bought Pixar from George Lucas in 1986 for $10 million. Created string of hits (Finding Nemo, Toy Story); sold to Disney in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock. Today is Disney’s largest shareholder; stake worth $4.2 billion.”

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CaryMG
GO, STEVE, GO !
http://rishi89.com Hrishikesh Choudhari
yeah but the other CEOs are busy stuffing their pockets from the stimulus money.. while Steve has $24 billion in cash for his shareholders..
isnt there a ranking for the CEOs who provide the best shareholder value ?
Vitus Izuagba
Congratulations, please do not relent on your effort. I admire you a lot. Please rescue me from the crutches of poverty.
anty
You are wrong about this! Not down from 43, it is actually up. U have to careful with 400 American and world billionaire.
Site7000
Jobs was actually 178th on the Forbes list in 2009, so his rank has gone up significantly. It stands to reason since Apple stock has gone up sharply.
ignacio
HAHAHA Steve Jobs only worth 4.4bio when steve Balmer 14 Bio???? What a joke! Steve is the greatest and we all know that not only is Disney’s largest stock holder but his ownership in Apple goes un-accounted? Lets get serious he is the best CEO of America and he is surely worth over 10 bio. Who in the world is adding all these numbers up?
Mr. Jobs will head us all into the new mobile-software revolution.. hang tight and do not put too much of your personal information out there.. the world is watching!
http://jobspert.com Sam Jobs
Steve Jobs is really rocking the tech industry and rating high in the billionaires list. He is really the most admired CEO among all. Apple might have a lot of hope with him.