In this article you will know 10 cases of millionaires thanks to the internet and a bit of its history.
As we have been commenting in some of our articles, the creation of the internet opened up a whole world of possibilities for the development of new business ideas. And consequently, the appearance of new millionaires.
Find below a list of some of the people who became millionaires thanks to the internet and how much is their fortune to date. (January 2019)
10 cases of Millionaires thanks to the internet.
1. Jeff Bezos (112 billion)
Company: Amazon.
Entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, best known as the founder, president, and CEO of Amazon.com; the world’s largest online shopping retailer.
Jeff Bezos started the company in a garage in Seattle trading books on the Internet and has expanded into a wide variety of products and services. Amazon.com is currently one of the largest Internet sales companies in the world.
Another of his investments is the Blue Origin company, which is dedicated to manufacturing reusable rockets for passenger transport.
Not in vain Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world and has a lot to teach.
2. Mark Zuckerberg (71 billion)
Company: Facebook.
Computer programmer and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Facebook and currently holds the position of CEO.
Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his room at Harvard University. He was assisted by his classmates and other Harvard students (Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes).
Also read: 3 thoughts that led Mark Zuckerberg to success.
3. Larry Elison (58.5 billion)
Company: Oracle.
Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Oracle Corporation. He was CEO from its founding until September 2014.
He is the CEO and CTO of Oracle. Ellison has donated much of his wealth and is part of The Giving Pledge; an organization made up of the world’s richest individuals where everyone is committed to donating more than half of their fortunes.
In addition to his work at Oracle, he is an airplane pilot.
4. Larry Page (48.8 billion)
Company: Google.
He is the co-founder of Google along with Sergey Brin, (next on this list).
Page is the CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. After stepping down as Google CEO in August 2001, he resumed the role in April 2011.
Page is the 12th richest person in the world. He is also the inventor of PageRank and is an investor in Tesla Motors.
Additionally, it is known that it is financing two startups dedicated to the manufacture of flying cars: Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk.
5. Sergei Brin (47.5 billion).
Company: Google.
Along with Larry Page, he co-founded Google. He is president of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc.
Brin is working on other personal projects that go beyond Google, trying to help solve energy and climate problems for Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org; investing in the energy industry to find broader sources of renewable energy.
6. Jack Ma (39 billion)
Company: Alibaba.
Founder and CEO of Alibaba. He is currently the richest person in Asia and is ranked #20 among the richest men in the world.
He has become a global icon in business and entrepreneurship and is one of the most influential businessmen in the world; He is well known for exposing his business philosophy.
If you don’t know him, watch the following video:
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7. Pierre Omidyar (11.5 billion)
Company: eBay
French-born businessman and the founder of the eBay auction site. He became a billionaire at the age of 31 with eBay’s initial public offering in 1988.
Since 2010, Omidyar has been involved in online journalism as the head of investigative reporting and public affairs news service. Honolulu Civil Beat.
In addition, he owns 7% of Paypal.
8. Eduardo Saverin (10.1 billion)
Company: Facebook.
Saverin is one of the millionaires thanks to the internet that few know about. He is a co-founder of Facebook.
During his junior year at Harvard, Saverin met fellow student Mark Zuckerberg. Realizing the lack of a dedicated social networking website for Harvard students; the two worked together to launch The Facebook.
As a co-founder, Saverin served as CFO and Business Manager. He has also invested in early stage startups such as Qwiki and Jumio.
9. Jan Koum (9.1 billion)
Company: WhatsApp
Koum co-founded Whatsapp, the world’s largest mobile messaging service.
When Koum realized that Apple was about to create a new app industry, he almost immediately chose the name WhatsApp because it sounded like “what’s up.”
He is the CEO and co-founder of WhatsApp (with Brian Acton). Both unsuccessfully applied to work at Facebook; company that bought WhatsApp in February 2014 for $19.3 billion. He currently ranks 170th among the richest men in the world.
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10. Travis Kalanick (4.8 billion)
Company: Uber
Kalanick founded Uber, of which he was CEO until June 2017. Uber currently operates in 76 countries and has made more than 5 billion trips.
He is also a co-founder of the peer-to-peer file-sharing company red swoosh.
Conclusion.
The millionaires thanks to the internet are a sample of all the scope that the web has to do business.
There are many profitable businesses that leverage the internet and that you can take advantage of.
And remember, if you are really interested in creating your own business, you can read our book “How to create a company while working: Discover how to manage your time, manage your money and motivate yourself while creating a company and working for another” , where you will find all the information you need to found your own company, without having to leave your job.
