Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft as its 24th-ever employee in 1980, has seen his wealth balloon over the past year to reach some $117 billion, per Bloomberg’s data on Tuesday. This figure is only some $5 billion shy of Gates’ estimated net worth of $122 billion. (Gates has notably been giving away large sums of cash as part of his philanthropic efforts since stepping away from Microsoft).
Ballmer’s billions puts him in fifth place on the Billionaires Index, and his wealth since the beginning of the year has surged by more than $30 billion. Ahead of Ballmer are only Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. And rounding out the top 10 behind Ballmer are Larry Ellison, Warren Buffet, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin. Ballmer is unique among the top-10 cohort in being the only non-founder of a major business empire.
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