30 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs
How many of you recon its possible to create a website and then less then 10 years later be worth billions? Well it is and today’s top list is to show of those who have achieved this. The great thing about the Internet is how in such a short amount of time you can be worth so much money and all done by wearing your boxer shorts, on a laptop in your bedroom!
Making money online has evolved a lot over the past few years, every day people become millionaires through the internet and they were just like you, searching through the internet for that piece of inspiration that would give them the kick they needed to make it happen. One of the easiest ways to make money and start an internet business today is by creating a blog. Check out my FREE 7 day eCourse on Blogging and give it a go yourself.
Making money is simple, you find a problem, offer the solution and then monetize it, this is exactly what the 30 people below did to make their billions/millions online. This is exactly what I did when I created this website, people were asking me how to create a blog, I offered them the solution with this website and then I monetized it with affiliate offers. To do it yourself, think about your passion or something you know a lot about, find a problem within it, create a blog and offer the solution then monetize it using any of the 100′s of methods I talk about on my blog.
Top Internet Entrepreneurs
| Rank |
Name
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Website
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Year Website Launched
|
Net Worth
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1
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Larry Page
 |
1998
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$18.5 Billion
|
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2
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Sergey Brin
 |
1998
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$18.5 Billion
|
|
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3
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Jeff Bezos
 |
Amazon |
1994
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$8.7 Billlion
|
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4
|
Pierre Omidyar
 |
eBay |
1995
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$6.3 Billion
|
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5
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Eric Schmidt
 |
1998
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$5.9 Billion
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6
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Ronald Burkle
 |
Yahoo |
1995
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$3.5 Billion
|
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7
|
Mark Cuban
 |
Broadcast.com |
1995
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$2.6 Billion
|
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8
|
Jerry Yang
 |
Yahoo |
1995
|
$2.3 Billion
|
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9
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Omid Kordestani
 |
1998
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$1.9 Billion
|
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10
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David Filo
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Yahoo |
1995
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$1.7 Billion
|
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11
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Kavitark Ram Shriram
 |
1998
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$1.7 Billion
|
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12
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Todd Wagner
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Broadcast.com |
1995
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$1.5 Billion
|
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13
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Peter Thiel
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PayPal |
1998
|
$1.3 Billion
|
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14
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Niklas Zennstrom
 |
Skype |
2003
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$1.3 Billion
|
|
15
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Janus Friis
 |
Skype |
2003
|
$1.3 Billion
|
|
16
|
Jack Ma
 |
Alibaba |
1999
|
$1.1 Billion
|
|
17
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Mark Zuckerberg
 |
2004
|
$700 Million
|
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18
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Simon Nixon
 |
MoneySuperMarket | 1999 | $680 Million |
|
19
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Andrew Gower
 |
Runescape |
2001
|
$650 Million
|
|
20
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Reid Hoffman
 |
2003
|
$500 Million
|
|
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21
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Zhang Chaoyang
 |
Sohu |
1996
|
$425 Million
|
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22
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Steve Chen
 |
YouTube |
2005
|
$350 Million
|
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23
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Elon Musk
 |
PayPal |
1998
|
$328 Million
|
|
24
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Chad Hurley
 |
YouTube |
2005
|
$300 Million
|
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25
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Duncan Cameron
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MoneySuperMarket | 1999 | $280 Million |
|
26
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Marc Andreesen
 |
Netscape |
1994
|
$253 Million
|
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27
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Reed Hastings
 |
NetFlix |
1997
|
$150 Million
|
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28
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Blake Ross
 |
Mozila | 1998 | $120 Million |
|
29
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Andrew Michael
 |
Fasthost |
1999
|
$110 Million
|
|
30
|
Max Levchin
 |
PayPal |
1998
|
$100 Million
|
To our success in 2009,
Michael Dunlop
PS. Expect me to be up there one day 
About Michael Dunlop
I'm Michael, I created this site back in 2009 and since then it's received over a million visitors from all around the world. We offer tutorials and inspiration for online entrepreneurs wanting to achieve more.
109 comments so far… Leave a reply
Scott :: IrnMedia.net
March 27, 2009 12:23 PM
Wow, those guys are rich... I want a slice of that cake too... Keep the good lists coming :)
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 12:26 PM
Thanks Scott :) We got a few great ones to come, got some awesome Interviews as well :)
Jay
March 27, 2009 12:30 PM
ohh man thats a lot... All the best to the rest of us! Nice list - keep it up!
Tanya
March 27, 2009 12:39 PM
Hmmm... no women there???
Stuart Wooster
March 27, 2009 1:13 PM
I'm sure there is room up there for you if you work on it :)
Typhoon
March 27, 2009 2:13 PM
Yeah, I m too surprised that Men have dominated the top 30 list. http://www.smartbloggerz.com
Don
March 27, 2009 7:54 PM
Tanya Be the first! Someone has to be.
Andrew
April 4, 2009 9:48 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Fake is probably worth a pretty penny.
Andy
March 27, 2009 12:41 PM
Awesome, how good would it be to have a site thats as popular as those guys!
Ross
March 27, 2009 12:42 PM
Great List, interesting to see how much that can be made in just one decade!
Danny Cooper
March 27, 2009 12:55 PM
Doesn't Eric Schmidt just work for Google?
Stuart Wooster
March 27, 2009 1:09 PM
Do you think Pierre Omidyar bought that penguin off eBay? LoL! More lists please Michael! Great stuff for filling in my breaks :)
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 1:13 PM
Haha.. yeh :) If he didn't then he should sell it on eBay at least ;-) Plenty more to come Stuart!
Stuart Wooster
March 27, 2009 1:28 PM
Nice to see the comments building up here, who else is on the eCourse? If so, have you checked out the forum yet? If not check your mail and register. It will be nice to get to know one another for sure! :)
Scottie332
March 27, 2009 1:36 PM
Very nice list! Give it a few years and you will have to put me on that list Michael! lol Keep up the great work.
Ryan
March 27, 2009 1:48 PM
Any idea why Steve Chen is worth more than Chad Hurley?? I thought they were 50/50 :-S
Haris
March 27, 2009 1:53 PM
Aah, the richie rich guys! :D I hope to make it to that list someday! :D
Ross
March 27, 2009 1:57 PM
Sure won't see any bloggers up there talking about getting rich. It's all good apps that went big. Just my 2 cents.
Josiah Jost | Siah Design
March 27, 2009 2:17 PM
Another awesome list. I wonder how long it will take the twitter dudes to make it on this. :D
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 2:22 PM
No more than a year :)
Stuart Wooster
March 27, 2009 2:51 PM
"Michael - No more than a year :)" They want to be doing better than just adding a sunscription for longer tweets then.
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 2:57 PM
All it takes is for Ev to sell the site and he jumps straight up onto the list!
emerywebster
March 27, 2009 2:35 PM
Favorite guy on here is Elon Musk http://www.inc.com/magazine/20071201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-elon-musk.html His little bro is no slouch either.
JWG
March 27, 2009 2:37 PM
Billions is always good. Someday your gonna need to add my name to that list. :P
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 2:49 PM
Will look forward to it :)
Chris
March 27, 2009 2:47 PM
$110 million for the worlds worst domain registrar company. Thank you Andrew Michael. Anyone who can log into the ukreg.com/fasthosts.com control panel, deserves a MEDAL!
garrett goldsmith
March 27, 2009 3:58 PM
nice list. i love your inspirational lists. they give me that extra push at the end of the day. this list is interesting because it shows the diversity of the internet market.
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 4:00 PM
Thanks Garrett, glad you enjoy my lists! I hope you are still rocking the ebay scene!?
NitinGarg
March 27, 2009 4:02 PM
Wooah.. nice list. Man, this inspires me to drop out college and start working and looking for funds for my own projects :D
Scott Weaver
March 27, 2009 4:20 PM
Google has like half the list....
Andrew
March 27, 2009 4:56 PM
These people have truly used the power of the Internet to build massive wealth. Thanks for the list. However, they definitely didn't do it from a laptop at home, at least not to reach the heights they have. Most of these companies have employees, a physical office(s), insurance coverage etc. While they are web based businesses they are not work from home type deals. Do you want employees or do you want to be a one-man shop? I don't think it's possible to build 100's of millions or a billion dollars worth of equity by working from home. You're going to have to build a brick and mortar business that just happens to be online. Cool blog theme. Thanks!
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 5:01 PM
Hey Andrew, Thanks for your comment, although now they are not at home with a laptop, for quite a lot of them, it started that way. I was actually speaking to a really huge name recently, he told me how he lived under his computer desk at home working all our tills he made it. It all starts right here guys. Michael
Temiyemi
March 27, 2009 5:19 PM
It's amazing! First, these ideas turned into services - not just websites - that the whole world have come to love and accept as part of everyday life both offline and online... and then, they further turned into mass of wealth for the brains that generated and implemented them! That's the best route to getting rich that I adore and embrace!
Shane Hudson
March 27, 2009 5:46 PM
My name will be there soon to! Just I find a project that will make money, Success Circuit was not made for that purpose.
Jon
March 27, 2009 5:53 PM
I bet Obama is drooling thinking about the taxes he can generate from them.
Shreejana Hickman
March 27, 2009 6:08 PM
Thanks for the list. We all need to see a list like this from time to time, to remind us it is possible to achieve our goals!
Nikhil Garg
March 27, 2009 6:11 PM
Great List. I was not aware that Amazon is on 3rd Ranking....
Play Games Win Prizes
March 27, 2009 7:52 PM
With all the things you are pulling now, Michael, I do NOT doubt it at all that you would be on this list in the future :) -Mike
Simone Brummelhuis
March 27, 2009 7:54 PM
Hope that with support from The Next Women, women may be encouraged to go for the big internet companies as well. There are some, see our deal list of exits by women: http://thenextwomen.com/2008/09/02/women-exits-through-ma-ipo-or-otherwise/
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 8:41 PM
Great list Simone, will definitly use it for future inspiration.
Renegade Conservatory Guy
March 27, 2009 8:11 PM
Yeah, they might be rich, but they're an ugly looking lot! Devo's Dad.
Michael Dunlop
March 27, 2009 8:40 PM
Lol... Alright Matthew, Dean and Martin I over, mentioned you checked the blog out. Hope all is going well with HEAL and your blog.
Alex | Blogussion.com
March 27, 2009 8:41 PM
Weird, I would have thought Mozilla would be worth more (not saying $120 mil isn't a lot). By the way, you missed an extra "l" in "Mozilla". ;)
web designmanchester
March 27, 2009 8:43 PM
amazing list, it's kinda scary how the net has proved to be a gateway for some massive success stories.
Ayn
March 27, 2009 8:57 PM
Obama must hate that list but good for you for posting it!
Sophie Marston
March 27, 2009 9:25 PM
Inspirational List
David King
March 27, 2009 10:19 PM
Only person you forgot on the list was me! :) lol... like the list! keep up the great posts! :)
Jo
March 27, 2009 10:35 PM
And hopefully a they will be giving some of their money away :-)
Marty McFlyy
March 28, 2009 1:46 AM
You can tell every one of them got beat up in high school. Be nice to the nerds people!!! The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth...
Michael Dunlop
March 28, 2009 9:08 AM
Like Bill Gates Said: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
Alex Brooks
March 28, 2009 3:02 AM
It's interesting that some of the websites earn more then the older websites, just proves to show the service/content doesn't mean everything, but as you can all see, aged websites usually earn a lot more then younger websites, but you hardly ever see anyone earning a load of money when their website is only 1-2 years old.
Oyelaja Oyekan
March 28, 2009 6:50 AM
I run Cybernator Solutions (www.cybernatorsolutions.com) and I come here daily to get inspiration from what Michael says. Great list dude. Only wish to make it one day
Hans Draeken
March 28, 2009 2:38 PM
Great list, Michael..Like to be on that list as well some day. I am with the Reverse Funnel System, one of the best in Home-Based-Business as per Opportunity World Magazine Winter 2009. Check it out (www.HansDraeken.com) and join me.
Renelda
March 29, 2009 11:21 PM
we need more women on this list. I hope Rachna from India will creep up among the ranking. Who knows, maybe I will be on that list.
Mile A Minute
March 30, 2009 7:24 AM
I was nice to the nerds and even saved a few from head trauma none of them have hired me yet. LOL But never the less the list is as everyone has stated inspirational. Where is my boss the nerd wait I am my boss I need to turn on my nerd appeal and pay myself.. Inna minute Mile A Minute everybody get back to work..
Harish
March 30, 2009 2:08 PM
Larry Page rocks ! the top two richest entrepreneurs are from google ! :> huh amazing...Great list Michael :)
Amulekone
March 30, 2009 6:59 PM
Amazing list you have here. What did these guys know that we don't? It is surely inspiring. thanks for the info
Dreamer
March 30, 2009 9:11 PM
Nice list :) Hope to make it one day myself, and looking forward to seeing some women on it too someday
Jason Leavitt
March 30, 2009 10:28 PM
Like all the other "lists" on this site, this list is pathetically incomplete. What about Jeffrey Citron? He started Datek (sold to Ameritrade) and Vonage. What about the guy who started Ameritrade? He just bought the Cubs for $1 billion. What about the guy who started hotmail.com? He sold to Microsoft for $400 million. Or the guy who started clearstation.com? (sold to e-trade for $200 million). The list goes on and on. There are so many others that the author of this site doesn't know about, that Max Levchin might not even be in the top 100.
Muzi Mohale
March 31, 2009 11:46 AM
Andrew, just to add on Michael's point, working from home is not a sin. If my memory serves to correct Matt, who owns wordpress, has all along been operating from home..."As CEO Toni Schneider explained at a recent Startup2Startup event, Automattic has no central office and all its employees work remotely from home, only to meet up a couple times per year as a company." http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/15/wordpress-acquires-irish-startup-polldaddy/
Lance
September 1, 2009 10:42 PM
Didn't Amazon start in a garage? Thought I read that somewhere ages ago.
mvs
April 1, 2009 6:20 AM
Google seems to dominate the top list!
Nikolai
April 2, 2009 3:40 PM
Wow, pretty interesting that quite a few people on this list come from the same company. These people sure are rich!
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Rick Kats
April 4, 2009 3:30 PM
Okay I'm jelous, now I just have to work my ass off online and join that list!
Polymer Business
April 5, 2009 1:40 PM
go google, thank God the invented google, love google so much !
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