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Zuckerberg Now Richer Than Steve Jobs

Facebook founder leapfrogs Apple chief on list of billionaires

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 23, 2010 4:01 AM CDT | Updated Sep 23, 2010 7:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Bill Gates is still the richest man in America but Mark Zuckerburg is moving up in the rankings, according to the latest Forbes rich list. The 26-year-old Facebook founder, with an estimated fortune of $6.9 billion, is now in 35th place, surging ahead of Apple's Steve Jobs, who came in 42nd with an estimated net worth of $6.1 billion, most of it coming from his stake in Disney.

Zuckerberg's net worth soared by $4.9 billion last year thanks to private equity deals that valued Facebook at $23 billion. He's the second-youngest billionaire on the list. The youngest is Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, who was born 8 days after Zuckerberg. He comes in at number 290 with a fortune of $1.4 billion. Zuckerberg already appears to be moving to give some of his fortune away, and is announcing a $100 million donation to Newark's public schools. Click here for that story.

Private equity deals gave Mark Zuckerberg another 4.9 billion reasons to smile last year.
Private equity deals gave Mark Zuckerberg another 4.9 billion reasons to smile last year.   (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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hatchling1
Sep 25, 2010 4:34 PM CDT
Zuck got his money the old fashioned way... he invented a product that people want to use. I don't begrudge him making money off Facebook, as he isn't stealing it from anyone else. But he's still a geeky unappealing schmuck with no social skills and few real friends. I think there's some irony in that.
MichaelF1982
Sep 24, 2010 10:38 PM CDT
He created the 2nd most visited site on the web = He's worth 6 billion dollars. What's there to argue about?
citygirl
Sep 23, 2010 11:00 AM CDT
So, you guys are not impressed by the 100 million donation he's just made to an extremely struggling school district?

 
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