Google Execs Among The Very Richest

Oct 1, 2009 at 9:19am ET by Greg Sterling

Forbes has published its annual list of who has the most money in America and Google’s co-founders and CEO Eric Schmidt are among the very richest of the lot. At the top is perpetual leader Bill Gates. Among the top 100 roughly 10 percent made their money from tech or the Internet. However four of the top 11 (Google’s co-founders are tied at 10/11) are tech entrepreneurs. Here’s the top 25:

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Eric Schmidt shows up at number 40.

If you’re feeling envy, remember what your grandmother said, “Money can buy a lot of things but it can’t buy you love or happiness.” Then there’s “if you’ve got your health you’ve got everything:” and finally, “They can never take your education away from you.”

Postscript: Thanks Gary Price for alerting us.


Greg Sterling is a Contributing Editor at Search Engine Land, and writes a personal blog Screenwerk, examining the broader world of media and advertising. He also posts at a Local Mobile Search, which is focused on the mobile Internet.

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ONE COMMENT ON Google Execs Among The Very Richest

RichFML, October 1st, 2009 at 11:41 am ET:

The folks at “Rich People’s FMLs” have posted a bunch of hilarious FMLs from these richest Americans:

http://www.richfml.co.cc

Here’s one by Oprah:

“Maid forgot to refresh my towel. Had to dry myself off with the same one I used yesterday. FML.”
— OprahWinfrey1400


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