5. Larry Page
Company – Alphabet Inc.(CEO); Google
2016 earnings – $8.1 billion
Wealth increase – 27.2%
1998 was a great year for two Stanford, Ph.D. students, Larry Page and aforementioned Sergey Brin, since that year, those two computer scientists and Internet entrepreneurs co-founded the Google Inc. after the invention of the search engine that made our life so much easier. Larry’s introversion and lack of social grace sometimes were the stumbling blocks of his career, since he almost became the Steve Jobs of Google – he could have been banished from his own firm due to misunderstandings with Google’s project managers. However, his wild ambition and self-awareness gained through the years eventually resulted in enviable career, crowned, in 2015, with him becoming the CEO of Alphabet Inc, the Google’s parent company. Moreover, he is funding Kitty Hawk and Zee.Aero, two flying-car startups, that could make him richer than $37 billion, what is his current net worth. And now let’s see the top four most successful entrepreneurs of 2016.
