7. Larry Ellison – $43.6 billion
The founder of software giant Oracle, Larry Ellison has been all over the rungs of the billionaire ladder for the past few years, but has recently managed to catch up. He is now said to be steering the software, and bought Netsuite in November of last year earning $3.48 billion. Oracle is also said to expand its cloud-based platform to rival that of Amazon’s.
