Larry Ellison

Net Worth: $68.1 billion
Company: Oracle
Country:  USA
Oracle is the second-largest software company by market capitalization and revenue. Who is the man behind its success? Larry Ellison. He is a co-founder of the company, its Chief Technology Officer, and Executive Chairman. According to Forbes, he is currently the 5th richest person in the world.

Like Bill Gates and others who made it rich in the technology field, Ellison has also dropped out from not one but two universities. He later founded the precursor company that would become Oracle in 1977. Unlike many of the billionaires on the list, Ellison is relatively known to be a lavish spender. It does not mean that he does not have good money management skills, but he spends on what he believes he deserves, like a Hawaiian island, houses in Malibu, or 90% of Lanai. He also is into philanthropy and, like Warren Buffett, agreed to give away 95% of his money through a private trust.