In pics: Top 10 billionaire tech CEOs

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Larry Page
Larry Page will join an exclusive group of technology CEOs - who also happen to be billionaires - when he takes over the top role at Google in April.

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Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Age 26. Zuckerberg founded social networking site Facebook in February 2004 from his Harvard dorm room. He left school for Silicon Valley that year. Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on earth and possibly the youngest self-made billionaire ever.

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Steve Ballmer
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Age 54. Ballmer is arguably the world's hardest-working and most animated billionaire. The Microsoft chief executive is a salesman extraordinaire who will go to any length to sell a product - and in the process, often makes a complete fool of himself. In spite of his bombastic displays, Ballmer is nobody's fool: he leads the world's biggest software company, and Forbes estimates his personal net worth at $ 15 billion.

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Robin Li
Baidu.com CEO Robin Li. Age 42. The Chinese Internet entrepreneur heads China's online search leader, Baidu. Before co-founding Baidu in 2000, Li worked as a staff engineer in Silicon Valley for Infoseek, a pioneer in the Internet search engine industry. Li sits on board of New York-listed New Oriental Education & Technology, which provides educational services in China. Wealth estimate includes shares held by wife, Melissa Ma.

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Jeff Bezos
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. Age 47. Raised in Texas and Florida, became computer whiz at Princeton. Bezos worked at hedge funds on Wall Street after graduation. Quit before his 30th birthday to sell books on the Internet from Seattle garage with his wife. Took Amazon.com public in 1997; company name derived from South American river's unending tributaries. Survived dot-com bust with discount pricing and free shipping.

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Michael Dell
Dell CEO Michael Dell. Age 45. The soft-spoken Texan started selling computers from University of Texas dorm room 1984; dropped out to start Dell Computer. Went public in 1988, grew fast with direct-sales model, kept R&D costs low. Assets include 377-room Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea, Hawaii; stakes in IHOP, NorthWestern, Indiana restaurant chain Steak n Shake. Devoted Republican sits on US President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology.

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Steve Jobs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Age 55. Currently on medical leave. The King of iPods was adopted by working-class couple; dropped out of Reed College when he couldn't pay tuition. Founded Apple in parents' garage. Fired after power struggle with chief John Sculley 1985. Started Pixar; credited with computer-animated blockbusters Toy Story, Finding Nemo. Returned to Apple in 1996, created iPod. In September added movies to the iTunes store and previewed iTV, which streams movies from computer to TV. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 2004 and is said to be in full recovery.

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Larry Ellison
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Age 66. The brash software titan is still at helm of Oracle Systems, database outfit he cofounded 30 years ago. Reshaping the industry with a massive shopping spree; spent $ 19 billion buying 21 software companies in past 3 years.

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Eric Schmidt
Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Age 55. He has an electrical engineering degree from Princeton, Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley, began career in software at Bell Labs and Xerox PARC. Began at pre-IPO Sun Microsystems in 1983, rising to chief technology officer; led development of its Java technology. Briefly ran flailing software outfit Novell, but found perfect match in 2001 when Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin appointed him chief executive. Introduced new services (Gmail, Google Talk), taking on Microsoft with desktop search function.

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Jim Balsillie
Research In Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie. Age 49. Co-chief executive of Research In Motion, now among Canada's largest and most successful high-tech companies. President Barack Obama glamorized the company's BlackBerry brand by being the first US President to be tech-connected.

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