The top 50 billionaire inventors

David R. Cheriton – Estimated Net Worth Today: $9.3B.

David R. Cheriton a computer science professor at Stanford University, made his fortune thanks to an early investment in Google; where he was among the first angel investors. And Arista, where he was co-founder and chief scientist (IPO in 2014); Granite Systems (sold to Cisco in 1996) and Kealia (sold to Sun Microsystems in 2004).

He has made contributions to education, with a $25 million donation to support graduate studies and research in the School of Computer Science.

Cheriton became chief data center scientist at Juniper Networks after the acquisition of his company Apstra in 2021.

Dustin Moskovitz – Estimated Net Worth Today: $8.8B.

Moskovitz is a co-founder of Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook — the world’s largest social network.

Most of his net worth lies in his estimated 2% stake in Facebook.

After leaving the social network in 2008, he cofounded Asana, a workflow software company.

Moskovitz co-founded the philanthropic organization Good Ventures with his wife Cari Tuna in 2011; which has given millions to malaria eradication and marriage equality.

In March 2011, Forbes reported Moskovitz to be the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, on the basis of his 2.34% share in Facebook.