The top 50 billionaire inventors

Vinod Khosla – Estimated Net Worth Today: $4.8B.

Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

Since the age of 16, when he first heard about the founding of Intel, he dreamt of starting his own technology company.

His firm, Khosla Ventures, invests in experimental technologies such as biomedicine and robotics.

Khosla co-founded computer hardware firm Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy and Scott McNealy.

Vinod’s passion for mentoring entrepreneurs and building technology-based businesses is commendable. He is driven by the desire to make a positive impact by scaling new energy sources and achieving petroleum independence.