This document summarizes how much several prominent tech billionaires lost in wealth in 2009 according to Forbes. The biggest loser was Bill Gates, who lost $18 billion and remained the richest with $40 billion. Other large losses belonged to Michael Dell at $6.7 billion and Larry Page/Sergey Brin each losing $4 billion. Most on the list saw declines in 2009 from the technology industry downturn.

1. 2009
Billionaire Losers,
who topped the charts….
The 2009 List Of Tech Billionaires And How Much They Lost……..

2. Net Worth: $40.0 bil
#1 Loss: $18.0 billion
Bill Gates
(Microsoft)

3. Net Worth: $22.5 billion
#4 Loss: $2.5 billion
Larry Ellison
(Oracle)

4. Net Worth: $16 billion
#17 Loss: +$5 billion
Michael Bloomberg
(Bloomberg)

5. Net Worth: $12.3 billion
#29 Loss: -$4.1 billion
Michael Dell (Dell)

6. Net Worth: $12 billion
#26 Loss: -$6.7 billion
Sergey Brin
(Google)

7. Net Worth: $11 billion
#26 Loss: -$4 billion
Larry Page
(Google)

8. Net Worth: $11 billion
#29 Loss: -$4 billion
Steven Ballmer
(Microsoft)

9. Net Worth: $10.5 billion
#32 Loss: -$5.5 billion
Paul Allen
(Microsoft)

10. Net Worth: $6.8 billion
#68 Loss: -$1.4 billion
Jeffrey Bezos
(Amazon)

11. Net Worth: $4.4 billion
#119 Loss: -$2.2 billion
Eric Schmidt
(Google)

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Slideshow based on Tech crunch article based on the Forbes list…
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/13/the-2009-list-of-tech-billionaires-and-how-much-they-lost/