How many billionaires are there in the Bay Area? Who’s the richest person in San Francisco? Today we present you with our annual “Bay Area Billionaires” list for 2018, to answer those and other questions about the region’s wealthiest.
Not surprisingly, there are more billionaires here than ever — with new additions to the list thanks to some recent IPOs and the explosion of the cryptocurrency market.
Other additions include the world’s youngest self-made billionaire (John Collison, the 27 year old co-founder of Stripe), a female self-made billionaire (Arista Networks CEO Jayshree Ullal), and the world’s richest cryptocurrency billionaire Chris Larsen, who at one point on January 4th of this year was worth $59 billion thanks to his holdings in Ripple, making him momentarily the 9th richest person on the planet (the value has since dropped, putting him at a meager $4.7 billion as of this writing.)
The following estimates are compiled from information provided by Forbes (April 2018 numbers), Bloomberg.com, the Hurun Global Rich List, stock quotes as of April 2018, and other publicly available sources.
As high net worth individuals typically have multiple homes around the world, we include them on this list if they have a home or business here, or spend most of their time here (it’s a subjective call — for instance, we don’t include Elon Musk because he’s based mostly in LA and doesn’t appear to own a home here, though some of his companies are headquartered in the Bay Area.)
Our list stops at number 106. There are several more, especially in the venture capital sector, but their numbers aren’t public and they haven’t been added to Forbes or Bloomberg lists, so we didn’t feel comfortable adding them. Let’s just say, if we added names of people in the $500 Million to $1 Billion range, there could easily be 150 more entries.
Over 10 percent of the richest Americans live here, and this is who they are..
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1. Mark Zuckerberg
Net Worth: $70 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto & San Francisco
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2. Larry Page
Net Worth: $53.2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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3. Larry Ellison
Net Worth: $52.7 Billion
Residence: Woodside, San Francisco
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4. Sergey Brin
Net Worth: $51.9 Billion
Residence: Los Altos, San Francisco
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5. Paul Allen (Family)
Net Worth: $25 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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6. Laurene Powell Jobs
Net Worth: $18.6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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7. Masayoshi Son
Net Worth: $13.5 Billion
Residence: Tokyo & Woodside
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8. Eric Schmidt
Net Worth: $13.4 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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9. Dustin Moskovitz
Net Worth: $10.9 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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10. Jan Koum
Net Worth: $10.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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11. Gordon and Betty Moore
Net Worth: $10.3 Billion
Residence: Woodside
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12. Charles Schwab
Net Worth: $9.84 Billion
Residence: San Francisco, Atherton
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13. David Duffield
Net Worth: $9.36 Billion
Residence: Blackhawk
David Duffield
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14. John Doerr
Net Worth: $7.6 Billion
Residence: Woodside, San Francisco
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15. Andreas (Andy) von Bechtolsheim
Net Worth: $6.7 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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16. John A. Sobrato and Family
Net Worth: $6.6 Billion
Residence: Atherton
Credit: Drew Altizer
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17. Brian Acton
Net Worth: $6 Billion
Residence: Mountain View
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18. David Cheriton
Net Worth: $6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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19. George Roberts
Net Worth: $5.77 Billion
Residence: Atherton
The George Roberts Family
Son Eric, wife Linnea, George, daughter Courtney and son Mark
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20. Marc Benioff
Net Worth: $5.62 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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21. David Filo
Net Worth: $5.23 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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22. George Lucas
Net Worth: $5.1 Billion
Residence: San Anselmo
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23. Jeffrey Skoll
Net Worth: $4.93 Billion
Residence: Woodside
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24. Rupert Johnson, Jr.
Net Worth: $4.91 Billion
Residence: Burlingame
Credit: Drew Altizer
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25. Garrett Camp
Net Worth: $4.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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26. Charles Johnson
Net Worth: $4.72 Billion
Residence: Hillsborough
Credit: Drew Altizer
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27. Chris Larsen
Net Worth: $4.7 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: San Francisco
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28. Stephen Bechtel, Jr.
Net Worth: $4.64 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
Credit: Drew Altizer
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29. Reed Hastings
Net Worth: $4.64 Billion
Residence: Santa Cruz
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30. Robert Pera
Net Worth: $4.4 Billion
Residence: San Jose
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31. Dagmar Dolby
Net Worth: $4.31 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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32. Michael Moritz
Net Worth: $4.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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33. Travis Kalanik
Net Worth: $4.17 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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34. Bryan Chesky
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
Credit: Drew Altizer
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35. Nathan Blecharczyk
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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36. Joe Gebbia
Net Worth: $3.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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37. Ken Fisher
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Woodside
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38. Yuri Milner
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Moscow & Los Altos Hills
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39. Douglas Leone
Net Worth: $3.7 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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40. Jed McCaleb
Net Worth: $3.5 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: Atherton
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41. Reid Hoffman
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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42. Riley Bechtel and Family
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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43. Meg Whitman
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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44. Scott Cook
Net Worth: $3.2 Billion
Residence: Woodside
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45. Romesh T. Wadhwani
Net Worth: $3.1 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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46. Jack Dorsey
Net Worth: $3.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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47. Jim Breyer
Net Worth: $3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco, Woodside
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48. Drew Houston
Net Worth: $3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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49. Thomas Siebel
Net Worth: $2.9 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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50. Doris Fisher
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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51. John Fisher
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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52. Jeff Rothschild
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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53. Jay Paul
Net Worth: $2.8 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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54. Sean Parker
Net Worth: $2.6 Billion
Residence: New York, San Francisco
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55. Jerry Yang
Net Worth: $2.6 Billion
Residence: Los Altos Hills
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56. Vinod Khosla
Net Worth: $2.3 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley
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57. Richard Peery
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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58. Peter Thiel
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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59. Mark Stevens
Net Worth: $2.5 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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60. John Pritzker
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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61. Daniel Pritzker
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Marin
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62. John Arrillaga
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley
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63. Alexander Spanos and Family
Net Worth: $2.4 Billion
Residence: Stockton
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64. James Coulter
Net Worth: $2.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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65. Barbara Banke
Net Worth: $2.3 Billion
Residence: Sonoma County
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66. Gordon Getty
Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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67. Kavitark Ram Shriram
Net Worth: $2.1 Billion
Residence: Menlo Park
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68. William Randolph Hearst III
Net Worth: $2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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69. Robert Duggan
Net Worth: $2 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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70. Evan Williams
Net Worth: $1.9 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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71. William Fisher
Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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72. Robert Fisher
Net Worth: $1.7 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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73. Ron Conway
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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74. Thomas Steyer
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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75. Aneel Bhusri
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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76. Ben Silbermann
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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77. Sheryl Sandberg
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: Menlo Park
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78. Kevin Systrom
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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Kieu Hoang
Net Worth: $1.6 Billion
Residence: Napa
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80. Nicholas Pritzker, II.
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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81. Mark Pincus
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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82. Tim Draper
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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83. Chris Wanstrath
Net Worth: $1.5 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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84. Jayshree Ullal
Net Worth: $1.32 Billion
Residence: Santa Clara
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85. Alexander Karp
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: Palo Alto
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86. Craig Newmark
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
Credit: Drew Altizer
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87. Alice Schwartz
Net Worth: $1.3 Billion
Residence: El Cerrito
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88. Tom Preston-Werner
Net Worth: $1.25 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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89. Marc Andreessen
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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90. Ryan Graves
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
Credit: Drew Altizer
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91. Arash Ferdowsi
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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92. Brad Garlinghouse
Net Worth: $1.2 Billion (based on XRP price 4/18/18)
Residence: San Francisco
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93. John Martin
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Hillsborough
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94. Carl Berg
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Atherton
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95. Peter Gassner
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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96. Chris Sacca
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Lake Tahoe, LA
Credit: Drew Altizer
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97. Mary Miner and Family
Net Worth: $1.1 Billion
Residence: Oakville
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98. Evan Sharp
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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99. John Morgridge
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Portola Valley
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100. George Marcus
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Los Altos Hills
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101. Sandy Weil
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Sonoma
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102. Orion Hindawi
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Piedmont
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103. David Hindawi
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: Berkeley
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104. Patrick Collison
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
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105. John Collison
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
106. Arthur D. Levinson
Net Worth: $1 Billion
Residence: San Francisco
