10 Richest Engineers In The World

If you search for the highest-paid jobs or what industry will earn you more money you would definitely find engineering at the top of any list. Scroll down and see for yourself – engineers do indeed become wealthy!

1. Carlos Slim – $60.4 billion

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Carlos Slim is not only the richest engineer on this list but is also the 2^nd richest man on the planet. He studied civil engineering in the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico and is now the CEO and chairman of Telmex, America Movil, Samsung Mexico and Grupo Carso.

2.Jeff Bezov – $52.8 billion

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The founder of the largest e-commerce platform Amazon has an electrical and computer science engineering degree. Nothing to add here – just think about how many times you bought something from Amazon.

3. Michael Bloomberg – $43.4 billion 

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After studying electrical engineering in university, Bloomberg decided to turn to finance and founded his own company called Bloomberg L.P., a global financial software, data and media organization, where he holds 88% shares of the whole company. He was also the mayor of New York from 2002 to 2013. Well, we are guessing his bucket list is full now!

4. Charles Koch – $43 billion

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Charles Koch received two M.Sc. in chemical and mechanical engineering from MIT and together with his brother founded a chemical and oil-refining company Koch Industries, where he currently holds a position of a CEO.

5. David Koch – $43 billion

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The other brother of the Koch Industries, David Kosh owns 42% of the company and is the Executive Vice President. Unlike his brother, David only studied chemical engineering, although still receiving both B.S. and an M.S.

6. Larry Page – $38 billion

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The CEO of Google co-founded the major search engine back in 1998 but owns only 16% of the shares. Having graduated with a master’s degree in computer science engineering from University of Stanford he now contributed to all the important decisions made in Google.

7. Sergey Brin – $37.1 billion

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The other co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, met Larry Page in Stanford and the two IT specialists started Google and became billionaires.

8. Bernard Arnault – $35.5 billion

The famous French magnet, Bernard Arnault is the CEO of LVMH, a multinational luxury goods conglomerate owning Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessey. He is also a vivid art collector, owning pieces of Picasso, Andy Warhol and Henry Moore.

9. Mukesh Ambani – $22.8 billion

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Indian chemical engineer Mukesh Ambani is the CEO and the largest shareholder of the second biggest company in India, Reliance Industries Limited. He completed a BE degree in chemical engineering and was about to receive an MBA from Stanford when he decided to drop out and help his father with building Reliance.

10. Thomas Kwok – $15.1 billion

After studying civil engineering in Imperial College London, Kwok received an MBA and decided to go into the real estate. He is now the chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, a real estate company in Hong Kong.