California’s Top 10 Richest Billionaires — Photos of Members of the State’s Ruling Class

By Rachel Barnes / San Diego Patch /Oct 3, 2024

Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is, once again, the wealthiest person in the Golden State, according to The Forbes 400, an annual ranking of America’s super-rich released Tuesday. …

Zuckerberg, 40, is worth an estimated $181 billion …. He last led the list in 2021 before Facebook suffered a series of rocky financial quarters. To claw back to the top this year, Zuckerberg dethroned Larry Ellison, Oracle software development company founder who was the richest person in California in 2023.

Last year, Zuckerberg ranked fourth on California’s list under Ellison and both Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Other big names from California that made Forbes’ top 400 include filmmakers George Lucas (net worth $4.8 billion) and Steven Spielberg (net worth $5.2 billion)

Notable billionaire entertainers and athletes aren’t on the list this year. That includes Oprah ($3 billion), Kim Kardashian ($1.7 billion), Tiger Woods ($1.3 billion), and LeBron James ($1.2 billion).

Overall, Californians took up 86 spots on Forbes’ list of the 400 richest people in America.

Here are the top ten richest billionaires who reside in California:

Mark Zuckerberg – Creator of Facebook – Net worth $181 billion

Larry Ellison – CTO and Founder of Oracle – Net worth $175 billion

Larry Page – Co-founder of Google – Net worth $136 billion

Sergey Brin – Co-founder of Google – Net worth $130 billion

Jensen Huang – Founder of NVIDIA – Net worth $104 billion

Eric Schmidt – Former CEO of Google – Net worth $23 billion

Donald Bren – Real estate baron – Net worth $18.9 billion

Harry Samueli – Co-founder of chipmaker Broadcom – Net worth $16.9 billion

Jan Koum – Co-founder of WhatsApp – Net worth $16.1 billion

Eric Smidt – CEO of Harbor Freight Tools – Net worth $15.6 billion