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It is top list time again, peeps and this time it has to do with Geeky Billionaires – something that should tell you not to knock the nerds that you know – they may grow up to be Bill Gates! Seriously though, it seems as though the oft made prophecy, The Geek shall Inherit the Earth has come true, and it is the Geeks that currently rule – as evidenced by Exec Digital’s assessment of the Five Most Influential Geeks on Earth and those on the list are –

Bill Gates – Microsoft Corporation. Arguably the one person who has changed the way we work, communicate, use technology. He started Microsoft in 1975 and launched Windows in 1985 and has never looked back after that. There isn’t a home or office today that doesn’t have some reliance on this global behemoth Microsoft, that has made Gates the owner of a $52 billion fortune, a lot of which, it must be said, he seems intent on giving away.

Steve Jobs – Apple Inc. A number of marvelous devices now populate our lives thanks to Steve Jobs. The iPod has made it possible for us to carry around all the music that we ever will want to listen to; the iPhone is so much more than telephony, the iPad has made it possible for the computer to literally fit inside the pocket – Whatever Apple produces is a resounding hit with the buying public, a waiting list already existing before the launch of the product.

Larry Ellison – Oracle Corporation. He is the sixth richest person in the world, with a personal wealth of $27 billion. His career has been a checkered one, with threats coming from various quarters such as IBM, Sybase, Microsoft and so on, but Ellison is still widely considered a pioneer in database systems, and with his net worth being what it is, he must have been doing something right.

Larry Page – Google, Inc. The central importance of Google in our lives cannot be denied – hardly do we go a day without Googling something or the other (and yes new words have added to our lexicon thanks to Google) and arguably the most advanced emailing system in the world is now available at our fingertips, free of charge, with various other innovations from Larry Page and Sergey Brin that we rely on in everyday life.

Carlos Slim Helu – Telmex, América Móvil and Grupo Carso. The richest man on earth; the Mexican business magnate, philanthropist and the chairman and CEO of Telmex, América Móvil. His extensive holdings include fields such as communications, technology, retailing, and finance.

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