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Build me a list of up to 10 people that meet the following criteria: Self-made millionaires, in the state of Washington, in the tech industry, net worth of $100M+ (excluding Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Howard Schultz,. For each, please include name, email, LinkedIn, College/grad school, phone.
Listed below you will find a list of self-made millionaires (net worth of $100M+) located in the state of Washington from the tech industry.
After a very comprehensive search, we were able to find five contacts who meet your criteria. These contacts were found by searching for lists of the wealthiest people in the state, tech tycoons in the state, Microsoft and Amazon millionaires, and in-depth research on the founders of the most successful start-ups in the state. I also found six additional contacts (see below) who met some of your criteria, although their net worth could not be confirmed despite thorough searching.
Since email addresses are not publicly available, I used two email verification tools to check email addresses: Rocket Reach and Hunter. These tools provide best guesses based on the domain and contact name, and while they are not 100% accurate, they are helpful. Also since direct phone numbers are also not available, you will find corporate phone numbers on the spreadsheet. For some contacts, I also provided a link to their Twitter profile.
For easier reference, I have also attached a spreadsheet that contains the names and contact information requested.
Self-made millionaires (net worth of $100M+) located in Washington, tech industry
Attended Harvard.
2) Charles Simonyi, another former Microsoft executive, is worth $2B. Simonyi is the owner of Seattle-based Intentional Software Corporation, which was acquired by Microsoft earlier this year.
Attended Stanford.
3) Gabe Newell, founder of Bellevue-based Valve Software, is worth $5.5B. Valve created the largest online gaming platform in the world called Steam. Attended Harvard.
4) Rob Glaser is a former Microsoft millionaire who went on to found RealNetworks in 1994. Glaser is the CEO at RealNetworks and reportedly owns 37 percent of the company (which was worth $10 billion at its peak about 15 years ago). RealNetworks has a $282 million market valuation currently.
Attended Yale, both undergrad and grad.
5) Craig McCaw, who stepped down as chairman of Clearwire in 2010 (acquired by Sprint in 2012), is worth $1.76B. McCaw now chairs Pendrell Corporation.
OTHER WASHINGTON-BASED MILLIONAIRES (Net Worth could not be confirmed)
- Andrew (Andy) Jassy, CEO who heads up Amazon Web Services, which is the leading platform for cloud computing. His salary was approximately $35.61 million in 2016.
- Jeffrey Wilke, CEO of Amazon worldwide consumer earned $33 million in 2016. No LinkedIn profile was available for Wilke so I provided a profile from Bloomberg.
Attended Princeton University.
- Nick Huzar, CEO (Washington State University) and Arean van Veelen, CTO (University of Washington) of
OfferUp. This Bellevue-based start-up has seen over 33 million downloads and more than $14 billion in transactions, making it the largest mobile marketplace in the country. OfferUp has over $221M in funding and is now valued at over $1 billion.
- Carlos Guestrin co-founded artificial intelligence start-up Turi Inc., which Apple acquired for about $200 million in August 2016. Guestrin is now employed by Apple. He is known around the world as a leader in Machine Learning, and was named one of the "Brilliant 10″ by Popular Science Magazine in 2008.
Attended Stanford.
- Spencer M. Rascoff, CEO at Zillow, has a market cap of $915 million and was voted as one of the America's "most powerful CEO under 40 years old". Rascoff made $3,519,426 in total compensation last year.
Attended Harvard.
- Chris DeWolfe, co-founder of MySpace which sold for $580M, now heads up a successful mobile gaming company, JAM City (formerly called SGN). JAM City is estimating $400 million in revenue for this year, and is targeting mid-2019 for its IPO. (They are based in Los Angeles, but I am including DeWolfe because of his roots and current ties in Washington state).
Attended USC Marshall School of Business.
CONCLUSION
To wrap up, I found five self-made millionaires who are worth over $100M in the tech industry, in Washington state. I also found an additional seven contacts, net worth not confirmed, who are standouts in the tech industry in Washington state.