比尔•盖茨(Bill Gates)依然是全球科技界最富裕的亿万富豪，他击退了来自在线零售商亚马逊(Amazon)老板杰夫•贝索斯(Jeff Bezos)的竞争——在今年7月亚马逊股价飙升之后，贝索斯曾短暂成为全球首富。
Mr Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, the US tech company, is worth $84.5bn, slightly ahead of Mr Bezos with $81.7bn, according to the 2017 Forbes 100 Richest in Tech list. Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, is third with $69.6bn – almost $16bn richer than a year ago.
《福布斯》(Forbes)编制的2017年全球科技界100富豪榜显示，美国科技公司微软(Microsoft)的联合创始人盖茨身价845亿美元，略微领先于贝索斯的817亿美元。Facebook联合创始人马克•扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)以696亿美元排名第三——与一年前相比多了近160亿美元。
The total worth of the world’s 100 richest tech billionaires has surpassed $1tn for the first time, according to Forbes, a rise of 21 per cent in the space of just 12 months.
《福布斯》的数据显示，全球科技界前100名富豪的总身价首次超过1万亿美元，在仅仅12个月的时间里增长了21%。
Asian billionaires continue to rise up the ranks. Ma Huateng – also known as Pony Ma – chief executive of Tencent, the Chinese social media group, is the third largest riser, aside from Mr Zuckerberg and Mr Bezos, with a gain of $14.7bn over the past year.
亚洲富豪的排名继续上升。中国社交媒体集团腾讯(Tencent)首席执行官马化腾(Pony Ma)的身价在过去一年里增长了147亿美元，新增身价排名第三，仅次于扎克伯格和贝索斯。
Jack Ma, founder* of Alibaba, the Chinese online retailer, is named as Asia’s richest tech billionaire with an estimated £37.4bn fortune, a rise of $11.6bn since last year.
中国在线零售商阿里巴巴(Alibaba)的创始人马云(Jack Ma)被列为亚洲科技界首富，据估计拥有374亿美元财富，与去年相比增长了116亿美元。
Of the top 100 richest, 50 are US citizens, including eight of the top 10 most wealthy. Thirty-three are from Asia, with half living in China or Hong Kong.
在科技界100富豪榜上，50人是美国公民，包括前10大富豪中的8人。33人来自亚洲，其中一半居住在中国内地或者香港。
Conversely, Lei Jun, founder of Xiami, the smartphone manufacturer, was the list’s biggest dollar loser, seeing $2.9bn shaved off his net worth.
相反，智能手机制造商小米(Xiami)的创始人雷军是榜单上美元身价下降最大的，其净值缩水了29亿美元。
