5 Richest People In Canada

4.  David Cheriton

     Net Worth: $8.9 billion

David Cheriton is a Canadian professor at Stanford University. He teaches computer science and IT. He co-founded Granite Systems with Andreas von Bechtolsheim and sold it to Cisco in 1996. He also co-founded Kealia with Andreas and sold it to Sun Microsystems for millions of dollars.

His primary source of success and wealth was an investment he made into Google when it was barely a startup. The market capitalization of Google today is $1.3 trillion. He has also invested in several startups like VMware, Tintri, Zunavision and other companies. He founded Arista Networks, a company that produces a data switch that significantly reduces the delay between servers.

He is also the founder of Brainoft Inc, a company that creates a device that can use phones and voice commands to control appliances in the home.