Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family

Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family (#62)

Global Rank #62

Country Rank #3

Country Germany

Andreas von Bechtolsheim & family is listed among the world billionaires tracked by Iconic Billionaires.

$ 34 B
Google
Germany
M
70 Years

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Quick Facts

Global Rank #62

Country Rank #3

Net Worth $34.4B

Previous Worth $34.5B

Worth Change -$0.1B

Country Germany

Industry Google

Age 70 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 3, 2026

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship Germany

World Billionaires List Germany Billionaires Google

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 70

Source Of Wealth Google, Self Made

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship Germany

Marital Status Single

Education Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Net Worth Change -$0.1B -0.3% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $34.5B

Current Net Worth $34.4B

Worth as of May 3, 2026

About Me

Andreas "Andy" von Bechtolsheim is cofounder and chief architect of network switching company Arista Networks. Born in Germany, Bechtolsheim studied computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and dropped out of a Stanford Ph.D. program in 1982 to cofound Sun Microsystems with Bill Joy, Scott McNealy and Vinod Khosla. Much of his fortune stems from an early $100,000 investment in Google. He cofounded Arista in 2004 and owns a nearly 17% stake in the business, which he has earmarked for his heirs. Following SEC insider trading charges, Bechtolsheim agreed in 2024, without admitting guilt, to a five-year ban on serving as an director or officer of Arista or any public company.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#90

Billionaires (2026)

#44

Richest In Tech (2017)

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Did You Know?

Besides Arista, Bechtolsheim cofounded two other IT networking companies with David Cheriton (one sold to Sun Microsystems, another to Cisco).

Bechtolsheim invented one of the first network workstations while studying for a Ph.D.

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Current Net Worth: $34.4B (May 3, 2026)