David Cheriton

David Cheriton (#339)

Global Rank #339

Country Rank #6

Country Canada

I feel like I've been very fortunate in investing, but I still have the brain of a scrounger in terms of spending money.

$ 10 B
Google
Canada
M
75 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #339

Country Rank #6

Net Worth $9.9B

Previous Worth $9.9B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country Canada

Industry Google

Age 75 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 3, 2026

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship Canada

World Billionaires List Canada Billionaires Google

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 75

Source Of Wealth Google, Self Made

Residence Palo Alto, California

Citizenship Canada

Marital Status Divorced

Children 4

Education Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of British Columbia; Doctorate, University of Waterloo; Master of Science, University of Waterloo

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $9.9B

Current Net Worth $9.9B

Worth as of May 3, 2026

About Me

"Professor Billionaire" David Cheriton, who is professor emeritus at Stanford University, made his fortune thanks to an early investment in Google. Cheriton and Andreas von Bechtolsheim (also now a billionaire) each invested $100,000 in Google when it was just getting started. The pair cofounded 3 companies: Arista Networks (IPO in 2014), Granite Systems (sold to Cisco in 1996) and Kealia (sold to Sun Microsystems in 2004). Cheriton resigned from Arista's board in 2014. Cheriton became chief data center scientist at Juniper Networks after the acquisition of his company Apstra in 2021.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#353

Billionaires (2026)

#50

Richest In Tech (2017)

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Did You Know?

Cheriton, who is frugal in his personal life, is the third of six children of two Canadian engineers who grew up during the Great Depression.

Cheriton still lives in the Palo Alto home he's owned for 30 years and cuts his own hair.

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Current Net Worth: $9.9B (May 3, 2026)