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The sweet rides of tech's millionaires and billionaires
Tim Cook’s first car was a Porsche Boxster, but these days he’s been seen driving a BMW 5 Series.
Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, is quite fond of his own automotive brand, though he admits he owns a 67 Series 1 E-Type Jaguar.
Source: AllThingsD
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly owns several cars including an Acura TSX, but he also reportedly paid for an Italian Pagani Huayra supercar, which starts at a cool $1.3 million.
Source: Yahoo
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has quite the Porsche collection, but the headliner is easily the Porsche 959 sports car, which he bought 13 years before the car was approved by the EPA or Department of Transportation.
Source: Wired
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos still drives his 1996 Honda Accord. That model today costs around $4,000.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Snapchat founder and CEO Evan Spiegel enjoyed several luxury cars growing up, but after Snapchat's Series B funding in June 2013, Spiegel immediately bought himself a Ferrari. Ferraris can cost anywhere from $188,000 to $400,000 and up.
Source: TechCrunch
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick only gets around using Uber. He's also been known to moonlight as an Uber driver.
Source: Uber
Google cofounder Sergey Brin loves his Tesla cars: He's the fourth person to receive Tesla's newest car and first SUV, the Model X.
Source: Bloomberg
Sergey's Google cofounder Larry Page also owns a Tesla. Both Brin and Page were early investors in Elon Musk's car company.
Source: Daily Mail
Sean Parker, the cofounder of Napster and first president of Facebook, shuttles around San Francisco in an Audi S5, but he drives around in a flashier $100,000 Tesla Model S when he's in Los Angeles.
Source: LA Times
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison owns a fleet of vehicles, including a Lexus LFA supercar, which starts at $375,000.
Source: Business Insider
Dell CEO Michael Dell owns several cars, including a Hummer H2 (no longer in production) and a slick Porsche Carrera GT.
Source: MSN
Facebook cofounder and billionaire Dustin Moskovitz drives a humble Volkswagen R32 Hatchback, which you can buy today for about $13,000.
Source: LA Times
Former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer owns a Ford Fusion Hybrid. The Fusion comes equipped with voice technology called Ford Sync, a product made possible by Microsoft technology.
Source: Ford
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