The latest Forbes rankings show three of the world's five richest people earned their fortunes in tech, and 59 percent of the world's tech billionaires got richer over the past year.

Axar.az reports that the 183 billionaires from tech — 23 more than a year ago — have a combined net worth of $1 trillion.

As the richest person in the world, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates not surprisingly tops the list of wealthiest tech billionaires with a net worth of $86 billion. He's followed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ($72.8 billion) and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ($56 billion).

Here's the full list of the top 6 tech billionaires in the world.

6. Sergei Brin
Google co-founder and founder of Bayshore Global management Net worth: $39.8 billion

5. Larry Page
Google Inc co-founder and CEO of Alphabet Inc Net worth: $40.7 billion

4. Larry Ellison
Chairman of Oracle Corp Net worth: $52.2 billion

3. Mark Zuckerberg
CEO and founder of Facebook Inc Net worth: $56 billion

2. Jeff Bezos
CEO of Amazon.com Inc and founder of Blue Origin LLC Net worth: $72.8 billion

1. Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft Inc and co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation Net worth: $86 billion