nternet has changed the way the world used to perceive things. While it is a source of information for some, on the other hand has paved the way earn wealth worth in million for others. It has become one of the most profitable businesses for those who want to earn a living out of it. Be it through developing online games or through social networking sites, a few lucky ones have credited themselves to become renowned millionaires through the term “internet”. Read further to know in detail about the top 10 internet made millionaires.

1. Mark Zuckerberg

2. Chad Hurley

3. Andrew Gower

4. Blake Ross

5. Andrew Michael

6. Angelo Sotira

7. John Vechey

8. Jake Nickell

9. Alexander Levin

10. Anshul Samar

Surf through and get to know more about the top ten internet made millionaires in the world.

Mark Zuckerberg climbed the leader of incessant fame as soon as he made Facebook public and in today’s date he is one of the top 10 internet made millionaires. The 28 years old American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc. with an estimated wealth of $9.4 billion. Initially, his social networking site, Facebook was limited to his college but later on it spread like a fire and nowadays it is very much popular in all countries of the world. His life changed to become a millionaire at a young age of 23 as he altered the way the world communicates today.

Chad Meredith Hurley is the co founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube. Hurley primarily designed the tagging and video sharing aspects of YouTube and in October 2006, along with Steve Chen he sold off YouTube for $1.65 billion to Google. Later the Wall Street Journal reported that his share was $345.6M at Google’s February 7, 2007 closing stock price of $470.01.The rate at which YouTube is gaining popularity, Chad Hurley’s future seems even more brighter.

Andrew Christopher Gower is a 34 year old British video game developer, who along with Paul Gower and Constant Tedder founded the Cambridge based company, Jagex Games Studio. Currently the corporation is UK’s largest independent developer and publisher of online games. The Java gaming expert has obtained $650 million through his best selling game which is called as Run escape. Though at present he is not a part of Jagex, he continues earning through gaming as online games are spreading quite speedily in the kids and grownups alike.

The superb creation of Mozilla Firefox project was started by none other than the American software developer, Blake Ross along with Dave Hyatt. Blake has even undertaken the Spread Firefox project with Asa Dotzler while working as a contractor at the Mozilla Foundation. Firefox has now become the most popular web browser around the world and had also made Blake Ross the owner of 120 million dollars. He currently works for Facebook as Director of Product.

Andrew Michael might be just 29 years but has already earned the credit as the founder of Fast Host with value worth of $110 million. The company is specialized in providing services for small businesses, and in 2002 was listed as the second fastest growing technology company in the United Kingdom by The Sunday Times. In 2006 Fast host was sold to German internet service provider United Internet for £61.5 million, netting Michael £46 million for his 75% stake.

Angelo Sotira launched the online community, DeviantArt back in 2000 and it now has a loyal following in the tens of millions claiming him as one of the top ten internet made millionaires. The success of DeviantArt has brought him an impressive 75 million dollars.

John Vechey has an estimated worth of about 60 million dollars from his game development company Pop Cap Games, which was created back in 2000. Most of Popcap’s games can be played free in a limited form, with the full version available for a fee. Probably the best known game produced by Pop Cap Games would be Bejeweled and this clever puzzle type game seems to never go out of fashion.

Jake Nickell has approximate earned a worth of 50 million dollars when he started selling cool clothing products online and named his company Threadless. He and his co founder Jacob DeHart have launched the company with only $1000, but they judged their market well. The secret to their success was turning their customers into designers. Their online store has a real community feel and members of their community not only get to send in designs but also to vote on which one deserves to be turned into t-shirts. The idea behind Threadless is quite innovative yet simple, making them the ingredients of success.

Alexander Levin created the idea for ImageShack, an image sharing site, when he was 17 and today he takes the credit for $50 million. After sharing his ideas with his older brother Jack, a former Google engineer, they launched the site and it quickly became one of the most successful image sharing sites in the world. Today, ImageShack is a free image hosting website, headquartered at California and is the fastest growing web brand.

Anshul Samar was in standard ninth when had an idea to create a role playing card game based on chemistry, that’s both fun and educational. He is one of the very few teenagers with business cards. Samar has since then earned national recognition for his company’s mission and game. Apart from being the CEO of Alchemist Empire, he is currently in his senior year as student of Bellarmine College Preparatory and gearing up to introduce the next version of Elementeo.