JOSEPH LIEMANDT

$3

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: & SOURCE: SOFTWARE AGE: 51 RESIDENCE: AUSTIN, TX PHILANTHROPY SCORE: N.A. Liemandt runs ESW Capital, a company that has purchased dozens of small software firms. His companies are well known for employing freelancers from outside the U.S. The investor hasn’t talked to the press about his business dealings in more than a decade.