While Silicon Valley tech royalty predictably dominates the list, there’s also a peppering of other industries, from real estate to entertainment.

Check out this slideshow of some of the richest people in the Bay Area, and visit Forbes to see the full list:

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• Larry Ellison

  The Oracle-founding, yacht-racing, Hawaiian island-buying college dropout is worth a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-ellison/”$43 billion/a.

• Sergey Brin and Larry Page

  Have you guys heard of this company called The Googles? Its headquarters are going to be the setting of that a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/13/the-internship-trailer_n_2679936.html”Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson movie/a? No? Well, the two guys who founded it are worth a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-page/”somewhere in the neighborhood/a of a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/sergey-brin/”$22 billion/a.

• Mark Zuckerberg

  Last year, Facebook’s “accidental billionaire” Mark Zuckerberg a href=”http://sfist.com/2012/12/19/mark_zuckerberg_makes_500_million_d.php”donated $500 million/a to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, but he’s got a lot to spare–he’s still worth a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/”$13.8 billion/a.

• Laurene Powell Jobs

  The widow of Apple visionary Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs is the richest woman in Silicon Valley with a net worth of a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/laurene-powell-jobs/”$10.7 billion/a.

• Pierre Omidyar

  In addition to founding eBay, Pierre Omidyar is also known for his innovative philanthropic investment firm Omydiar Network…and for having a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/pierre-omidyar/”$8.7 billion/a in the bank.

• Eric Schmidt

  While lagging behind founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt isn’t doing too poorly for himself with a net worth of a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/eric-schmidt/”$8.2 billion/a.

• Charles Johnson

  South Bay mutual fund kingpin Charles Johnson, who is the chairman of Franklin Resources, has a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-johnson/”$5.7 billion/a in the bank.

• David Duffield

  A Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded both PeopleSoft and enterprise software firm Workday, Duffield raked in a big haul this year after the latter company’s recent IPO and more than doubled his net worth to a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/david-duffield/”$4.8 billion/a.

• Charles Schwab

  Even though Charles Schwab no longer runs the brokerage firm that turned him into a household name, “Chuck” is still wortha href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-schwab/” $4.3 billion/a.

• Gordon Moore

  Not only did Gordon Moore cofound Intel and a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore’s_law”coin his very own eponymous law/a, but he’s also worth a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/gordon-moore/”$4.1 billion/a.

• George Roberts

  Atherton-based leveraged buyout titan George Roberts has a net worth of a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/george-roberts/”$4.1 billion/a.

• George Lucas

  Despite (or actually due to) the sale of his company to Disney last year, the force is still strong with Star Wars mastermind George Lucas to the tune of a href=”Also the http://www.forbes.com/profile/george-lucas/”$3.9 billion/a.

• John Sobrato

  Tech companies like Apple and Yahoo may live online, but they also need office space–and that’s where John Sobrato comes in. Sobrato’s commercial real estate empire has netted him a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/john-a-sobrato/”$3.9 billion/a.

• Dustin Moskovitz

  Being roommates with Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard had its benefits for Dustin Moskovitz, who was Facebook’s third employee before splitting in 2008 to found online collaboration software firm Asana. He’s currently worth a href=”http://www.forbes.com/profile/dustin-moskovitz/”$3.8 billion/a.

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You probably don’t think of unrest in the far away Middle East as having anything to do with the housing market here in the U.S. You should.

The weekly mortgage applications say it all.

Despite the rate on the 30-year fixed falling below the psychologically important 5 percent line, mortgage applications to purchase a new home and to refinance both dropped; yes, there was a holiday involved, but the four week moving average is also down, despite mortgage rates coming off their Egypt-unrest surge.

Remember, rates track yields on the 10-year Treasury, which have been volatile due to the unrest abroad, but not THAT volatile: Less than half a percentage point.

Rates are one thing, but uncertainty weighs heavier on potential buyers, and rising oil prices may outweigh both.

“It’s the spring season. This is where new home buyers come out looking to buy a home,” says FBR’s Paul Miller. “If gas prices have gone up significantly, it’s going to cut into the foot traffic, and we’re really concerned with what that’s going to do to housing market.”

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