Bob Muglia’s net worth over time
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| Date | Estimate | Source |
| 2021 | $1.3 billion | Forbes World's Billionaires List 2021 |
| 2022 | $1.1 billion | Forbes World's Billionaires List 2022 |
| 2024 | $1.1 billion | Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024 |
| 2025 | $1 billion | Forbes World's Billionaires List 2025 |
| 2026 | $1.1 billion | Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026 |
| Oct 2026 | $1.6 billion | Forbes Real-Time Billionaires · Forbes real-time estimate |
Where the money comes from
These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.
Bob Muglia’s fortune in real-life terms
Based on the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).
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Bob Muglia has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Bob Muglia profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $1.3 billion in 2021.
Bob Muglia is an American software executive best known as the former CEO of Snowflake, the cloud data warehousing company. Born in Connecticut in 1959, the son of an automotive parts salesman, he started working at 15. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1981 and began his career at ROLM Corporation. Forbes counts him as self-made.
Muglia spent more than two decades at Microsoft after joining in 1988. He was the first product manager for SQL Server and went on to lead divisions behind Windows Server, Microsoft Office and other business software. In 2009 he became president of the Servers and Tools business, making him one of four presidents who reported directly to CEO Steve Ballmer.
How Bob Muglia made his money
Muglia's fortune comes mostly from Snowflake. He joined the young data warehousing startup as CEO in June 2014, after leaving Microsoft in 2011 and spending a short time at Juniper Networks. While he led Snowflake, the company grew quickly and raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. He stepped down as CEO in 2019.
Snowflake went public in September 2020, and that turned his stake into a major fortune. As part of the IPO, Muglia sold half of his Snowflake shares to Berkshire Hathaway. Forbes reports that he still owns about 1.4% of Snowflake stock. Today he is executive chairman of database startup Fauna and a board member at data company Fivetran, among other roles.
How Forbes has valued Bob Muglia
Forbes added Muglia to its World's Billionaires List at $1.3 billion in 2021, the year after Snowflake's stock market debut. His figure slipped to $1.1 billion in 2022. Forbes put him at $1.1 billion again in 2024 and $1 billion in 2025. Because much of his wealth is in Snowflake shares, his estimate tracks that stock closely.
His fortune has climbed recently. On its 2026 World's Billionaires List, Forbes estimated him at $1.1 billion, and by October 20, 2026, its real-time billionaires tracker showed $1.6 billion, his highest figure so far. At Microsoft, his Servers and Tools group grew revenue more than ten percent a year for six years and made up more than 20 percent of the company's revenue by January 2009.
Career and money timeline
- 1981
Muglia graduated from the University of Michigan.
- 1988
He joined Microsoft, where he became the first product manager for SQL Server.
- 2009
He became president of Microsoft's Servers and Tools division.
- 2014
He became CEO of Snowflake Computing.
- 2019
He stepped down as Snowflake's CEO.
- 2020
Snowflake went public in a September IPO.
Bob Muglia net worth FAQ
What is Bob Muglia's net worth?
Bob Muglia's net worth is an estimated $1.6 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Bob Muglia profile (October 20, 2026). It is an estimate, not an official figure.
How did Bob Muglia get so rich?
The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: software.
Is Bob Muglia a billionaire?
Yes. Forbes Real-Time Billionaires estimates Bob Muglia is worth $1.6 billion.
How has Bob Muglia's net worth changed?
The earliest published estimate we track is $1.3 billion (2021, Forbes World's Billionaires List 2021). The latest is $1.6 billion (October 20, 2026).
How much of Snowflake does Bob Muglia own?
Forbes reports that he owns about 1.4% of Snowflake stock after selling half of his shares to Berkshire Hathaway in the IPO.
What is Bob Muglia doing now?
He is executive chairman of database startup Fauna and sits on the board of data company Fivetran, among others.
Sources
- Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Bob Muglia profile (October 20, 2026)
- Forbes World's Billionaires List 2021, Bob Muglia profile (April 6, 2021)
- Forbes World's Billionaires List 2022, Bob Muglia profile (April 5, 2022)
- Forbes World's Billionaires List 2024, Bob Muglia profile (April 2, 2024)
- Forbes World's Billionaires List 2025, Bob Muglia profile (April 2025)
- Forbes World's Billionaires List 2026, Bob Muglia profile (March 10, 2026)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
- Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
- Background facts: Wikipedia, Bob Muglia (accessed October 27, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.
Photo: Snowflake Computing, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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