by Shane O'Neill

Separated at Birth: Tech Honchos and Their Famous Lookalikes

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Sep 17, 2009
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Tech titans are often one of a kind characters. But some Silicon Valley kingpins have virtual twins lurking in Hollywood and Washington, D.C. Who might play Marc Benioff or Carly Fiorina? Here's a look.

Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and ….

Billionaire Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

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Generation X entrepreneur Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google and ….

Generation X actor Zach Braff, star of NBC comedy “Scrubs”.

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Glasses and sweater-wearing Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and ….

Glasses and sweater-wearing writer-director-actor Woody Allen.

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Apple CEO and master tech innovator Steve Jobs and ….

Two-time Oscar winner and master film director Steven Speilberg.

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Bald, tough guy CEO Steve Ballmer of Microsoft and ….

Bald tough guy character actor Peter Boyle.

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Mop topped, bushy eye-browed Google co-founder Larry Page and ….

Mop topped, bushy eye-browed Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher.

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Fearless woman thriving in a male dominated industry: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and ….

Fearless woman thriving in a male dominated industry: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Precocious entrepreneur and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and ….

Precocious actor and “Superbad” star Michael Cera.

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Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and self-assured woman who once wielded great power, and ….

Bette Midler, a self-assured woman who still sings with great power.

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Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff, who’s been known to talk a lot, and ….

Actor Jeff Garlin, who has to listen to Larry David talk a lot on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”