Just stumbled on something interesting - they're estimating Anatoly Yakovenko's net worth could be anywhere between $500M and $1.2B by now. Wild to think about, considering he literally created Solana from scratch.

Most of that wealth is tied up in SOL holdings and his stake in Solana Labs, which they reckon is around 5-10% of the company. On-chain data shows some connected addresses holding roughly 136,000 SOL tokens, which is sitting pretty at current prices. Plus he made early bets on projects like Jito Labs and Drift Protocol, so those early moves are probably paying off.

The Anatoly Yakovenko net worth breakdown is pretty much what you'd expect for a founder - heavy in his own project's tokens and equity. Whether it stays at that level or goes higher depends on where SOL goes from here. SOL is currently trading around $80.23, up 1.33% in the last 24 hours.

Obviously this is just estimation based on available data, not financial advice or anything. But it's pretty wild to see how much value founders can accumulate when they're building something that actually gains traction. Makes you wonder what other founders are sitting on, right?