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I just looked at the current list of the richest people in the world at the beginning of this year — and honestly, the numbers are just shocking. It seems we have truly entered a new era where fortunes are measured not in hundreds of billions, but on a completely different level.
Elon Musk clearly has pulled ahead of everyone. 726 billion dollars is simply unreal. Never in modern history has one person accumulated such personal wealth. The entire growth is driven by SpaceX (space is back in fashion), Starlink (global internet), Tesla, and all of this in the context of the AI boom. When you look at his portfolio, you realize: he’s not just an investor, he’s a creator of entire industries.
Second and third places are occupied by classic tech giants — Page from Google with 270 billion and Bezos with 255. For them, AI has become a real turbocharger. Alphabet dominates in artificial intelligence, AWS continues to grow at a breakneck pace. Brin, Ellison, Zuckerberg — all from the same generation of tech revolutionaries, and all have benefited from the wave of AI and cloud computing.
What’s interesting: if you look at the growth factors, it’s no coincidence. First, the exponential rise of AI and cloud services. Second, space and semiconductors are experiencing a renaissance. Third, American tech companies simply dominate globally — there are no competitors. And fourth, those who held onto their shares from the very beginning are now sitting on gold mines.
The world’s wealthiest people are mainly those who didn’t sell their positions. Musk, Page, Brin — they remain owners, not just investors. That’s the result.
The top 10 looks like this: Musk leads with 726 billion, then Page with 270, Bezos with 255, Brin with 251, Ellison with 248, Zuckerberg with 233, Arnault with 205, Ballmer with 170, Huang with 156, Buffett with 151 billion.
If this trend continues, the richest people in the world will further concentrate capital. It’s fascinating to see how AI and space technologies are rewriting the rules of the game in the global economy.