just came across some numbers on Anatoly Yakovenko's net worth and honestly it's pretty wild - we're talking $500M to $1.2B range for the Solana founder by 2026. most of that is tied up in SOL holdings and his stake in Solana Labs, which they estimate at like 5-10% of the company.

according to onchain data, there's a suspected address connected to him holding around 136k SOL tokens, and if you add up all the linked wallets, could be pushing $122M in token value alone. plus he's got early bets on Jito Labs and Drift Protocol which have probably paid off nicely.

SOL is sitting at $84.35 right now with a +1.48% bump today. it's interesting how much of Anatoly Yakovenko's wealth is still concentrated in the ecosystem he created - like he's not diversified the way some other crypto founders have. makes you wonder how much of his net worth swings with SOL's price action. anyone else think the Anatoly Yakovenko net worth estimates are conservative or do you reckon they're about right?