Recently, Arkham released an in-depth analysis of the wealth of one of Solana's founders, Anatoly Yakovenko. The results are quite interesting—his estimated net worth ranges from $500 million to $1.2 billion. This figure is mainly dominated by two sources: holdings of SOL tokens and equity stakes in Solana Labs.

According to on-chain tracking, there is a wallet address 9QgXq believed to be associated with Yakovenko. This wallet holds more than 136,000 SOL—at the current SOL price of around $84, its value has already reached approximately $122 million. Activity on this wallet is also quite active. Between August and November 2024, the address unstaked and transferred over 3 million SOL, then restaked about 1.5 million to a new address.

In addition to direct holdings, Anatoly Yakovenko also owns an equity stake in Solana Labs of about 5-10%. The company has received investments from major names like a16z, Polychain Capital, and Multicoin Capital. The valuation of Solana Labs itself is estimated to be between $5 billion and $8 billion, so Yakovenko's equity stake alone is worth between $250 million and $800 million.

But that's not all. Anatoly Yakovenko is also active as an angel investor in more than 40 projects within the Solana ecosystem—including Jito Labs, Drift Protocol, and Helius. There is also a domain associated with the username "Toly" holding liquid assets of around $16,500.

Overall, Yakovenko's wealth is closely tied to Solana's performance itself. You could say he is one of the most exposed to the success of the blockchain he built.