I noticed an interesting trend at the beginning of the year — the wealth of the world's richest people has grown by record amounts. It’s especially impressive how technology entrepreneurs completely dominate the top. It’s not just coincidence.

Elon Musk holds the first place with a net worth of $726 billion — that’s simply an astronomical figure. No one in history has achieved such personal wealth. The growth is driven by SpaceX, which is constantly overvalued, Starlink, Tesla, and his influence in AI. The guy is literally redefining what’s possible in space and neurotechnology.

Second place goes to Larry Page from Google — around $270 billion. Google/Alphabet is just printing money on AI, that’s obvious. In third is Jeff Bezos with $255 billion; Amazon is still growing through AWS and logistics, despite the company's age.

Further down the list are Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg — all in the range of $200–$250 billion. Interestingly, the richest person in the world now has a net worth three times larger than the fifth on the list. Such a gap didn’t exist before.

What’s happening? First, artificial intelligence. Every major tech giant is overvalued by investors based on the AI revolution. Second, space and semiconductors — SpaceX and NVIDIA are growing like crazy. Third, American dominance in technology is simply absolute.

The richest person in the world and his colleagues have just held onto their company stocks for many years. Their bets have fully paid off. When a company’s value increases by hundreds of times, and you’re the owner — that’s how such wealth is accumulated.

If this trend continues, in a few years the world’s richest person could even surpass the trillion-dollar mark. It’s fascinating to observe this dynamic and how the tech sector is reshaping global wealth.