I noticed an interesting thing when looking at data on global wealth over the past few months. It turns out that the richest person in the world right now is Elon Musk with a net worth of $726 billion. This is simply an unprecedented level of personal capital — no one in modern history has accumulated such sums.

What’s interesting is that the entire top 10 wealthiest people on the planet are now fully occupied by tech entrepreneurs. This is no coincidence. In recent years, there has been a real boom in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and space technologies. The fortunes of these people are growing exponentially.

After Musk, Larry Page comes next — around $270 billion, thanks to Alphabet’s dominance in AI. Jeff Bezos is in third place with $255 billion; his wealth is supported by AWS and Amazon’s logistics network. Then Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg — all benefiting from the same wave of technological growth.

When I look at this list, it becomes clear: the world’s richest person now is not just a matter of luck, but the result of long-term bets on the right technologies. Musk with SpaceX and Starlink, Page and Brin with Alphabet, Bezos with AWS — they all held onto their shares and won big. The full top 10 looks like this: Musk $726B, Page $270B, Bezos $255B, Brin $251B, Ellison $248B, Zuckerberg $233B, Arnault $205B, Ballmer $170B, Huang $156B, Buffett $151B.

What drives this? First, the US completely dominates the tech sector. Second, the wave of investments in semiconductors and space creates huge valuation multipliers. Third, AI is simply reshaping company valuations. Looking at the crypto sector — similar processes are happening there. Some assets like BREV, ASTER are also participating in this trend of technological growth, although on a much smaller scale. But the essence is the same: those who got in early on the wave of innovation are now seeing exponential capital growth.