I noticed an interesting trend at the beginning of this year - the wealth of the world's richest people reached unprecedented heights. We're not just talking about percentage growth, but hundreds of billions of dollars added in a short period.

The richest person in the world at the moment is Elon Musk with approximately $726 billion. Never in history has an individual's wealth reached such a level. His capital is supported by several sources: the rapid increase in SpaceX's valuation, the expansion of Starlink, Tesla shares, plus growing influence in AI and neurotechnology.

Next are the tech giants. Larry Page, one of Google's founders, holds second place with $270 billion. Jeff Bezos is third with $255 billion - Amazon and AWS cloud services continue to generate enormous value.

The full top 10 looks like this: after Musk, Page, and Bezos, there are Sergey Brin ($251 billion), Larry Ellison ($248 billion), Mark Zuckerberg ($233 billion), Bernard Arnault ($205 billion), Steve Ballmer ($170 billion), Jensen Huang ($156 billion), and Warren Buffett ($151 billion).

What is behind this explosion? Primarily, exponential growth in artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Plus, a sharp jump in valuations in the space industry and the semiconductor industry. U.S. tech companies dominate like never before. And most importantly, the founders who kept their shares now see the long-term bets they made fully justified.

It turns out that the world's richest person and his top-10 peers are mainly tech entrepreneurs who guessed the direction of industry development. AI, space, cloud — these are what are now generating real wealth.