I just explored an interesting trend — looked at the list of the richest people in the world in January 2026, and something truly crazy happened.

Elon Musk completely outpaced everyone else. 726 billion dollars — these are simply inhuman numbers. No one in modern history has ever seen such a level of personal wealth. SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, neurotechnology — the guy manages everything, and each of his ventures is printing money. This isn’t just wealth; it’s dominance.

Following him are tech giants, but with a much larger gap. Larry Page — 270 billion, Jeff Bezos — 255 billion. Both caught the wave of AI and cloud computing, but even they are nowhere near Musk. Interestingly, the richest person in the world is from space and AI, not traditional fintech.

The top 10 looks like this: Musk, Page, Bezos, Brin (also Google), Ellison (Oracle), Zuckerberg (Meta), Arnault (LVMH), Ballmer (Microsoft), Huang (Nvidia), Buffett.

What’s striking is the complete dominance of American tech entrepreneurs. Semiconductors, AI, cloud, space — all of these are printing fortunes. And the main thing is, these guys have long held their shares, not selling. The long-term bet has paid off.

Exponential growth of AI, soaring valuations in space and semiconductors, overvaluation of the entire tech sector — this is what created this wave. Wealth has increased by hundreds of billions collectively.

Honestly, it reminds me of how crypto founders accumulated their positions in the beginning. Those who believed and held are now the richest people on the planet. Maybe this is some kind of hint for the crypto community? An interesting dynamic, in any case.