I was looking at the latest data on global wealth and I have to say that the January rankings were quite remarkable. The concentration of wealth among tech founders has become almost surreal.

So, who is the richest person in the world? Elon Musk dominates with an unprecedented margin in modern history – we're talking about $726 billion. That number is mind-blowing. The boom comes from SpaceX, Starlink, Tesla, and everything he's doing in AI and neural interfaces. He's practically touched all the sectors that are exploding right now.

After him, the gap is still significant. Larry Page (Google/Alphabet) is second with $270 billion, then Jeff Bezos with $255 billion. What’s striking is that almost the entire top 10 is built on solid tech foundations – Sergey Brin, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Bernard Arnault with luxury, Steve Ballmer, Jensen Huang (semiconductors), Warren Buffett.

What’s happening? AI has multiplied the values of big tech, space has become a real sector, semiconductors are pure gold, and cloud computing continues to grow. Most importantly, these guys have held onto their shares for decades – long-term bets are really paying off.

The interesting thing is that this is not a static ranking. It keeps changing, especially with the trends in the tech markets. If you're curious to follow how these sectors and the companies behind these fortunes are moving, Gate has good visibility into all of this through the markets.