Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, is the 4th richest in the world.
Billionaires Elon Musk, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Jeff Bezos are already $100 billion richer this year. If Musk’s fortune were just the money he earned this year, he would already be the 25th richest person in the world.
The four richest people in the world had a resounding entry into 2026. In just over three weeks, they collectively added $100 billion to their fortunes — more than companies like Nike, Robinhood or UPS are worth.
According to , the increase in the fortune of Elon Musk in 2026 largely reflects the xAI appreciationwhich reached 250 billion dollars this month. Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Jeff Bezos benefited from the appreciation of the company’s shares Alphabet e Amazon in January.
Musk got the lion’s share. The net worth of the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX shot 70 billion dollars since the beginning of January, reaching 690 billion.
If the increase in Musk’s fortune since the beginning of the year were someone’s total wealth, This person would be among the 25 richest in the worldjust behind industrialist Charles Koch, with 71 billion dollars.
Musk’s fortune has increased this year mainly due to his stake in xAI; the creator of AI chatbot Grok was rated at 250 billion of dollars earlier this month.
As Tesla shares also rose 4% on Thursday, remaining practically stable since the beginning of the year, following positive news about the electric vehicle manufacturer’s robotaxis and Optimus robots, which boosted a increase of 13 billion of dollars in Musk’s fortune on Thursday.
The co-founders of Google, Larry Page e Sergey Brinthe second and third richest people on the planet, added around 13 billion of dollars to their respective fortunes this year.
The gain is due to renewed enthusiasm around artificial intelligence Gemini da Alphabet ter boosted shares of Google’s parent company about 6% this year, bringing Page and Brin to $283 billion and $263 billion, respectively.
The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezoscompletes the quartet of winners in terms of wealth. His fortune grew around 3 billion dollars this year, reaching $257 billion at Thursday’s close.
Other tech billionaires saw their net worth decline this year, as excitement around their companies grows cooled down.
One qOracle share price drop of almost 9% This month it removed $16 billion from the net worth of the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Larry Ellisonreducing it to 231 billion dollars.
Likewise, one ddrop of almost 7% in Microsoft shares reduced the fortune of the former executive president Steve Ballmer by $11 billion to $158 billion.
As 10 richest people in the world won together 579 billion dollars last year, boosting their combined wealth beyond 2.5 billion dollars – nearly 2.1 billion euros.
Musk led the pack with a increase of 187 billion of dollars in net worth, thanks to a 11% appreciation of Tesla shares and a jump in SpaceX review from 350 billion to 800 billion dollars throughout the year.
Page and Brin were the second biggest winners last yearrecording wealth increases of $101 billion and $92 billion, respectively, as Alphabet shares rose 65%.
Bezos earned a more modest 15 billion dollars.
