It's interesting to see how the landscape of global wealth has changed at the beginning of this year. Tech giants now dominate the lists in a completely different way than before, and the gap between the leaders is simply astronomical.

Elon Musk remains the richest person in the world with a net worth of around $726 billion — a record in modern history. No one has accumulated such personal wealth before. SpaceX’s valuation continues to rise, Starlink is expanding, Tesla keeps growing, and his influence in artificial intelligence and neurotechnology is increasing. This is not just money — it’s control over future technologies.

Following him are other tech giants. Larry Page of Google holds second place with approximately $270 billion — Alphabet fully dominates the AI segment. Jeff Bezos is third with $255 billion; Amazon and AWS continue to generate huge streams of capital.

The rest of the list looks roughly like this: Sergey Brin (251 billion), Larry Ellison (248 billion), Mark Zuckerberg (233 billion), Bernard Arnault (205 billion), Steve Ballmer (170 billion), Jensen Huang of NVIDIA (156 billion), and Warren Buffett (151 billion).

What’s most interesting is that this is no coincidence. The explosive growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is rewriting the rules of the game. Space technologies and semiconductors are also experiencing a valuation boom. American tech companies simply dominate globally. And the founders who held their shares for many years are now reaping the benefits.

This shows where the real money is flowing in the modern world. If you want to understand where wealth is growing, look at AI, cloud, and technology. The richest person in the world right now is not a banker or an oil magnate — it’s the person who built companies in the most innovative sectors.