How is the ranking of super millionaires?

After being appointed person of the year Within the select group of “AI Architects”, according to Time magazine, Zuckerberg was overshadowed by the meteoric advance from other tech giants that managed to better capitalize on the market enthusiasm for artificial intelligence.

By October 2024, Zuckerberg had reached a it personally by becoming, for the first time, the second richest man on the planet, only behind Elon Musk. At that time, the distance between the two was around US$50 billion, a considerable gap but not impossible to close. Today, the scenario is very different.

Although the estimated fortune of the CEO of Meta is around US$229 billiona figure that today places it in the sixth place in the global ranking According to the billionaire index regularly published by Bloomberg, the distance with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, widened to an unprecedented level: more than US$ 400,000 million of difference between both assets.

The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX not only maintained the leadership since the end of Maywhen he surpassed the French Bernard Arnaultbut he expanded his advantage to almost unreal levels: his assets climbed to US$632 billion.

The jump is explained by a combination of factors: the rise in the automaker’s shares, growth and a recent valuation of the aerospace company close to US$800,000 milliondriven by a secondary sale of shares in the face of a possible IPO.

But Musk is not the only one who left the creator of Facebook behind. Larry Page y Sergey Brinco-founders of Google, were the big silent winners of the last year.

Each added nearly $100 billion to their personal fortune, thanks to the strong rebound of Alphabet and the Gemini 3 model, whose shares have risen around 78% in recent months. That impulse catapulted them to second and fourth place in the rankingrespectively.

The founder of Amazon increased his assets by about US$39,000 million, reaching US$244,000 million, which allowed him to consolidate himself in the third place. In your case, the market rewarded Amazon’s recovery and its strategic positioning in the infrastructure that supports the rise of artificial intelligence.

The co-founder of Oracle, who even He briefly surpassed Musk As the richest man in the world in September, he totals about US$231 billion today.

Its growth is explained not only by Oracle, but also by its significant shareholding in Teslaa detail that once again shows how technological fortunes are increasingly interconnected.

The common denominator behind these movements is clear: the race for AI dominance has become the main driver of valuation in the technology sector. Tesla and Alphabet lead that processfollowed by Amazon, while Meta was somewhat further behind.

In the same period, Meta shares rose about 11%a solid figure, but much lower than the pace of its direct competitors. Oracle advanced about 7% and LVMH, the luxury giant led by Bernard Arnault, less than 2%.

Arnault is another example of this new dynamic. Despite having added US$11 billion to his fortune, he fell from fourth to seventh place in the ranking, a sign that financial capital today moves more strongly towards technology than towards traditional sectors.

The conclusion is as simple as it is forceful: in the era of artificial intelligence, It is no longer enough to get richer. What defines real power is the speed at which technological bets grow and the ability to convince investors that a company will play a central role in the digital future. In that game, Zuckerberg did not lose money, but he did lose prominence.