#btc On December 26, Forbes reported that the combined wealth of the world's top ten billionaires in 2025 has increased by over $730 billion. Elon Musk leads the list with a $333.2 billion increase, becoming the first person in the world to surpass $700 billion in personal wealth, reaching a total of $754.4 billion. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rank second and third, with increases of $98.7 billion and $86.1 billion respectively.
Notably, six of the top ten wealthiest individuals are Americans, accounting for over 85% of the total wealth increase, mainly driven by the investment boom in artificial intelligence. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg all benefited from the rise in tech stocks. Additionally, Spain's retail giant Inditex founder Amancio Ortega, Mexican mining magnate Larrea, Japan's SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, and Mexican telecom tycoon Slim also made the list. Over 3,100 billionaires worldwide are projected to see their total wealth increase by $3.6 trillion in 2025, reaching $18.7 trillion. $BTC $ETH $GT
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#btc On December 26, Forbes reported that the combined wealth of the world's top ten billionaires in 2025 has increased by over $730 billion. Elon Musk leads the list with a $333.2 billion increase, becoming the first person in the world to surpass $700 billion in personal wealth, reaching a total of $754.4 billion. Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rank second and third, with increases of $98.7 billion and $86.1 billion respectively.
Notably, six of the top ten wealthiest individuals are Americans, accounting for over 85% of the total wealth increase, mainly driven by the investment boom in artificial intelligence. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg all benefited from the rise in tech stocks.
Additionally, Spain's retail giant Inditex founder Amancio Ortega, Mexican mining magnate Larrea, Japan's SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son, and Mexican telecom tycoon Slim also made the list. Over 3,100 billionaires worldwide are projected to see their total wealth increase by $3.6 trillion in 2025, reaching $18.7 trillion. $BTC $ETH $GT