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57 AI billionaires are worth $320 billion combined

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Artificial intelligence has created a new billionaire boom. According to a wealth analysis from FutureSearch, fifty-seven billionaires worldwide have made their fortunes in the AI industry, controlling a combined three hundred twenty billion dollars. Notably, most didn't rely on PhDs to reach the top. The wealthiest: Cambricon founder Chen Tianshi at forty billion dollars, OpenAI president Greg Brockman at twenty-eight billion dollars, and DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng at twenty-seven billion dollars.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/07/03/57-ai-billionaires-are-...

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