Alphabet's stock surge has made its cofounders richer than anyone except Elon Musk

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Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stand with their arms around one another.
Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin met at Stanford.

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The world's 10 richest people lost nearly $70 billion in Friday's market rout

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Larry Ellison is one of the world's richest men, so he can buy anything he wants, like a media company or two. That's what Elon Musk did with Twitter.

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Lisa Su has built AMD into a $378 billion microchip titan. So why isn't she richer?

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AMD CEO Lisa Su
AMD CEO Lisa Su

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L'Oréal heiress is $24 billion richer so far this year — and wealthier than Asia's richest person

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Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, daughter of L'Oreal cosmetics fortune heiress Liliane Bettencourt, and board member of the leading world cosmetics group, smiles during a visit with French prime Minister Manuel Valls at L'oreal Headquarters in Clichy, north outskirts of Paris, France, Monday, Nov. 3, 2014.

Wang Ning, the man behind the viral Labubu dolls, is $20 billion richer this year — and wealthier than Peter Thiel

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Labubu dolls.
Labubu dolls.

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Warren Buffett has lost $28 billion in net worth since he rocked the business world with his retirement announcement

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Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 on September 19, 2017 in New York City.
Philanthropist Warren Buffett is joined onstage by 24 other philanthropist and influential business people featured on the Forbes list of 100 Greatest Business Minds during the Forbes Media

Bill Gates is worth $50 billion less than thought — and now trails his former assistant in net worth

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Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in 1998.
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates (left) and his former assistant and successor as CEO, Steve Ballmer, pictured in 1998.

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Trump's trade war is eroding US billionaires' fortunes — while China's are getting even richer

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Zhang Yiming, the CEO of TikTok owner Bytedance, is worth $57 billion.

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The Waltons are once again the world's wealthiest family, beating out Gulf royalty and fashion dynasties

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Alice Walton (Jim out of focus)
Alice Walton (Jim out of focus)

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Elon Musk is $119 billion richer this year — and the 10 biggest wealth gainers are up a combined $585 billion

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Oracle chairman Larry Ellison and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are two of 2024's biggest wealth gainers.

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