(L-R) U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Tesla stock– and Musk’s wealth– has actually escalated thanks to his connections with the inbound administration.Photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images)
2024 was a significant year for the world’s most affluent Americans as the stock exchange continued to notch brand-new highs. The S&P 500 struck more than 50 record highs over the previous 12 months, with its very first taking place as early as Jan. 19.
That’s indicated significant financial wins for both financiers and individuals who manage or have big stakes in a few of the biggest business on the planet, specifically those in the more comprehensive tech market.
Here are the billionaires who won one of the most in 2024. Spoiler alert: None of them got less than $38 billion this year.
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Sergey Brin’s wealth comes primarily from the equity he made by co-founding Alphabet (GOOGL), the holding business behind Google, and other endeavors, consisting of the self-driving cars and truck start-up Waymo and YouTube.
He owns about 6% of the business through Class B and Class C shares. Given that Google went public in 2004, he’s offered more than $10 billion worth of shares, according to Bloomberg’s estimations.
Brin left the business in 2019 after acting as president given that 2015. At the time, Alphabet was the third-most cash-rich business worldwide, just outmatched by Microsoft (MSFT) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A). He stays a member of Alphabet’s board of directors and a significant investor.
Since Dec. 29, Brin deserves some $161 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Year-to-date, his net worth has actually soared by more than $41 billion, or about 34%.
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They both assisted discovered Google and Alphabet, Lary Page is supposedly a reasonable bit wealthier than Brin.
Like Brin, Page gave up a few of his control of Alphabet in 2019 to CEO Sundar Pichai. Page was Google’s CEO in between 1997 and August 2001, and after that once again in between April 2011 and July 2015. At that time, he ended up being CEO of Alphabet.
Page owns about 6% of Alphabet through Class B and Class C shares and has actually offered shares of both Alphabet and Google valued at more than $10 billion throughout the years, according to Bloomberg.
Page was an early financier in Tesla Motors (TSLA), as was Brin. He likewise made financial investments in business like Planetary Resources, which was gotten in 2018 by a Blockchain business, and robotics company Verity, according to Pitchbook. Kittyhawk, the electrical airplane business, was backed by Page and the “godfather of self-driving vehicles” however closed down in 2022.
Since publication, Page deserves some $171 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Year-to-date, his net worth has actually soared by simply shy of $45 billion, or more than 35%.
