Who created the most wealth for others?
The world's top wealth creators
Who created the most wealth for others?
“Somebody needs to make a list where they rank people by how much wealth they've created for other people.”— Jeff Bezos
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Founder / companyCreated / founders ownCreated for others
01
Jensen Huang + 2 cofounders
NVIDIA NVDA
96.4% created3.6% kept($186B)
$4.98TMarket cap $5.17T
02
Larry Page & Sergey Brin
Alphabet GOOGL
88.2% created11.8% kept($514B)
$3.84TMarket cap $4.36T
03
Jeff Bezos
Amazon AMZN
91.2% created8.8% kept($237B)
$2.45TMarket cap $2.69T
04
Mark Zuckerberg + 4 cofounders
Meta META
86.5% created13.5% kept($229B)
$1.47TMarket cap $1.69T
05
Elon Musk + 4 cofounders
Tesla TSLA
80.2% created19.8% kept($278B)
$1.12TMarket cap $1.40T
06
Colin Huang
PDD Holdings PDD
75.2% created24.8% kept($116B)
$351BMarket cap $466B
07
Reed Hastings & Marc Randolph
Netflix NFLX
99.1% created0.9% kept($3B)
$313BMarket cap $316B
08
Peter Thiel + 4 cofounders
Palantir PLTR
90.5% created9.5% kept($33B)
$311BMarket cap $344B
09
Larry Ellison + 2 cofounders
Oracle ORCL
59.4% created40.6% kept($151B)
$221BMarket cap $373B
10
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies DELL
59.1% created40.9% kept($123B)
$177BMarket cap $300B
11
Tobias Lütke + 2 cofounders
Shopify SHOP
93.9% created6.1% kept($10B)
$154BMarket cap $164B
12
Marc Benioff + 3 cofounders
Salesforce CRM
96.9% created3.1% kept($5B)
$141BMarket cap $146B
Market snapshot · Jul 15, 2026
01
Founding teams
One company is counted once. Cofounders share a single entry so value is not duplicated.
02
Economic ownership
Company value minus disclosed founder equity. Voting control and personal net worth are excluded.
03
Dated inputs
Market values move daily. Ownership inputs use the latest reviewed company filings.
Sources
Ownership notes and filing dates for every founder entry.
Jensen Huang + 2 cofoundersNVIDIA_Apr 27, 2026_
Founding team: Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem.
Jensen Huang's disclosed 3.58% beneficial ownership, rounded to one decimal; other cofounders are below reporting thresholds.
Market value $5.17T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $186B based on 3.6% ownership as of Apr 27, 2026.
Market sourceNVIDIA 2026 proxy
Larry Page & Sergey BrinAlphabet_Apr 6, 2026_
Founding team: Larry Page, Sergey Brin.
Combined reviewed economic ownership of Larry Page and Sergey Brin across share classes; voting control is not used in this calculation.
Market value $4.36T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $514B based on 11.8% ownership as of Apr 6, 2026.
Market sourceAlphabet 2026 proxy
Jeff BezosAmazon_Feb 24, 2026_
Founding team: Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos's disclosed beneficial ownership, rounded to one decimal place.
Market value $2.69T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $237B based on 8.8% ownership as of Feb 24, 2026.
Market sourceAmazon 2026 proxy
Mark Zuckerberg + 4 cofoundersMeta_Apr 1, 2026_
Founding team: Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Chris Hughes.
Mark Zuckerberg's disclosed economic ownership, rounded to one decimal; super-voting rights are excluded from the value calculation.
Market value $1.69T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $229B based on 13.5% ownership as of Apr 1, 2026.
Elon Musk + 4 cofoundersTesla_Aug 29, 2025_
Founding team: Elon Musk, Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, JB Straubel, Ian Wright.
Combined disclosed founder holdings, substantially attributable to Elon Musk.
Market value $1.40T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $278B based on 19.8% ownership as of Aug 29, 2025.
Market sourceTesla proxy filings
Colin HuangPDD Holdings_Mar 18, 2026_
Founding team: Colin Huang.
Entities affiliated with Zheng Huang disclosed 24.8% beneficial ownership in PDD's latest annual filing.
Market value $466B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $116B based on 24.8% ownership as of Mar 18, 2026.
Market sourcePDD 2025 annual filing
Reed Hastings & Marc RandolphNetflix_Apr 6, 2026_
Founding team: Reed Hastings, Marc Randolph.
Disclosed ownership of Reed Hastings; Marc Randolph is below the reporting threshold.
Market value $316B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $3B based on 0.9% ownership as of Apr 6, 2026.
Market sourceNetflix 2026 proxy
Peter Thiel + 4 cofoundersPalantir_Apr 6, 2026_
Founding team: Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, Nathan Gettings.
Combined disclosed economic ownership of Alexander Karp, Stephen Cohen, and Peter Thiel; founder voting shares are not counted at a premium.
Market value $344B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $33B based on 9.5% ownership as of Apr 6, 2026.
Market sourcePalantir 2026 proxy
Larry Ellison + 2 cofoundersOracle_Sep 19, 2025_
Founding team: Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, Ed Oates.
Disclosed beneficial ownership of Larry Ellison; the other cofounders hold no reportable stake.
Market value $373B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $151B based on 40.6% ownership as of Sep 19, 2025.
Market sourceOracle 2025 proxy
Michael DellDell Technologies_Apr 27, 2026_
Founding team: Michael Dell.
Michael Dell's disclosed beneficial ownership only. Silver Lake's separate 7.4% private-equity stake and the SLD Trust's separate 4.8% stake are excluded.
Market value $300B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $123B based on 40.9% ownership as of Apr 27, 2026.
Tobias Lütke + 2 cofoundersShopify_Apr 21, 2026_
Founding team: Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, Scott Lake.
Tobias Lütke's disclosed economic ownership across Class A and Class B shares; Founder Share voting power is not used.
Market value $164B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $10B based on 6.1% ownership as of Apr 21, 2026.
Market sourceShopify 2026 circular
Marc Benioff + 3 cofoundersSalesforce_Mar 25, 2026_
Founding team: Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Dave Moellenhoff, Frank Dominguez.
Combined disclosed ownership of Marc Benioff and Parker Harris, rounded to one decimal place.
Market value $146B as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained $5B based on 3.1% ownership as of Mar 25, 2026.