Super Rich Earned 165 Trillion Won from AI This Year

96% of Total Asset Increase Among 500 People
Zuckerberg Up 49 Trillion Won... Nvidia Founder Up 26 Trillion Won
New Billionaires Emerge Amid AI Boom

As the frenzy over artificial intelligence (AI) stocks such as Nvidia and Meta continues, the net worth of AI billionaires has increased by $124 billion (approximately 165 trillion won) this year. New billionaires are emerging amid the AI stock rally.

On the 14th (local time), Bloomberg reported that at least 30 of the world's 500 wealthiest people have made money from AI companies.

So far this year, the net worth of these AI billionaires has increased by $124 billion, accounting for 96% of the total asset growth among the 500 billionaires listed in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The billionaire who earned the most from AI is Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta. His net worth increased by $37 billion (approximately 49 trillion won) this year, bringing his AI-generated assets to $161 billion (approximately 214 trillion won). Meta's stock price tripled last year alone and has continued to rise this year. It surged more than 20% in a single day on the 2nd, the day after the Q4 earnings announcement. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Zuckerberg's total net worth is about $170 billion (approximately 226 trillion won), with AI accounting for 94.7% of that.

Second place goes to Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia. His net worth increased by $19.6 billion (approximately 26 trillion won) this year, with AI assets reaching $62.5 billion (approximately 83 trillion won). This is due to the recent surge in Nvidia's stock price, which surpassed the market capitalization of Amazon and Google. Most of Huang's wealth is in Nvidia stock, with his net worth rising 42% from $44 billion (approximately 59 trillion won) on January 1st to the present, thanks to the "Nvidia effect."

Third is Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, whose AI-related assets increased by $16.1 billion (approximately 21 trillion won) this year, bringing his total AI assets to $162.6 billion (approximately 216 trillion won). About 83.4% of his total net worth is related to AI assets.

Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft (MS), benefited from the MS and OpenAI partnership this year, earning $9.6 billion (approximately 13 trillion won) and ranking fourth. Larry Ellison, chairman of Oracle, earned $7.3 billion (approximately 9.717 trillion won) to place fifth, and Michael Dell, founder and chairman of Dell Technologies, earned $6 billion (approximately 7.986 trillion won) due to rising Dell and Broadcom stock prices, ranking sixth.

Although they did not make the Bloomberg Billionaires Index top 500 list, new billionaires have emerged amid the AI boom. Lisa Su, CEO of AMD and a relative of Jensen Huang, is one of the beneficiaries of the AI stock rally. AMD's stock price doubled over the past year, earning her $1.2 billion (approximately 1.597 trillion won). Charles Liang, founder and CEO of Supermicro, saw his wealth triple this year to $6.2 billion (approximately 8.252 trillion won). Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, saw his net worth rise to $2.8 billion (approximately 3.727 trillion won) as Palantir's stock surged 31% in a single day recently.

Not only AI company executives but also investors in AI have made significant profits. A representative example is Masayoshi Son, chairman of SoftBank. The stock price of ARM Holdings, in which SoftBank holds a 90% stake, recently surged, increasing his wealth by $3.7 billion (approximately 4.926 trillion won).

However, Bloomberg added that as AI stocks have surged, questions have been raised about the sustainability of the rally. Michael Hartnett, strategist at Bank of America (BoA), stated, "The recent influx of funds into tech stocks has started to resemble the dot-com bubble."