Seventeen new AI billionaires in the US and China saw their combined wealth grow by $87 billion in the first nine months of 2026, reaching $221 billion. The 12 American billionaires gained $44 billion, bringing their total to $132 billion, while the five Chinese billionaires added $43 billion for a combined $89 billion. The smaller Chinese group therefore nearly matched the wealth gains of the American cohort. Meanwhile, about 100 people in the technology sector on the global top 500 list gained $845 billion, while non-tech fortunes declined by $62 billion. Americans captured 94% of the net gains, and all ten of the world’s richest people are now based in the US for the first time since Bloomberg began tracking them in 2012.
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