Jensen Huang + 2 cofounders
NVIDIA NVDA
96.4% created3.6% kept($186B)
$4.98TMarket cap $5.17T
The world's top wealth creators
“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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The ranking
Founders who shared the most value
Company value − founders' stakes = created for others
$18.3TTotal wealth created for others
across 12 founding teams
Larry Page & Sergey Brin
Alphabet GOOGL
88.2% created11.8% kept($514B)
$3.84TMarket cap $4.36T
Bill Gates & Paul Allen
Microsoft MSFT
~98.7% created~1.3% kept(~$38B)
~$2.90TMarket cap $2.94T
91.2% created8.8% kept($237B)
$2.45TMarket cap $2.69T
Mark Zuckerberg + 4 cofounders
Meta META
86.5% created13.5% kept($229B)
$1.47TMarket cap $1.69T
Elon Musk + 4 cofounders
Tesla TSLA
80.2% created19.8% kept($278B)
$1.12TMarket cap $1.40T
Colin Huang
PDD Holdings PDD
75.2% created24.8% kept($116B)
$351BMarket cap $466B
Reed Hastings & Marc Randolph
Netflix NFLX
99.1% created0.9% kept($3B)
$313BMarket cap $316B
Peter Thiel + 4 cofounders
Palantir PLTR
90.5% created9.5% kept($33B)
$311BMarket cap $344B
Larry Ellison + 2 cofounders
Oracle ORCL
59.4% created40.6% kept($151B)
$221BMarket cap $373B
Michael Dell
Dell Technologies DELL
59.1% created40.9% kept($123B)
$177BMarket cap $300B
Tobias Lütke + 2 cofounders
Shopify SHOP
93.9% created6.1% kept($10B)
$154BMarket cap $164B
Market snapshot · Jul 15, 2026
Methodology
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. Clearly marked estimates are used when current exact holdings are not public.
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 cofoundersNVIDIAApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 27, 2026.
Larry Page & Sergey BrinAlphabetApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 6, 2026.
Bill Gates & Paul AllenMicrosoftSep 30, 2025
Founding team: Bill Gates, Paul Allen.
Estimate. Microsoft's latest proxy identifies every beneficial owner above 5% and lists neither founder, confirming that no founder has a reportable 5% stake. Bill Gates's latest exact company disclosure was 102,992,934 shares (1.3%) in 2019; the ranking carries that percentage forward because no newer exact founder figure is publicly disclosed. Paul Allen's estate has no reported 5% stake.
Market value $2.94T as of Jul 15, 2026. Founders retained ~$38B based on ~1.3% ownership reviewed as of Sep 30, 2025.
Jeff BezosAmazonFeb 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 reviewed as of Feb 24, 2026.
Mark Zuckerberg + 4 cofoundersMetaApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 1, 2026.
Elon Musk + 4 cofoundersTeslaAug 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 reviewed as of Aug 29, 2025.
Colin HuangPDD HoldingsMar 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 reviewed as of Mar 18, 2026.
Reed Hastings & Marc RandolphNetflixApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 6, 2026.
Peter Thiel + 4 cofoundersPalantirApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 6, 2026.
Larry Ellison + 2 cofoundersOracleSep 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 reviewed as of Sep 19, 2025.
Michael DellDell TechnologiesApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 27, 2026.
Tobias Lütke + 2 cofoundersShopifyApr 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 reviewed as of Apr 21, 2026.