Mark Zuckerberg could become the richest person on the planet after a $58 billion wealth surge this year

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Mark Zuckerberg could become the richest person on the planet after a $58 billion wealth surge this year

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Mark Zuckerberg could become the world’s wealthiest person after surging up the rich list.

The Meta CEO has gained over $58 billion this year and ranks third in net worth.

He trails Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, but both men were worth less earlier this year than he is now.

Mark Zuckerberg has rocketed up the ranks of the

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— and could take the top spot for the first time.

The CEO of

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, Threads, and WhatsApp’s parent company — has grown his net worth by an astounding

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to reach $187 billion, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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sits in third place at the time of writing, behind only Tesla’s

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(worth $209 billion). The social media mogul started the year in sixth but now comfortably leads LVMH’s

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(worth $179 billion) in fourth.

He trails Musk and Bezos by some distance, but he could quickly narrow the gap as technology fortunes are notoriously volatile. Musk was worth just $164 billion as recently as April, while Bezos was worth a little less in early August than Zuckerberg is now. A few bad days for Tesla and

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, and a few good ones for Meta, would allow Zuckerberg to seize the top spot.

It’s true that Meta, Tesla, and

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trade similarly as all three are mega-cap US tech stocks, meaning Zuckerberg, Musk, and Bezos’ fortunes tend to rise and fall in tandem. But a bad earnings report, a bombshell lawsuit, an antitrust investigation, or a disaster of any kind could knock Musk and Bezos below Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg could also climb to the peak if Musk and Bezos make some large philanthropic donations. After all, the only reason that Warren Buffett isn’t the richest person on the planet with a $300 billion-plus net worth is that he’s

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The Meta chief has been outpacing Musk and Bezos in wealth accumulation this year, putting him on track to overtake them. His almost $59 billion gain since January far surpasses their respective increases of around $21 billion and $32 billion.

Zuckerberg, 40, probably has more time than Musk, 53, and Bezos, 60, to grow his already vast fortune. Buffett amassed over 99% of his fortune after turning 65, author Morgan Housel notes in “The Psychology of Money.” That shows how powerful a long time horizon is in compounding wealth.

Despite being far younger, Zuckerberg commands a greater net worth than business titans Bill Gates, Buffett, and the “

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Guys,” Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

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Early start

Zuckerberg founded

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in 2004 when he was 19 and took it public in 2012 at age 28. Meta now stands as the world’s sixth-largest public company with a $1.3 trillion market capitalization, making it more valuable than many corporate behemoths, including Buffett’s Berkshire ($972 billion), Musk’s Tesla ($734 billion), Walmart ($640 billion), or JPMorgan ($588 billion).

Zuckerberg has staged quite a comeback in recent years. Meta stock tanked by over 75% between September 2021 and November 2022 as investors balked at Zuckerberg’s decision to

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into its nascent metaverse business, and soured on tech stocks more broadly. The slump slashed Zuckerberg’s net worth to just $35 billion at its nadir.

But the stock has soared over fivefold since then — and 69% in the past year — to hover at record levels of above $520. The rally, which has quintupled Zuckerberg’s net worth too, reflects Wall Street ******** that Meta will win big from the AI revolution, and investors’ relief that Zuckerberg has

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Zuckerberg isn’t nipping at Musk and Bezos’ heels yet, but his strong momentum and the vicissitudes of tech wealth could mean that changes pretty soon.

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