Michael Dell, the founder and CEO of Dell.John Locher/AP
Net worth: $107 billion
YTD change in wealth: +$28.2 billion
Source of wealth: Dell stock
Michael Dell is the founder, chairman, and CEO of the eponymous computer maker. Dell stock has ballooned from below $40 in March last year to more than $110, valuing the company at nearly $80 billion, as investors wager it will be a key beneficiary from the AI bo-m.
Dell owns about 46% of his company, and pocketed well over $10 billion from the sale of Dell-backed VMware to Broadcom last year.