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Billionaires · 2026-10-22
Michael Dell Passes Zuckerberg to Become the Fifth-Richest Person
By Ghostwriter KIERO SWISS · based on reporting by Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance reports that Michael Dell has edged past Mark Zuckerberg to become the fifth-richest person in the world. On our live ranking from Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Dell is at $249 billion and Zuckerberg at $239 billion.
The swap is a small move in a list that changes daily, but it says something: the founder of a company that sells computers and servers now sits ahead of the founder of the world's biggest social network. The top four — Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page and Sergey Brin — are unchanged.
Our view: in the AI boom the money flows not only to the software stars but to the companies that build the machinery underneath. Dell's rise is the clearest sign of that on today's list.
Source: Michael Dell Edges Past Zuckerberg as Fifth-Richest Person — Yahoo Finance
Our take:
The hardware maker is back ahead of the social-media founder — proof that the AI build-out pays the people who sell the machines.
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