Larry Page Just Became The World's #2 Richest: His real net worth, who he even *is*, and what Sergey Brin's up to

Another day, another billionaire. Seriously, folks, did you really think this whole "AI revolution" thing was gonna be about making your life better? Give me a break. It's about a select few already-filthy-rich dudes getting even filthier, richer. And boy, did Larry Page just prove that point, didn't he?

The Google co-founder, bless his heart, just leapfrogged Oracle's Larry Ellison to snatch the world's second-richest title. Yeah, you heard me. Second. As in, just behind Elon Musk and his half-a-trillion-dollar pile. And his old pal Sergey Brin? He ain't exactly slumming it, either, elbowing Jeff Bezos out of the way to snag fourth place. It’s a tech titan musical chairs, only with bank accounts the size of small nations.

The AI Gold Rush: Who's Really Striking It Rich?

Let's cut through the corporate PR fluff, shall we? This isn't some rags-to-riches tale. This is a "riches-to-even-more-riches" saga, fueled by what they're calling "AI momentum." Alphabet's stock, the parent company of Google, has been on an absolute tear. We're talking a 5.8% jump in one day, after an 8.4% rally the week before. All because investors are getting a tech-induced dopamine hit from the idea of Alphabet Inc's AI and Cloud business. Suddenly, everybody’s convinced Google Gemini 3.0 is gonna solve all our problems – or at least make a few more billionaires.

Larry Page's net worth shot up by $8.7 billion in a single Monday. Eight point seven billion dollars. In one day. My rent check looks like pocket lint next to that. His fortune has gone from $50.9 billion in 2020 to $144 billion at the start of 2025, and now he's chilling at an estimated $267.5 billion. Think about that for a second. That's not just growth; that's a financial supernova. It’s like watching a balloon inflate inside a vacuum chamber – it just keeps expanding, seemingly without limit, while the rest of us are still trying to figure out how to afford gas.

And what's the big secret sauce? Google Gemini 3.0, apparently. This "smartest chatbot" trophy, as some are calling it, is making everyone giddy. Even Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is out there on X, basically giving Google free advertising. When a rival exec starts cheerleading your product, you know the market's gonna go wild. Then you've got Meta — Meta, for crying out loud — reportedly talking to Google about using its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) for training AI models. Meta, the company that can't seem to get its own metaverse vision off the ground, is now looking to Google for chips. The irony, it’s thick enough to cut with a dull spoon.

But let's be real, is it just the AI chips and chatbots? Or is it the sheer, unbridled faith in the tech behemoths, a kind of collective delusion that these companies are too big to fail, too innovative to stumble? I mean, who owns Google anyway? These guys, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, still hold a combined 87.9% of Alphabet’s Class B stock. They literally are the company, in a very real sense.

The Billionaire Shuffle: A Game of Monopoly with Real Money

While Page is soaring, Larry Ellison's fortune took a bit of a tumble, down to $250.5 billion. Oracle’s shares dipped after a roughly 12% plunge. It's a brutal game at the top, isn't it? One minute you're the second-richest person on the planet, the next you're... well, still obscenely rich, just not as obscenely rich. What a tragedy, am I right? I can almost hear the tiny violins playing.

Then there's Sergey Brin, quietly making his move. He's up to $245.6 billion, pushing Jeff Bezos down to fifth. Brin, the guy who co-founded Google with Page in 1998, has fewer shares than Page. Why? Philanthropic activity, they say. He's been selling off stock and donating hundreds of millions to non-profits and Parkinson's research. Good for him, I guess. It almost makes you wonder if that's the only reason he's not also knocking on Musk's door for the top spot. Or maybe he just ain't as obsessed with being number one. Who knows what goes on in those billionaire brains... probably just more ways to make money, honestly.

This whole thing, this endless shuffling of the super-rich, it feels like a high-stakes poker game where the house always wins, and the house is basically the entire tech industry. We’re watching these guys accumulate wealth at a rate that defies comprehension, while the average person struggles with inflation and stagnant wages. It’s a stark reminder of where the real power and money lie in this economy. And it makes me think, what's the actual societal benefit of one dude having $267 billion? Seriously, what does Larry Page do with all that? Does he, like, swim in a vault of gold coins? I mean, beyond the flying car failures, which is a whole other story... Larry Page Passes Larry Ellison Becoming World’s Second-Richest

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