The recent surge in Bitcoin's price has brought the fortune of Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious founder of the largest cryptocurrency, back into the spotlight.
With the increase in the BTC price today, the total value of Bitcoins owned by Nakamoto increased by $7.4 billion, reaching approximately $128.9 billion.
With this massive increase in wealth, Satoshi Nakamoto surpassed Dell Technologies CEO Michael Dell ($125.3 billion) to become the 11th richest person in the world.
Satoshi Nakamoto's known cryptocurrency wallets contain a total of 1.09 million BTC.
The top 10 richest people in the world are as follows:
- Elon Musk – $406.5 billion
- Larry Ellison – $262.2 billion
- Mark Zuckerberg – $254.6 billion
- Jeff Bezos – $233.4 billion
- Larry Page – $145.9 billion
- Warren Buffett – $145.6 billion
- Steve Ballmer – $141.2 billion
- Sergey Brin – $139.5 billion
- Bernard Arnault – $138.4 billion
- Jensen Huang – $137.6 billion
Nakamoto's fortune was around $90 billion just three months ago. He saw a significant increase in his wealth following the recent major rally and the BTC price reaching an all-time high.
*This is not investment advice.
