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.