DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is listed as the world’s richest individual among people who create AI models, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Multiple outlets report that his net worth increases sharply following the revaluation of his stake in DeepSeek on 13 July. Bloomberg says the growth more than doubles his estimated wealth after the firm’s latest fundraising round. The Next Web reports that the index adds roughly $19 billion overnight, bringing Liang’s net worth to about $36 billion, up from around $16.7 billion. This increase places him above other high-profile AI founders and executives, including Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who were previously cited as leading contenders in similar rankings. Another report from Seeking Alpha frames the same outcome, stating that Liang tops Amodei and Brockman as the richest AI founder, while India Today similarly describes him as the world’s richest AI founder. All accounts attribute the change primarily to the index’s updated valuation of Liang’s DeepSeek ownership rather than a new, publicly detailed operational development.