Larry Page becomes second richest person in the world after Alphabet share rally — What’s his net worth?
Google co-founder Larry Page is currently the second richest person in the world after Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Thanks to the rise and continued rise in Alphabet shares.
Larry Page dethroned Oracle’s Larry Ellison to land the position on Monday, according to the Forbes Realtime Billionaires List.
Alphabet’s shares rose 6.31% at the close Monday following a report that Facebook parent Meta Platforms is in talks to use Google’s AI chips in its data centers starting in 2027 and lease chips from Google Cloud by next year.
Alphabet stock price continued to hit an all-time high today, up over 3% in pre-market trading on Tuesday.
Larry Page net worth
Larry Page’s net worth was $267.5 billion as of Tuesday, according to the Forbes Real Time Billionaires list. Meanwhile, Oracle’s Larry Ellison fell to 3rd place with a net worth of $250.5 billion.
Elon Musk remained the richest person in the world, with his net worth reaching $473.2 billion.
On Monday alone, Larry Page’s net worth increased by $8.7 billion. ForbesThanks to the rise in Alphabet shares.
The rise in Page’s personal wealth over the past five years is also impressive; It increased from $50.9 billion in 2020 to $144 billion at the beginning of 2025. It reached the quarter trillion dollar mark by the end of the year.
Who is Larry Page?
Larry Page is the co-founder of Google, one of the most well-known and valuable companies in the world. Page co-founded the company in 1998 with Stanford doctoral student Sergey Brin and was CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
Larry Page vacated the CEO office in 2019 but remained a shareholder of the company, which explains the rapid increase in his wealth. He served as CEO of Google until 2001.
Alphabet shares continue to rise
Shares of Google parent Alphabet have risen nearly 70% this year, outperforming other mega-cap companies and pushing it close to a $4 trillion market cap.
Alphabet rose 3.7% in premarket trading, pushing the search giant close to a $4 trillion valuation.
The rise comes after Information reported that Meta Platforms Inc. is in talks to spend billions of dollars on the search giant’s artificial intelligence chips.
Meta is in talks about using chips known as tensor processing units, or TPU, in data centers by 2027. Informationhe said, citing an unidentified person familiar with the talks. The news outlet also noted that Meta may lease chips from Google’s cloud division next year.
