DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has a net worth of $36 billion, becoming the world's richest AI model founder

According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has a net worth of $36 billion, surpassing Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Greg Brockman. DeepSeek's valuation increased from $10 billion in April to $50 billion after completing a $7.4 billion funding round in June. Liang Wenfeng personally invested $3 billion, diluting his holdings to approximately 78%. This ranking only includes companies whose main business and revenue directly come from AI models, and does not include comprehensive enterprises such as Alibaba and Tencent, as well as AI supply chain companies such as data centers and semiconductors.