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DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's fortune rises to $36 billion · TechNode

AchievementTalentJul 15, 2026

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has an estimated net worth of $36 billion, more than double the prior $16.7 billion estimate, per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. This makes Liang the wealthiest founder among companies whose primary business is AI models, ranking above Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Greg Brockman. The comparison excludes diversified groups like Alibaba and Tencent. Liang founded DeepSeek in 2023 after building High-Flyer, a quantitative investment firm.

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