Liang Wenfeng: DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng tops Dario Amodei and Greg Brockman as richest AI founder

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is now the world’s richest AI model creator with a $36 billion net worth. His wealth more than doubled after a June 2026 funding round valued his firm at $50 billion. Liang now ranks well above Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman on the index.