
The title of 'world's richest person' has become a revolving door, but for a brief, stunning moment in September, it swung in a surprising direction. Elon Musk, the perennial name at the top of the list, was momentarily unseated by Oracle founder Larry Ellison.
The dramatic surge and its rapid collapse highlight the extraordinary volatility of the tech sector, where fortunes tied to the future of artificial intelligence can be made and erased in months.