By Antonio Pequeño IV
Publication Date: 2026-08-10 17:10:00
Topline
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison overtook Nvidia chief Jensen Huang as the world’s seventh-wealthiest person Monday, increasing his fortune by a few billion dollars as Oracle shares rallied.
Ellison’s net worth increased by nearly $3 billion.
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Key Facts
Ellison’s estimated net worth reached $190.6 billion shortly after 1 p.m EDT, rising $2.9 billion as Oracle shares traded up 2.6% to around $151.
Huang lost nearly $4 billion of his vast fortune Monday, with his estimated net worth falling to $187.8 billion as Nvidia shares tumbled 2.6% to about $218.
Oracle shares have notched gains in the last three days of trading and jumped 5.4% in the last five, continuing to recover from their lowest point of the year to date recorded in late July, when shares sat around the $115 mark.
Nvidia’s stock has had a similar story, trending upward 6.2% in the last five days of trading as it recovers from a three-month low in July, when shares fell to $190.
Ellison And Huang’s Ranking On Forbes’ Billionaire List
The fellow tech moguls are in a pocket of their own on the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the person closest behind Huang is former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ($156.2 billion), while the billionaire ahead of Ellison is Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg ($205.8 billion).
Key Background
Despite the Monday rank-up, Ellison’s net worth is essentially flat compared to the start of the year, and is down $2 billion since the end of 2025. That…
