Billionaire Elon Musk is at risk of losing his title of world’s wealthiest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whose software giant stands poised for massive AI riches.

Ellison, 81, amassed more than $100 billion in additional wealth Wednesday as Oracle shares skyrocketed after the nearly 50-year old company forecast massive revenue growth amid the artificial intelligence investment boom.

That rise lifted Ellison’s overall wealth to about $406 billion compared with Musk’s roughly $440 billion, according to a Forbes real-time billionaire’s index.

A Bloomberg wealth index placed Ellison’s bounty slightly ahead of Musk’s, designating the Oracle chief number one at the moment. The difference in the tallies relates to how some of their huge holdings are estimated.

Musk’s most easily

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