Underrated point. And from a pure influence perspective, I don't think it's close -- it's one thing to be a billionaire when there are (crazily enough) lots of billionaires. It's another when the distribution is massively more kurtotic. It's hard to fathom the sheer economic power of those older ones.

Although I guess you might counter that, when you consider the media control and cultural weight of the guy, that Elon is still in a league of his own, even with the value-on-paper aspect of it. Although now I've changed the goalposts a bit.