It's a huge step up the list for CZ; in 2021, the Binance CEO placed 1,664th, with a net worth of $1.9 billion. In 2019, CZ was 1,818 on Forbes’ list with a net worth of $1.2 billion.

In climbing up to 19th place, CZ has leapfrogged a who’s who of billionaires, including Dell Computers founder Michael Dell, and Charles Koch of Koch Industries.

In January 2021, CZ told Forbes he “maybe” owned about 30% of Binance. “I don’t really know what my net worth is.