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Take Ulkasemi, for example. It has become the only company from Bangladesh to be recognised as a partner in TSMC's Design Center Alliance. Over time, the Bangladeshi semiconductor design services company has played a role in integrating Bangladeshi engineers, technologists, and business professionals into international semiconductor supply chains.

This underscores a fundamental truth: given the opportunity, Bangladeshi engineers can perform at the highest levels of technical complexity. While Bangladesh is unlikely to build billion-dollar semiconductor fabrication plants or foundries in the near term, several credible success stories demonstrate that the country can participate in meaningful ways in the global semiconductor value chain.

There is an acute global shortage of skilled talent in the semiconductor industry. The policy challenge is whether Bangladesh can develop a well-coordinated national plan to leverage this demand and fill the gap.

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AI-generated images featuring the world’s most powerful tech leaders have sent social media into a frenzy. Dubbed the “$1 trillion squad,” the surreal, hyper-stylised visuals show Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos posing together in dramatic, movie-like settings.

The internet can’t get enough. The images have sparked an avalanche of memes, jokes and conspiracy-level theories, with users joking that the pictures look like posters for the world’s most expensive superhero movie.

While the source of the trend is unclear, some users tied it to Elon Musk’s announcement of a new Grok update, using the moment to generate “what if” images featuring every tech titan in a single frame.

In a viral exchange, when Grok was asked to estimate the net worth of the fictional lineup, it responded:
“Their combined net worth is roughly $1.2 trillion.”
According to the model, Musk sits at the top with about $425 billion, followed by Bezos (~$266B), Zuckerberg (~$249B), and Huang (~$240B), with the rest adding “a few billion more.”

The internet has since declared it the “parallel universe tech billionaire party” no one asked for but everyone is talking about.

🌍 Top 10 Richest People in the World – November 2025
Here’s an up-to-date snapshot of the individuals at the peak of global wealth, according to Forbes’ real-time estimates.

Ranked from #1 to #10:

Elon Musk (~$491 billion) – Tesla, SpaceX, xAI

Larry Ellison (~$299 billion) – Oracle

Jeff Bezos (~$253 billion) – Amazon

Larry Page (~$235 billion) – Google/Alphabet

Sergey Brin (~$218 billion) – Google/Alphabet

Mark Zuckerberg (~$212 billion) – Meta (Facebook-family)

Bernard Arnault & family (~$178 billion) – LVMH (luxury goods)

Jensen Huang (~$163 billion) – Nvidia (AI/hardware)

Steve Ballmer (~$151 billion) – Microsoft

Michael Dell (~$148 billion) – Dell Technologies

Key Take-aways:
• Every person on this list is worth well over $147 billion.
• Nine out of ten are based in the United States; only Bernard Arnault and family are French.
• Tech and AI dominate: eight out of ten made their fortunes in software, cloud, hardware or internet platforms.
• These numbers illustrate just how massive individual fortunes have become in the modern economy.

Whether you’re into business, innovation or social impact, this list shows where global value is being created—and how unevenly it’s distributed. Feel free to share your thoughts: does this wealth inspire you, worry you or spark a “what can I do” thought?

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