46-Year-Old Mathematician Rises to 8th on UK Billionaires List Through AI Quantitative Trading, Wealth Exceeds 141.7 Billion Yuan
A 46-year-old mathematician, Alex Galko, became a top British billionaire through AI quantitative trading. In the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List, he ranked 8th with a fortune of 16.006 billion pounds (approximately 141.74 billion yuan). This represents an increase of 7.261 billion pounds from 2025, or about 19.89 million pounds per day (approximately 170 million yuan). He was born in Moscow in 1979 and earned a doctorate in mathematics from Moscow State University, specializing in commutative algebra.