Top young billionaires. List of the youngest and wealthiest people on the planet
In today's rapidly developing world, the rules, technologies and thoughts of people are rapidly changing. The people of the old formation are being replaced by people with new ideas, thoughts and attitudes. Many of the "new people" learned how to earn millions, barely stepping over the threshold of adulthood.
Who are these people and what can we learn from them? Today we will figure out who they are, the youngest millionaires in Russia.
Andrey Pryakhin
Andrey Pryakhin occupies one of the leading positions among young people who have earned a million in our country. According to some estimates, his income and capital exceeds $40 million. He managed to earn his millions by creating games for social networks.
Having gathered around him a small group of like-minded people, nine years ago, he founded the Kefir! Studio. Now his company employs several hundred employees. The company's average monthly profit is at least $750,000.
In general, the studio has created about a dozen games, some of them are quite popular. At the moment, he is engaged in the market of applications for mobile phones, where he successfully promotes his developments.
Vsevolod Fear
The founder of the Sotmarket organization, Vsevolod Strakh, according to the Russian Forbes, is one of the ten young entrepreneurs who have founded large firms. Created by him in 2005, the company is one of the twenty largest online stores in our country. The company's revenue exceeds 5 billion rubles a year.
Today, Fear remains the main shareholder of its offspring, but at the same time it is also engaged in the promotion of new projects. In particular, an online store selling jewelry.
Oleg Krivokurtsev
Krivokurtsev is among the youngest people who have earned a million in Russia. It was he who created the Promobot company, which develops smart robots. Krivokurtsev himself is a designer and creator of various robots.
Thanks to participation in startup competitions, he managed to attract the attention of serious investors and receive funds for the development of his organization.
The company has developed and introduced to the market a robot that sells flowers. This development brought the company the first nine million rubles.
When it comes to owners of assets and savings, which in monetary terms exceed eight zeros, mere mortals are interested in everything! What do the richest and most famous people on the planet eat, where and with whom? How did they make their huge fortune? Who are their parents, children, companions/companions? At what age did they earn their first million? By the way, who is in the TOP of the youngest billionaires in the world? So let's look at the rating.
10. Tom Persson, $1.48 billion, age 30
The Swedish businessman, who is worth more than $3 billion, is the grandson of the founder of the H&M brand. Just like many of the list, Tom was born at the right time and in the right family, received a chic education in one of the leading universities in the world and (!) took up cinema! And what else does the heir to a billion-dollar fortune need from this life?
9. Anton Kathrein Jr., $1.7 billion, 30 years old
To be born at the right time and in the right family. This expression is better suited to the biography of Anton Kathrein Jr., whose father and grandfather are the founders of the largest antenna manufacturer Kathrein-Werke AG. Today, the business is wholly owned and thrives in the hands of the heir, as evidenced by the bright ninth place.
8. Gustav Magnar Witze, $2 billion, 25 years old
The heir to the founder of the largest fishing company Salmar has a 47% stake in his assets and holds a senior position. The young man owns the right to invest a fortune in real estate and various start-ups, while his father is directly involved in managing the economy.
7. Bobby Murphy, $3.1 billion, age 30
The thirty-year-old co-founder of the famous and very popular Snapchat app grew up in an ordinary (by American standards) family of civil servants, was educated at Stanford University, where he met the future Snapchat progenitor, Evan Spiegel. The idea of creating snapchat among young men arose quite by accident and was initially perceived as another university "joke", which in a few years outgrew the walls of Stanford and enveloped the world with its network. By the way, Bobby worked at a well-known software development company after training, from which he quit very quickly to immerse himself in the details of Snapchat.
6. Evan Spiegel, $3.1 billion, age 28
The founder of Snapchat, who, like Bobby Murphy, studied at Stanford. Grew up and born in Los Angeles in a wealthy family of lawyers. A rather vain young man from birth bathed in luxury, attention, love. His main business quality is the ability to convince people. At the very beginning of the creation of the application, when the grandfather's money, which Evvan inherited, was running out, Zuckerberg offered to buy the program for $ 3 million. However, the far-sighted and enterprising Spiegel refused this offer in order to earn ten times more a little later.
5. Nathan Blecharczyk, $3.3 billion, age 33
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Harvard and two of his friends came up with a “billion dollar idea” quite by accident - when one of the conferences did not have enough hotel rooms for some of the guests, they offered their services in search of a “roof over their heads”. And why not create a resource that offers first-hand housing or a room in exchange for living in your own apartment while traveling? It turns out not only cheap and cheerful, almost like in the movie "Exchange Vacation". This is how Airbnb was born. Today, the site operates not only abroad, but also in Russia. And the programmer-creator of Airbnb himself receives a small percentage for each use of the service, which brings him even higher into the TOP of the youngest billionaires in the world.
4. Elizabeth Holmes, $4.5 billion, age 31
The youngest and richest billionaire in the world was born in Washington state in a family of government employees, entered Stanford, but after some time dropped out and took up research work, later founding the biotechnology company Theranos. The company's innovative developments made it possible to carry out a complete diagnosis of the patient's condition from just one drop of blood. The blood sampling was supposed to be completely painless for the patient. True, a little later, a number of well-known institutions declared the implausibility of the analyzes, and Elizabeth's business burst like a soap bubble. Forbes magazine excluded this resourceful lady from the list of young rich people, even though Holmes was able to save her billions.
3. Lucas Walton, $10.7 billion, age 31
Heir to the head of the largest wholesale and retail chain of stores in America under the Walmart brand. To the business of his grandfather and father, Lucas preferred to work in Cuna del Mar, which is engaged in the development of aqua culture.
2. Dustin Moskowitz, $16.2 billion, age 30
One of the founders of the social network Facebook comes from Washington. The young man received an economic education at Harvard, where, together with Zuckenberg, he developed programs for the internal communication of Harvard students. Their passion resulted in the creation of a global virtual social network, which today is in first place in popularity, ahead of YouTube, Instagram and Twitter. True, Dustin is currently promoting the services of his own company Asana, which also operates in the mobile technology market, which, by the way, is in demand by many large companies.
1. Mark Zuckerberg, $77.6 billion, age 32
Forbes magazine named the youngest billionaire in the world. This is an entrepreneur from Ireland, who is only 27 years old. Although he made capital already at 17, creating and selling one very useful thing.
The list of billionaires, of which there are only 2,043 people in the world, is replenished. A 27-year-old businessman from Ireland was included in the list of the world. He became a millionaire at the age of 17. A guy named John Collison is two months younger than another billionaire, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel.
The Irishman also earned his fortune thanks to IT technologies. He developed an online payment platform with his brother and sold it in 2008 for $5 million. The platform, called Stripe, has raised more than $450 million since the sale from investors including Visa, American Express, and even invested. According to Wired, today it is valued at more than $9.2 billion.
John also gave advice to people who dream of getting rich. According to him, he would advise the same to his young self. The secret to success is simple - you just don't have to think that someone else in the world has more opportunities for success than you.
Becoming a billionaire is worth it if only for the sake of having such a cool instagram as this Malaysian heiress has. Only if you feel the beginnings of envy in yourself. Although it is possible that the girl is secretly involved in charity work. As the experience of Bill Gates shows, Instagram is in this too.
Recently, the well-known Forbes magazine published a rating called "The youngest billionaires in the world." It included 29 people whose age did not exceed 40 years. At the same time, 10 rich people work in the field of high technologies (four of them represent the Facebook social network). Among the participants in the list there is also a Russian. Unfortunately, within one article it is impossible to tell about all 29 rich people. Therefore, we list those who are the most popular.
1. Perenna Kay (age 24) - $1.3 billion
This Chinese woman, who tops the World's Young Billionaires list, owns approximately 85% of Logan Property through a family trust and various firms. The CEO and Chairman of the Board of Governors of this company is her father, Ji Haipeng. Kay, known to many as Ji Paley, is on the Board of Directors of Logan Property. In December 2013, the company held an IPO. Perenna graduated from the University of London with a bachelor's degree in finance and economics.
2. Anton Katrein Jr. (30 years old) - $1.35 billion
It is one thing to be born like Kay into a rich family, and quite another to successfully continue the work of his father and grandfather. And that's exactly what Anton Kathrein, who is number two on the World's Youngest Billionaires list, did.
In 1919, Anton's grandfather founded the Kathrein-Werke company, specializing in the production of car antennas. The company was a pioneer in this area. Then the case passed to the father of the young man. And after his death in 2012, Anton Katrein Jr. began to manage the company. Now, in addition to the company began to produce terrestrial and satellite communication systems, electronic components and antenna systems for mobile phones, as well as radio antennas.
3. Dustin Moskowitz (age 30) - $6.8 billion
The third place in the Young Billionaires of the World ranking belongs to the former roommate of Mark Zuckerberg. Dustin stood at the origins of Facebook, was its third employee and held the position. He left the company in 2008 to devote himself entirely to his own project - the Asana software company. Moskowitz recently married Kari Tuna, an ex-Wall Street Journal journalist.
4. (30 years) - $28.5 billion
This year marks 11 years since the founding of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg - the director and founder of this social network - ranks fourth on the list of "Young dollar billionaires of the world." In May 2012, the company held a not very successful IPO, which slightly slowed down its development. But in the next 12 months, Facebook shares rose in price by 130%, which allowed Mark to double his fortune. This is despite the fact that at the end of 2013, Zuckerberg gave 18 million shares to charity, sold 41 million shares and exercised an option for 60 million shares.
5. Drew Houston (31) - $1.2 billion
Dropbox CEO and co-founder Drew Houston is in fifth place in the Young Billionaires of the World ranking. As soon as he exchanged his third decade, and his name was already in the top ten wealthiest people in Silicon Valley. This happened due to the “infusion” of new investments into his company. As a result, Dropbox was valued at $ 10 billion. Drew founded this cloud storage of information in 2007, taking Arash Firdowsi as a partner. The newly-minted rich man was fond of computers from the age of five, and he started his first startups as a schoolboy. Dropbox is Houston's sixth project. Drew is as stubborn and purposeful as the world's first billionaires. Thanks to these qualities, he earned his fortune.
6. Albert von Taxis (age 31) - $3.8 billion
Sixth place belongs to a representative of princely blood from the Thurn-i-Taxis family. Albert appeared in the ranking of billionaires at the age of eight. Then he inherited a huge fortune. But the official entry into the church took place in 2001, when the prince turned 18 years old. Albert's assets include art, real estate, several thousand hectares of land in Germany, etc. The bachelor lives in a Bavarian family castle and takes part in auto racing.
7. Scott Duncan (31) - $6.3 billion
This eligible fiancé from Texas rightfully ranks seventh in the Young Billionaires of the World ranking, a list of which is presented in this article. Scott is one of four heirs of his father, Dan Duncan, who made his fortune in pipelines. Over the past year, the young man has become richer by about $ 1.2 billion, thanks to an increase in the value of shares of Enterprise Products Partners and a good dividend. In 2010, Scott's father passed away at the age of 77. Then the country had a one-year moratorium on the collection of inheritance tax. This allowed all of Dan Duncan's sons to receive their shares without having their father died at any other time, the percentage would have been at least 45%.
8. Fahd Hariri (33) - $1.2 billion
Eighth place belongs to the youngest son of Rafik Hariri. Fahd graduated from the Paris School of Architecture in 2004. And after the death of the prime minister in 2005, he inherited the Saudi Auger conglomerate, which specializes in housing construction and telecommunications in Lebanon.
9. (aged 33) - $4.1 billion
The ninth place in the rating "Young billionaires of the world", a list of which is published annually by Forbes magazine, belongs to the next co-founder of Facebook. Eduardo Saverin was born in Brazil. He was the company's chief financial officer and its first investor. It was Saverin who introduced Zuckerberg to Sean Parker, who later became president of the social network. He also helped Facebook move to Palo Alto. At a certain point, Eduardo moved away from Mark, and the latter tried to "dilute" Saverin's share in the company. This forced Eduardo to defend his right to Facebook shares in court. In 2012, he renounced his American citizenship and moved to live in Singapore. There, the young man is actively investing in various start-ups. Recently, the Internet giant Yahoo bought Qwiki (a mobile video service) from Saverin for $50 million. Now the billionaire very rarely accesses the social network. In 2013, he told a conference in Singapore, “I don’t want to dedicate my life to creating another Facebook.
Yang Huiyan (33 years old) - $6.9 billion
Tenth place is occupied by a woman who is considered the richest in China. She received her share in Country Garden, a luxury housing firm, from her father in 2007 on the eve of an IPO. In addition, he appointed her vice president. It is noteworthy that Yang's father started out as a simple farmer, then became a builder, and a few years later he registered a company that brought him billions. Now he and his daughter continue to manage the company.
Yvonne Bauer (age 37) - $2.4 billion
In the penultimate place of the rating "Young billionaires of the world" is the owner of the largest media holding in Europe. Yvonne currently holds an 85% stake in Bauer Media Group. She led the family company in the fifth generation. The media holding itself was founded in 1875. He currently publishes almost 600 magazines.
Maxim Nogotkov (38 years old) - $1.3 billion
This talented Russian businessman closes the list of "The youngest billionaires in the world." At school, Maxim was engaged in the sale of cell phones and computer programs. To build his own business, he dropped out of school, as it took a lot of time. Soon Nogotkov founded Svyaznoy, which later became the largest mobile retailer in Russia, selling the services of mobile operators, electronics, cell phones, as well as digital photo and audio equipment. Maxim also owns the Pandora chain of jewelry boutiques.
Nowadays, when material well-being is often the fruit of honest and hard work, there is no age limit. Born entrepreneurs, funny showmen and investors know where and how to pump money out of their niche and they are not embarrassed by the youth of their years. Before you read it, I advise you to familiarize yourself with the general top of the richest people. And of course, we present you with a rating of the 5 youngest billionaires in the world according to the authoritative Forbes magazine!
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At 28, Evan is the owner of a huge $20 billion Snap Ink company and the youth-demanded Speactacles gadget. Perhaps the most successful invention of this lucky person is the social network Snapchat with more than 150 million users, which is too tough even for Twitter.
From childhood, Evan acquired high moral values that helped him get the best education in the world and, at the age of 16, run in a brand new Cadillac Escalade. Every dollar from his personal budget is earned by a young businessman on his own, which places him in fifth place among the youngest billionaires in the world.
The youngest member of Forbes is a genius entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the Stripe payment system. Even at the age of 16, the Irish teenager became famous all over the world by winning the 41st exhibition of technological inventions, for which he bothered to generous praise in the form of 3 thousand euros from the President of Ireland himself.
Already at the age of 18, young Patrick was offered tempting contracts and fees from all sides, but soberly assessing his potential, the guy set about developing a common business with his brother Tommy Collison. The main difficulty in the joint development of the first company in his life was the lack of money and pressure from the authorities. As a result, the young genius moved to California, where he founded the progressive software development company Shuppa, and eventually expanded into the multi-billion dollar company Stripe.
For several years in a row, Moskowitz has been ranked first among the youngest billionaires, and the reason for this is nothing more than selfless work and, of course, a share of luck. Together with Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin dropped out of school and decided to devote his best years to the formation of the social network Facebook. It is thanks to this that today the state of his capital reaches more than 10 billion dollars.
Currently, the young and prosperous genius does not forget about charity and often makes very generous donations in excess of $ 20 million. As a co-founder of the world's most popular social network, Dustin still prefers to do more and negotiate with business partners than to appear at public and high-profile events.
Like many other young billionaires of our time, Lucas has a huge amount of luck and wealth in the form of as much as 11 billion dollars. What else does a single guy in a golden age need? But it turned out that on the contrary, the youth is more prone to modesty and charity. Attempts to hide from public revelations delivered a fairly small part of the information intriguing to his fans, which once again proves the simplicity of the heir to the Walmart fortune.
Lucas' main activity is in cooperation with the investment company for the cultivation of aquatic organisms, Cuca del Mar. In addition to large-scale companies, small enterprises, including a waste processing plant, are also at the disposal of a brilliant businessman.
The youngest billionaire in the world known in almost every corner of our planet. The legendary Mark Zuckerberg, the chief spokesman for the social networking site Facebook, is one of the most influential people in the world and currently has $50 billion, which is undoubtedly a record.
Born in the suburbs of New York, the guy was brought up in a family with three more children on his parents' doctoral salary, which was reflected in his modesty and caring character. At the age of 10, when he first saw a PC, Mark felt an incredible interest in the algorithm of operation and the capabilities of a computer. Already today we are witnessing the impressive success of the provincial youth and his unceasing growth.