It is surprising to see so many young talents in the field of business and who have earned lots of money. Some have achieved the status and wealth with their hard work and perseverance but some have inherited the status and wealth through their ancestors. The younger generation is able to achieve success at this age which our older generation businessmen were able to achieve at their old age. So are these young ones giving competition to the older ones? Here is the list of 10 youngest billionaires in the world.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg has to be on the list of the youngest billionaires as he has achieved lot of fame for his invention of Facebook which was earlier known as Facemash. At the college dorm room of Harvard he o created Facemash which allowed the users to choose, who was the most attractive person in the campus, later with the help of his friends he was able to reach other college campuses as well and that’s how it kept growing. Though he was associated with lot of criticisms but still his Facebook become successful worldwide. Mark is worth $15 billion and has been named as among the wealthiest and most influential people in world by Time magazine in 2010
Sean Parker
Sean Parker is the co-founder of Napster which is a free file sharing service for music and he was also the first President of Facebook. He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes and Airtime. He along with his friend Shawn Fanning created Napster and for its launch in 1999 he was able to raise $50,000. He was opposed by recording labels and there were lawsuits against him by various industries. But still Napster is regarded as the fastest growing business of all time. Sean is worth $2 billion and he was an investor in Spotify the music sharing company.
Eduardo Saverin
Eduardo Saverin is a Brazilian investor and internet entrepreneur. He was one of the co-founders of Facebook along with Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. He sued Facebook and later agreed to come to a settlement. He used up at least $250 million worth of Facebook stock to invest in Digital Sky technologies and SharesPost. In 2012 he owns less than 5 percent shares of Facebook and his net worth is $2 billion. He has investe3d in other projects such as Qwiki and Jumio.
Dustin Moskovitz
Dustin Moskovitz was also one among the four who created the Facebook. Later on he left Facebook to create his own start up along with charitable work. In 2011 Forbes ranked him as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire on the basis of his shares in Facebook which was 7.6 percent. Currently his worth is $3.5 billion as estimated by Forbes.
Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan became a billionaire as he inherited it from his late father. He now runs his father’s business of Energy Pipeline Company. He is at his late twenties now and is worth $4 billion. He maintains a limited online presence.
Fahd Hariri
Fahd Hariri is 31 year old son of the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. He is married now and works in real estate. He holds a degree in architecture and is worth $1 billion. He is frequently seen on the international social scene.
Robert Pera
Robert Pera was the former Apple engineer and founded Ubiquitti Networks which makes wireless gear. In his mid-thirties Pera still continues to live frugally instead of being worth $1 billion.
Ayman Hariri
Ayman Hariri is also the son of Rafiq Hariri the Lebanese Prime Minister. He pursued his undergrad degree at Georgetown University in United States. Ayman who is also in his mid-thirties works in real estate and has an international pedigree. He is also worth $1 billion.
Yang Huiyan
Yang Huiyan is the only woman in this list and she also gained the fortune when her father transferred most of his wealth to her in 2005. Her father was a self-made man who started a country garden which is a successful Chinese high-end real estate company and the estimated worth of this company was $7.4 billion in 2009. She graduated from the Ohio State University and in 2007 Yang’s net worth was $16.2 billion.
Albert Von Thurn Und Taxis
Albert Maria Lamoral Mifuel Johannes Gabriel is the 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After his father’s death in 1990 he has been listed in the world’s youngest billionaire’s list many times. He attended school in Italy and Scotland and enjoys car racing and local energy projects. He is a German socialite and his mother was a popular media figure.