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 infinance 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, number two on the World's Young 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 car antennas, 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
Third place in the Young Billionaires of the World ranking belongs to Mark Zuckerberg's former roommate. Dustin stood at the origins of Facebook, was its third employee and served as technical director. 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. Mark Zuckerberg (age 30) - $28.5 billion
This year marks the 11th anniversary of the founding of Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg, the director and founder of this social network, is ranked fourth on the list of "The World's Youngest Dollar Billionaires". In May 2012, the company held a not-so-successful IPO, whichslightly 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
Fifth in the Young Billionaires of the World ranking is Drew Houston, CEO and co-founder of Dropbox. As soon as he exchanged his third decade, and his name was already in the top ten we althiest 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 (31) – $3.8 billion
Sixth place went 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 ownership took place in 2001, when the prince was 18 years old. Albert's assets include art, real estate, several thousand hectares of land in Germany, etc. The bachelor lives in the Bavarianfamily castle and takes part in car races.
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 tax-free. If their father had died at a different time, the federal tax 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 residential construction and telecommunications in Lebanon.
9. Eduardo Saverin (33) – $4.1 billion
Ninth place in the ranking of "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 introducedZuckerberg with 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 building another Facebook."
Yang Huiyan (33) – $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 continues to manage the company with his daughter.
Yvonne Bauer (age 37) - $2.4 billion
On 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 in1875. 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 mobile operator services, electronics, cell phones, and digital photo and audio equipment. Maxim also owns the Pandora jewelry boutique network.
