Among the 1,426 billionaires in the world, four of them are Facebook executives. Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moscovitz, Edwardo Saverin and Sean Parker all made it to Forbes youngest billionaires under 40 years old. There are a total of 29 people sharing the under 40 category, with Moscovitz being the youngest in the world. He was Facebook’s third person ever hired and was Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate. He is currently worth $3.5 billion but this has not hindered him from still riding his bike to work. Zuckerberg is eight days younger than Moscovitz which makes Zuckerberg the second youngest billionaire in the world. The Facebook founder is worth $13.3 billion.
There’ve been a number of people who made it to the billionaire elite group for their inheritance. Albert von Thurn und Taxis is a 29-year old who ranked third in the youngest billionaires. The eligible bachelor received his fortune when he turned 18 and is currently worth $1.5. Unlike Moscovitz, he parades around with race cars as he belongs to the German auto-racing league. Another silver-spoon child is Scott Duncan, the heir of late energy pipeline mogul Dan Duncan. Scott is now part-owner of natural gas, oil and petrochemical pipelines extending to more than 50,000 miles.
China’s richest woman is also the youngest female billionaire worth $5.7 billion, thanks to her father. Huiyan Yang received the Country Garden Holdings IPO shares in 2007. She is the daughter of a real estate tycoon Yeung Kwok Keung. Fhad Hariri earned his way to the billionaires group with a bit of effort and education. The son of the former Lebanese Prime Minister has a degree in architecture in Paris. He ran an interior art design studio while he made his way through college. Part of his billions is made from selling furniture. His brother, Ayman Hariri, runs Saudi Oger—a big construction company in Saudi Arabia. Ayman is worth $1.35 billion at age 34.
Yvonne Bauer’s family corporation goes way back five generations. She runs a publishing empire called the Bauer Media Group that was founded in 1875. Yvonne prints 570 magazines in 16 countries. Marie Besnier Beauvalot is also carrying on a family legacy. Lactalis is a French company that produces the popular Président brie and many other types of dairy products. Much of Marie’s net worth of $1.5 billion is due to her grandfather who founded the company in the 1930s.
