Top 20 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35.
Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz top the
Wealth-X list of the wealthiest individuals under the age of 35.
Zuckerberg boasts a personal fortune of US$41.6 billion, while Dustin Moskovitz claimed second place on the list with
an estimated net worth of US$9.3 billion.
Eleven of the world’s top 20 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35 are from the US, while three are from China
(including Hong Kong) and another three are from Switzerland.
The youngest individual on the list is Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel, who at the age of 25 has already amassed
a personal fortune of US$1.9 billion.
The top 20 list features six women. Huiyan Yang, the 34-year-old vice chairman of Chinese real estate developer
Country Garden Holdings, is the richest woman on the list, taking the third spot with an estimated net worth of US$5.9
billion.
Top richest people under 35 in 2015:
1. Mark Elliot Zuckerberg – Estimated Net Worth: 41.6 US$ billion – Facebook (US) – Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
2. Dustin Aaron Moskovitz – Estimated Net Worth: 9.3 US$ billion, Asana (US) – Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
3. Huiyan Yang – Estimated Net Worth: 5.9 US$ billion- Country Garden Holdings (China), Source of Wealth:
Inheritance;
4. Eduardo Saverin – Estimated Net Worth: 5.3US$ billion – 99 (Brazil), Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
5. Scott Duncan – Estimated Net Worth: 5.0 US$ billion- Enterprise Products Partners (US), Source of Wealth:
Inheritance;
6. Elizabeth A. Holmes – Estimated Net Worth: 4.5 US$ billion – Theranos (US), Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
7. Nathan Blecharczyk – Estimated Net Worth: 3 US$ billion- Airbnb, (US) Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
8. Brian Chesky – Estimated Net Worth: 3 US$ billion- Airbnb – (US), Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
9. Joe Gebbia – Estimated Net Worth: 3 US$ billion- Airbnb – (US), Source of Wealth: Self-Made;
10. Thomas Persson – Estimated Net Worth: 2.7 US$ billion, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) (Sweden) – Source of Wealth:
Inheritance.
11. Fuli Zong – Estimated Net Worth: 2.7 – Hangzhou Wahaha Group (China) Inheritance;
12. Xiang Sun – Estimated Net Worth: 2.6 sinogiant group iron (China), Self-made/ Inheritance;
13. Tatiana Casiraghi – Estimated Net Worth: 2.2 sabmiller/muzungu sisters (U.S.) self-made/ Inheritance;
14. Julio Mario Santo domingo III– Estimated Net Worth: 2.2 sabmiller/sheik ‘n’ beik entertainment (U.S). self-
made/inheritance;
15. Evan Spiegel – Estimated Net Worth: 1.9 snapchat tech (U.S.) 25; Source of Wealth: Self-made;
16. Bobby Murphy – Estimated Net Worth: 1.9 snapchat tech (U.S.) 26; Source of Wealth: Self-made;
17. Carl Erik Hagen – Estimated Net Worth: 1.5 canica investment (Switzerland); Source of Wealth: Inheritance;
18. Caroline Hagen Kjos – Estimated Net Worth: 1.5 canica investment (Switzerland) Source of Wealth: Inheritance;
19. Nina Camilla Hagen Sørli; – Estimated Net Worth: 1.5; Canica investment (Switzerland); Source of Wealth:
Inheritance;
20. Adrian Cheng – Estimated Net Worth: 1.4l Chow Tai Fook Conglomerate (Hong Kong); Source of Wealth: self-made/
inheritance;
