Facebook founders top the Wealth-X list of the world’s top 10 richest individuals under 40. The list is dominated by male technopreneurs, with four of the men deriving their fortunes from their early involvement in Facebook.
Self-made Mark Zuckerberg (30), co-founder, chairman and CEO of online social networking service Facebook claims top spot with 35,1 US$ billion – more than 40% of the combined net worth of all the other billionaires on the list. Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook’s third employee and the youngest individual on the list), Sean Parker
(Facebook’s first president and Napster co-founder), and Eduardo Saverin (Facebook co- founder) also appear on the list, and have a combined net worth of US$17.1 billion.
Another individual on the list who is linked to Facebook is Jan Koum, co-founder and CEO of mobile messaging application WhatsApp, which was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for US$19 billion. Koum’s personal fortune of US$7.7 billion earns him third place on the list.
Wealth-X list also features two under-40 female billionaires: 34-year-old Country Garden Holdings heiress Yang Huiyan of China, whose net worth totals US$5.1 billion, making her Asia’s richest woman; and biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, 31, who has amassed a fortune of US$4.5 billion, making her America’s youngest female billionaire,”
The World’s Top 10 Wealthiest People Under 40, according to Wealth-X:
1. Mark Zuckerberg (Age:30) Net worth: 35.1 US$ billion; Source of Wealth: Technology;
2. Dustin Moskovitz (Age:30) Net worth: 7.7 Source of Wealth: Technology;
3. Jan Koum (Age:38) Net worth: 7.7 Source of Wealth: Technology;
4. Scott Duncan (Age:32) Net worth: 5.5; Source of Wealth: Pipelines;
5. Sean Parker (Age:35) Net worth: 5.2 Source of Wealth: Technology;
6. Yang Huiyan (Age: 34) Net worth: 5.1 Source of Wealth: Real Estate;
7. Alejandro Santo Domingo Villa (Age:38) Net worth: 4.9; Source of Wealth: Beer;
8. Elizabeth Holmes (Age:31) Net worth: 4.5; Source of Wealth: Blood Testing;
9. Eduardo Saverin (Age: 32) Net worth: 4.4; Source of Wealth: Technology;
10. Arun Pudur (Age:38) Net worth: 4.0; Source of Wealth: Technology.
