Mark Zuckerberg might be the most well-known youngest billionaire. The Facebook creator, will celebrate his 39th birthday this year as well as welcoming his new-born baby. He is now worth $72.2 billion and was first named as the world's youngest billionaire in 2007 by Forbes at age 23. However there are several young billionaires who have beaten him to it. Each of them has an inspiring story of how they built their businesses and amassed incredible wealth at such a young age.
5. Alexandra Andressen, 26
At the age of 19, Alexandra was already a billionaire. Born in Norway, Alexandra is the daughter of a Norwegian Industrialist Johan H. Andressen Jr. who owns Ferd AS, with a portfolio in industry, finance and real estate. Her father transfered ownership stake of 42.2% in 2007 to Alexandra and her sister. Currently, she has a net worth of $1.2 billion and behind being the heiress to her father's company, she is an experienced dressage rider on the international circuit. Her sister Katharina Andressen has a networth of $1.1 billion as of now.
4. Wang Zelong, 26
If you had $1.5 billion written to your name, would you be the richest man or woman your age in Asia? That's true but only if you are 26 years old or under. Wang made his fortune from the stakes in CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide and Lomon billions Group which is a chemical company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He hails from the city of Jiaozuo which is considered a very small city in China. Unlike many other young billionaires, Wang keeps a very low profile on media and has a very little digital footprint.
3. Pedro Franceschi, 26
Pedro is the Co-founder and Co-CEO of Brex, a fintech startup aiming to overhaul the corporate credit card. He is 26 years old and in January 2022 he became a billionaire, according to Forbes. He founded the company in 2017 together with Henrique Dubugras. He spent most of his childhood days jailbreaking iPhones and coding. At just the age of 8 he began to learn how to code in Brazil. He dropped out 6 months at Stanford University after starting Brex. Before Brex, he worked as a software engineer for M4U and had previously given fund and support by Y-combinator for his virtual reality company.
2. Alexandr Wang, 25
Wang dropped out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was studying Mathematics and Computer Science to pursue his billion-dollar idea he got during summer break by founding Scale AI which was initially funded by Y Combinator. The California-based company helps more than 300 clients including General Motors and Flexport put their raw data to work for AI and machine learning. His career in tech didn't start with Scale, as when he was 17 he started working with Addepar and later Quora. He is now worth $1 billion and his company is worth over $7.3 billion which he has 15% stake.
1. Kevin David Lehmann, 20
How does it feel to be the youngest richest man on the planet? Will you keep it lowkey? Born in 2003, Kevin is the richest man who owns 50% stakes in German-based drugstore chain, DM which generates $12 billion in annual revenue. He inherited the stakes from his father Guenther Lehmann who was also the owner of a German family grocery chain called Pfannkuch. Both Kevin and his father have managed to keep low-profiles on the internet as their social media accounts and pictures are not available. Kevin tops the list of the youngest richest people in the world with a net worth of $2.4 billion.
We all want to retire and spend every last bit of life travelling the world. But for some, that possibility might become a reality in their twenties. Those were the 5 people who fit this bill, so to speak, people under 30 whose combined wealth adds up to more than $35 billion.