Becoming a billionaire sure brings pride to an individual, but becoming a billionaire at a young age or at least before reaching the age of 35 is just totally amazing, whether it's due to inheritance or hard work. Bank rate checked on some published reports and gives us a list of the ten of the youngest billionaires and their net worth.
10. Evan Spiegel
Age: 24, Worth: Around $1.5 billion
He is the CEO and co-founder of Snapchat, a photo-messaging app. He turned down a $3 billion cash offer from Facebook in 2013 and now runs a company worth an estimated $10 billion.
9. Bobby Murphy
Age: 25, Worth: Around $1.5 billion
This co-founder of photo-messaging app Snapchat -- along with fellow billionaire youngster Evan Spiegel -- is the company's chief technology officer.
8. Albert von Thurn und Taxis
Age: 31, Worth: Around $1.5 billion
Being a German prince, he inherited his billions on his 18th birthday in 2001. His diversified assets include art, timber and real estate. He is still a bachelor and spends his time racing cars for a German league.
7. Marie Besnier-Beauvalot
Age: 33, Worth: Around $2.7 billion
She and her siblings inherited a French dairy company which their grandfather founded. Today, the siblings own 100 percent of the company and run it together.
6. Elizabeth Holmes
Age: 30, Worth: Around $4.5 billion
She is the richest self-made female billionaire and a newcomer to the Forbes list. In 2003, she founded a blood-testing company, Theranos.
5. Eduardo Saverin
Age: 32, Worth: Around $4.9 billion
Coming from a wealthy family, he sued Zuckerberg after co-founding the social site and not being given credit for it. He settled out of court. He still is a part owner of Facebook and also is an angel investor for other companies.
4. Yang Huiyan
Age: 33, Worth: Around $4.9 billion
Her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, created the high-end Chinese real estate development company, Country Garden Group. Keung transferred his shares to his daughter before the company's Hong Kong IPO in 2007. She is now in- charge of the company's development strategies.
3. Scott Duncan
Age: 32, Worth: Around $6.2 billion
He inherited his money from his father, Dan Duncan, who started the energy pipeline company, Enterprise Products. Being one of the four children, his fortune grew by $1 billion last year after company stock rose.
2. Dustin Moskovitz
Age: 30, Worth: Around $8.1 billion
Likewise gilded by Facebook's popularity, he worked on the site in its early stages with Zuckerberg.
1. Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 30, Worth: Around $ 34 billion
The Facebook co-founder maintained his top spot on the list of the richest individuals under the age of 35. He is at No. 11 on the Forbes list of richest billionaires in America and the 14th from among the richest in the world.
