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10 Youngest Billionaires in the World: List Includes 'Facebook' Creators, 'Napster' Founder, and A Beer Company Inheritor

They may be young and not over 40 yet but their net worths are skyrocketing millions and billions. Get to know 10 of the youngest billionaires in the world and how they made their fortune. (Source: Bankrate)

1. Mark Zuckerberg

Age: 31

Net Worth: $35.7 billion

Zuckerberg lands top 16 on the world's richest people in the world. The 31-year-old billionaire was a Harvard drop-out and started his fortune as the co-founder of the social networking site "Facebook" together with four other co-Harvard students. Now he is the Chief Executive and Chairman of the said company. His personal net worth up-to-date already reached over $44.6 billion in Oct. 2015.

2. Dustin Moskovitz, 31

Age: 31

Net Worth: $9.9 billion

Moskovitz is a co-founder of Facebook and along with Zuckerberg, he made his fortune being a shareholder of the company. Currently, his estimated net worth was due to his 2.34 percent stocks in "Facebook" according to Not Just Rich. Currently Moskovitz is growing his 2008 built company called "Asana."

3. Scott Duncan

Age: 32

Net Worth: Around $5 billion

Duncan is a the son of a billion dollar owner of Enterprise Products Partners, Dan Duncan, wherein he earned his billion dollar fortune.

4. Yang Huiyan

Age: 34

Net Worth: Around $5 billion

The 34-year-old billionaire is the major shareholder of their family's billion dollar company in China. The company where Huiyan inherited is named Country Garden Holdings and she is also regarded as the richest woman in Asia.

5. Eduardo Saverin

Age: 33

Net Worth: Around $5.3 billion

Saverin also made a fortune through "Facebook," having a $53 million shares. But the 33-year-old billionaire was born in a wealthy from the start. In 2010, Saverin co-founded an online site for charity known as Aporta.

6. Elizabeth Holmes

Age: 31

Net Worth: Around $4.5 billion

The 31-year-old billionaire started a blood test company when she was a Sophomore in Stanford and currently is the acting CEO of Theranos.

7. Marie Besnier Beauvalot

Age: 35

Net Worth: Around $2.5 billion

Beauvalot is the heiress of a dairy company giant called Lactalis where she inherited from his late father. Along with her siblings, they continually grow the cheese company.

8. Sean Parker

Age: 35

Net Worth: Around $2.5 billion

Parker as a young child was knowledgeable about entrepreneurship. He started the online file-sharing website called "Napster" along with Shawn Fanning who he met when he was just 14. Parker was also the first investor of network giant "Facebook."

9. Tatiana Casiraghi

Age: 31

Net Worth: $2.5 billion

Casiraghi was the granddaughter of the second richest person in Colombia. The gorgeous billionaire is married to fourth in line of Monegasque throne, Andrea Casiraghi.

10. Julio Mario Santo Domingo III

Age: 30

Net Worth: Around $2.2 billion

Domingo III was the inheritor of a beer giant company called "Bavaria" who was owned by his late grandfather. His sister was Tatiana Casiraghi who is also on the ninth spot.


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