There are about 1,426 billionaires in the world this year.
They are the wealthiest of the wealthy. But only 29 members of this elite list
are under 40 years old, with that exciting combination of money and youth.
Those 29 have a total of $119 billion between them. Ten come
from the technology sector, including four from social networking giant
Facebook. Eleven come from the United States, the rest from countries abroad. While
Five are newcomers to the billionaire ranks.
No. 1: Dustin Moskovitz
Age: 28
Net Worth: $3.8 billion
Moskovitz, Mark Zuckerberg‘s former roommate,
no longer works at Facebook, the social networking giant that he co-founded. A
signee of Bill Gates‘ and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge, Moskovitz bikes to
work, flies commercial, and pitches his own tent at Burning Man.
No. 2: Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 28
Net Worth: $13.3
billion
Few CEOs of any age
are under more media scrutiny than Zuckerberg (who’s only 8 days older than
Moskovitz). Since taking Facebook public in May 2012, and getting married days
later, the hoodie-wearing founder has seen his net worth rise and fall with
every fluctuation of the stock price.
