Youngest Billionaires 2013

Saturday, Aug 29, 2020, 4:27 pm

By:Tony Williams

1.Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg is known for creating one of the most popular social networking sites around. He is one of the five co-founders of Facebook. As of April 2013, the 29-year-old is both the chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc.Though his worth has increased over the years, Zuckerberg first reached billionaire status at the age of 23. His estimated net worth is said to be $15.8 billion.

2.Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey is a web developer who also happens to be one of the youngest billionaires in the world. He is the creator of the social networking site Twitter. He is also the CEO of Square -a mobile payments company.In 2012, he was awarded the "Innovator of the Year Award" by The Wall Street Journal for technology. Dorsey's net worth is said to be $1.1 billion.

3.Yoshikazu Tanaka

Yoshikazu Tanaka is a 36-year-old Japanese entrepreneur. He developed the social networking service, GREE, under GREE, Inc. which is the Internet business company he founded. Tanaka began developing SNS GREE at the age of 26. In 2004, he officially launched SNS GREE to the public. His net worth is $1.8 billion.

4.Dustin Moskovitz

Dustin Moskovitz is a 29-year-old self-made billionaire. He co-founded the social networking website Facebook.Moskovitz attended Harvard University for two years before moving to Palo Alto with Mark Zuckerberg. In 2008, he left Facebook and co-founded Asana with Justin Rosenstein. He still has a 7.7% share in Facebook. Moskovitz's net worth is $3.8 billion.

5.Yvonne Bauer

Yvonne Bauer owns 85 percent of her family's publishing empire, Bauer Media Group. Bauer keeps it in the family, as the 35-year-old is the fifth generation of the family to head the Bauer Media Group, which was founded in 1875. Bauer Publishing Groupdistributesapproximately 570 magazines in over 15 countries.Yvonne Bauer's net worth is $2.5 billion.

6.Marie Besnier Beauvalot

MarieBesnier Beauvalot is a 32-year-old billionaire. She along with siblings Emmanuel and Jean-Michel inherited French dairy giant Lactalis. The company produces the largest dairy products group in the world. Lactalis owns brands such as Sorrento, and Societe. Beauvalot's net worth is $ 1.5 billion. She is a citizen of France.

7.Sean Parker

Sean Parker has done more in his 33-years of life than some people do in a lifetime. Parker, alongside Shawn Fanning, launched the music website Napster. He is the original president of the social networking site, Facebook. In 2005, Parker was arrested, but not charged, for possession of cocaine. Facebook investors used this incident to force Parker to resign. In 2010, Parker invested $15 million in the music streaming website, Spotify.He also co-founded Plaxo, Causes, and Airtime. His net worth is $2.1 billion.

8.Yang Huiyan

Yang Huiyan is a majority shareholder of Country Garden Holdings. She is the daughter of Yang Guoqiang, who started the company, Biguiyan in 1997. Guoqiang transferred his stake to the 32-year-old before the company's IPO in 2007. Yang Huiyan is one of the wealthiest people in China, and has an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion. Huiyan is a graduate of Ohio State.

9.Fahd Hariri

Fahd Haririis the youngest son of killed Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He graduated from the Ecole Speciale d'Architecture de Paris in 2004. When he was still in school he ran an interior design studio on the outskirts of the city. He also sold furniture to people in Saudi Arabia.Fahd Hariri's net worth is $ 1.35 billion. The source of his wealth is due to the construction business, various investments as well as his inheritance. Hariri is a citizen of Lebanon.

10.Eduardo Saverin

Eduardo Saverin is an investor and one of the five co-founders of social media website, Facebook. Aftera drawn-out legal battle with Facebook, Saverin now owns less than 5% of Facebook's shares. Saverin's net worth is reportedly $2.2 billion. In 2011, Saverin renounced his US citizenship and is now a Brazilian citizen.

11.Scott Duncan

Scott Duncan is a 30-year-old billionaire heir.He is the youngest (and only son) ofLee Ellis and Dan Duncan who co-founded Enterprise Products Partners LP. Scottis one of the four children who inherited the fortune after Dan passed in 2010. Today the company owns more than 50,000 miles of natural gas, oil, and petrochemical pipelines. Scott's net worth is $5.1 billion. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.

12.Albert von Thurn und Taxis

Albert von Thurn und Taxis is a 30-year-old German aristocrat. He has been appearing on the world's youngest billionaire list since he was only eight. He didn't officially take over his father Albert's fortune until he was of legal age. And even though he inherited a fortune, Albert von Thurn und Taxis has earned his share of success through his own hard work. He is also a race car driver and tours with a German auto-racing league. His net worth is reportedly $1.5 billion.

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