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The 10 Richest People Under 35

Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is the wealthiest individual under the age of 35, with a personal fortune of $41.6 billion.

Aug 25, 2015 | By AFPRelaxnews

Mark Zuckerberg

Wealth focused research group, Wealth-X has released a list of the world’s richest individuals under the age of 35.

Facebook Co-Founder Mark Zuckerberg boasts a self-made fortune of US$41.6 billion, far ahead of his rivals in second and third place: fellow Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz (who claimed second place on the list with an estimated net worth of US$9.3 billion) and Eduardo Saverin (who ranks fourth with an estimated net worth of US$5.3 billion).

The ranking also revealed that 11 of the world’s top 20 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35 are from the US, while three are from China (including Hong Kong) and another three are from Switzerland.

The youngest individual on the list is Snapchat chief executive Evan Spiegel, who at the age of 25 has already amassed a personal fortune of US$1.9 billion, with Huiyan Yang, the 34-year-old vice chairman of Chinese real estate developer Country Garden Holdings, taking her place as the richest woman on the list, with a net worth of US$5.9 billion.

The top-10 wealthiest individuals under the age of 35 also include Scott Duncan at the fifth position with a wealth of $5 billion, Elizabeth A Holmes (6th, $4.5 billion), Nathan Blecharczyk (7th, USD 3 billion), Brian Chesky (8th, $3 billion), Joe Gebbia (9th, $3 billion) and Thomas Persson (10th, $2.7 billion).

See the full list below. Click on the infographic to enlarge.

20 wealthiest people


 
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