Youngest Billionaires in the World

Youngest Billionaires in the World

Who are the youngest billionaires in the world ? Forbes magazine loves publishing lists and we love reading them. They recently published the list of the richest people in the world of course, with Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim being ranked first for the first time $53.5 billion, Bill Gates second at $53 billions and Warren Buffett third with $47 billion. But they are all getting on in years - so Forbes has also published a list of the youngest billionaires and their marital status, for those who might like a billionaire husband and who fancy their chances. So here is the list in order of billions amassed not youthfulness.

 1. Mark Zuckerberg founder of Facebook - Net worth: $4 billion - Age: 25 - US Citizenship - Single - he launched Facebook from his Harvard bedroom in 2004.

2. John Arnold - energy trader - Net worth: $4 billion - Age: 36 - US Citizen - Married - worked for Enron and created hedge fund Centaurus Energy in 2002 after collapse of Enron.

3. Yang Huiyan (female) - Net worth: $3.4 billion - Property developer - Age: 28 - Chinese Citizen - Married - Her fortune is in her holding Guangdong developer Country Garden, run by dad Yeung Kwok Keung.

4. Albert von Thurn und Taxis - Inheritance - Net worth: $2.2 billion - Age: 26 - German
Citizen - Single - Inherited his fortune on his 18th birthday and lives in family castle, Schloss Emmeram.

5. Fahd Hariri - $1.4 billion - Construction, investments - Age: 29 - Lebanese Citizen - Single - Youngest son of assassinated Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri - he inherited share of father's construction, property and telecomms empire.

6. Aymin Hariri - Net worth: $1.4 billion - Age 31 - - Saudi Citizen - Married - Construction, investments - Brother of Fahd, other brother Saad is Prime Minister of Lebanon.

7. Yoshikazu Tanaka - Net worth: $1.4 billion - Internet - Age: 33 - Japanese Citizen -

Marital status unknown - Tanaka made his fortune from a social networking site, Gree.

8. Kostyantin Zhevago - Net worth: $1.2 billion - Banking, mining - Age: 36 - Ukrainian Citizen - Married - majority stakeholder in iron ore producer Ferrexpo and Finance & Credit Bank.

9. Lee Ziaohui - Net worth: $1 billion - Manufacturing - Age: 28 - Chinese Citizen -
Marital status unknown  - Chairman of Shanxi Haixin Iron & Steel Group, since father was shot in 2003.

10. Shahid Balwa - net worth: $1 billion - Property - Age: 36 - Indian Citizens - Married - Partner in DB Realty which owns Turf Estate, a luxury high-rise, and the 108-storey Park Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai.

So only three single billionaires apparently - Mark Zuckerberg, who is 25; Albert von Thurn und Taxis who is 26; Fahd Hariri who is 29.

Mark Zuckerberg is also the youngest billionaire.