Of the 2,153 billionaires on the 2019 ForbesBillionaires list, a record 71 members make up an even more select group: the under-40 set
, age 43. Monsees and Bowen became billionaires in late 2018 when big tobacco firm Altria acquired a stake that valued the e-cigarette company at $38 billion. Each cofounder owns an estimated 1.75% of Juul and has netted an additional estimated $500 million from sales of their shares over time., age 33, owns just over 20% of cryptocurrency mining chip firm Bitmain, which he cofounded and runs as co-CEO;pegs his fortune at $1.5 billion.
, who owns nearly 37% of the company and has expertise in chip design, about building Bitmain together. Zhan, age 40, just misses the under-40 cut but is a new member of the billionaires list.by a wide margin. With a $62.3 billion fortune, he is worth nearly three times as much as the next youngest on the list. Though Facebook’s public image took a beating in 2018, most of the $8.
In all, the 71 youngest billionaires in the world are worth a collective $299 billion, up from $265 billion last year when we found 63 under 40. Of those on both years’ lists, 17 are richer, while 24 are poorer.Follow me on Twitter
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