Getting on the Forbes global list of billionaires under 30 is not easy. This is proved by the statistics of the ranking-2020. There are only two new young billionaires this year, and both are heirs. Of the ten participants on the list, only three have built a business and made a fortune with their own hands. They are John Collison, the founder of payments service Stripe, Evan Spiegel, the creator of the Snapchat app that Facebook once failed to buy, and 22-year-old Kylie Jenner, still the youngest member of the global dollar billionaire ranking in Forbes history. The fortune of the two billionaires under 30 remained unchanged compared to last year, and only John Collison’s fortune almost doubled. The rest are suffering losses: the coronavirus of the global economy also affects the business of young people.
State: $ 3.2 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 616
State source: Stripe
The country: Ireland
Stripe founder and president John Collison is the only billionaire under 30 to see his fortune grow by 52.4% in a year. Spripe was founded by John and his brother Patrick (over 30 years old) in 2010. The Collison’s have been fond of programming since childhood and even organized competitions to hone their skills. In September 2018, Stripe announced a funding round of $ 245 million based on an estimate of $ 20.25 billion. The company is headquartered in San Francisco.
Read more: Irish Unicorn: How the Collison brothers built a $ 5 billion service
State: $ 2.3 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 908
State source: fish production
The country: Norway
Young Norwegian billionaire Gustav Magnar Witze owns about half of his father’s company, Salmar ASA, one of the largest salmon producers in the world. Father Gustav Witze gave a share of 47% to his son in 2013. Witze Sr. is still running the company, while Gustav Magnar is getting his hands on business by investing in real estate and tech startups. In 2024, the stake in Witze Jr.’s company fell by 23.3%, and the fortune of the 26-year-old billionaire fell by $ 700 million.
State: $ 2 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1063
State source: the property
The country: Hong Kong SAR
Jonathan Kwok is the youngest son of the late Walter Kwok, the former chairman of Hong Kong’s largest real estate developer Sun Hung Kai Properties. Walter left the post in 2008 after a corporate conflict with his brothers. After his death in 2018, his sons Jonathan and Jeffrey were taken over by Empire Group Holdings, which his father created after leaving Sun Hung Kai Properties.
State: $ 1.9 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1135
State source: Snapchat
The country: USA
Compared to other young billionaires, Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel hasn’t lost much. His fortune compared to 2019 decreased by only 9.5% ($ 200 million). Spiegel founded Snapchat (a self-destructing photo and video messaging app) with Stanford classmate Bobby Murphy. In 2013, partners turned down Facebook’s offer: Zuckerberg was ready to buy Snapchat for $ 3 billion.Spiegel grew up in Los Angeles and married supermodel Miranda Kerr in the summer of 2017.
Read More: Why Snapchat Founders Ditch Zuckerberg’s $ 3 Billion
State: $ 1.1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1851
State source: investments
The country: Norway
Alexandra and her older sister Katharina are the heirs of the founder of the investment company Ferd Johan Andresen. The girls entered the global list of billionaires after their father gave them 42% of the company. The company is still run by Andresen Sr., who retained 70% of the votes thanks to a two-class share system. In 2024, Alexandra’s stake in Ferd fell by 21.4%, and her fortune fell by $ 300 million. Alexandra is a three-time Norwegian champion in youth riding.
State: $ 1.1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1851
State source: investments
The country: Norway
Alexandra’s older sister, Andresen, Katarina, also owns 42% in her father’s investment company, Ferd. Ferd is an active player on the Norwegian Stock Exchange and operates several hedge funds. The company is also engaged in direct investments. In 2017, Katarina was stopped by the police at the Hafjell ski resort, and she was driving while intoxicated. For this she was fined $ 32,000. Katarina, like her sister Alexandra, is not married.
State: $ 1.1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1851
State source: insurance
The country: Brazil
Pedro de Godoy Bueno is a newcomer to the Forbes global billionaire ranking. His father, Edson de Godoy Bueno, the richest Brazilian healthcare billionaire, died in 2017. He owned stakes and shares in several companies at once, including DASA, the largest network of medical diagnostic laboratories in Latin America. Pedro inherited his father’s fortune and now heads DASA. He graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
8. Kylie Jenner, 22State: $ 1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1990
State source: cosmetics
The country: USA
Last year’s debutante in the global billionaire ranking, Kylie Jenner, remains on the list this year. At 21, the youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan became a billionaire, surpassing even Mark Zuckerberg, who made the Forbes list at 23. In November 2019, it became known that Jenner was selling 51% of her cosmetics company Kylie Cosmetics for $ 600 million to Coty Corporation, which produces cosmetics under the Max Factor brand. Despite this, Kylie remained the face of the brand.
Read more: Selfie for a billion: how Kylie Jenner became the youngest member of the Forbes ranking in history
9. Ludwig Theodor Brown, 29 years oldState: $ 1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1990
State source: medical technology
The country: Germany
Ludwig Theodor Braun owns 10% of the medical device company B. Braun Melsungen. The company started in 1839 as a pharmacy and sold herbal medicines. Ludwig Theodor’s father, Ludwig Georg Braun, took over in 1977, when the company had annual sales of only $ 24 million (now about $ 8 billion). Today B. Braun manufactures a variety of medical products, ranging from infusion and injection solutions to surgical instruments.
10. Lisa Draxelmeier, 29 years oldState: $ 1 billion
A place in the Forbes rating: 1990
State source: auto parts
The country: Germany
Lisa Draxelmeier is the heir to a dynasty that owns auto parts factories. Lisa’s father Fritz stepped down as CEO of Draexlmaier in 2019, but remains on the board of directors. In addition, together with Lisa, they are co-CEO of Fritz Draexlmaier Holding GmbH, which is now solely owned by Lisa. Subsidiaries of the concern around the world are named after the late Lisa Draxlmeier, Lisa’s grandmother, who was the co-founder of the concern, founded in 1958.