The founder of Gymshark, Ben Francis, is now a billionaire and the only British person on Forbes’ list of the youngest billionaires. He has a massive fortune of $1.3 billion.
Last May, the 31-year-old was honored with the title ‘Member of the Order of the British Empire’ by Prince William.
There are 25 young billionaires on this list, and they collectively have an astonishing wealth of $110 billion. All of them are 33 years old or younger.
Among them are self-made billionaires like Evan Spiegel, the creator of Snapchat, who has $3.1 billion, and Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR, with $2.3 billion.
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The youngest billionaire in the world is Livia Voigt, who is only 19 years old. She inherited her wealth from her grandfather, who helped start an electrical equipment company called WEG.
Top Six youngest Billionaires as per Forbes rich list are:
1. Evan Spiegel (33) – Snap Inc – $3.1billion
2. John Collison (33) – Stripe – $7.2billion
3. Shunsaku Sagami (33) – M&A Brokerage – $1.9billion
4. Jonathan Kwok (32) – Real Estate – $2.4billion
5. Mark Mateschitz (31) – Red Bull – $39.6billion
6. Ben Francis (31) – Gymshark – $1.3billion
