India Rose James is only 24 years old and has $280 million, while Elizabeth Holmes is currently the youngest female billionaire in the world.
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| 1. India Rose James Age: 24 Net Worth: $280 million Nationality: British India Rose James inherited 40% of her grandfather Paul Raymond's $1 billion empire upon his death in 2008. Raymond amassed his fortune through numerous real estate investments in the Soho district of London, opening the first adult entertainment bar in the UK, and owning pornographic magazines through Paul Raymond Publications. |
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| 2. Elizabeth Holmes Age: 32 Net Worth: $4.5 billion Nationality: American Elizabeth Holmes is the world's youngest female billionaire, thanks to the success of her blood testing service company, Theranos. At age 19, Holmes dropped out of Stanford University to start this company. The CEO is described as someone who is completely dedicated to her work, doesn't spend much time with friends, romance novels, doesn't date, doesn't own a TV, and hasn't traveled in the past 10 years. |
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| 3. Filiz Sahenk Age: 49 Net worth: $2.4 billion Nationality: Turkish Sahenk heads the luxury travel and fashion business founded by her father, Dogus Grubu. She collaborates with world-renowned brands including Emporio Armani, Gucci, and Loro Piana. Sahenk is a private person who enjoys philanthropy and collecting antiques. |
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| 4. Shari Arison Age: 58 Net Worth: $4.7 billion Nationality: Israeli Shari Arison owns the Arison Group, an investment and philanthropic company founded by her father. After her father's death in 1999, she inherited 35% of his assets. This mother of four has been divorced three times and owns several homes in Tel Aviv (Israel) and Florida (USA). |
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| 5. Alice Walton Age: 66 Net Worth: $34.3 billion Nationality: American Despite being one of four heirs to the family that owns Walmart and the 15th richest person in the world, Alice Walton is not heavily involved in running the company. She is known for her love of collecting art. The divorced billionaire currently owns numerous properties in New York and Texas. |
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| 6. Evan Spiegel Age: 25 Net Worth: $2.1 billion Nationality: American In 2011, while a student at Stanford University, Evan Spiegel, Reggie Brown, and Bobby Murphy created the image-based messaging app Snapchat. Snapchat's subsequent popularity helped Spiegel become a billionaire at age 23. He is currently the CEO of the company, which is valued at $16 billion. Spiegel is reportedly dating supermodel Miranda Kerr. |
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| 7. Lukas T. Walton Age: 30 Net worth: $10.6 billion Nationality: American Lukas Walton is the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He is also the heir to Walmart. The young billionaire is quite private and rarely appears in public. |
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| 8. Sergey Brin Age: 42 Net Worth: $35.8 billion Nationality: American Since his PhD days at Stanford in 1998, Sergey Brin co-founded the search engine BackRub with Larry Page, which later developed into Google. His business ventures have been successful, but this billionaire's personal life has been quite turbulent, ending in divorce in 2015 after eight years of marriage. |
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| 9. Georg Schaeffler Age: 51 Net worth: $21.4 billion Nationality: German Georg Schaeffler served in the German army, then transitioned to law, before taking over his father's company, the Schaeffler Group. He has four sons with his ex-wife, but they divorced in 2007. Later, he dated a gym owner, but they are believed to have broken up. |
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| 10. Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud Age: 60 Net worth: $19.9 billion Nationality: Saudi Arabia This Saudi prince amassed his enormous fortune through investments in numerous companies across the US and the Middle East. He founded Kingdom Holding in 1980 and has since invested in many companies, such as Twitter, The Four Seasons, Time Warner, and Motorola. The billionaire has been divorced four times, most recently from Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel in 2013. |
According to VNE