World billionaires born in the year of the Rat

1. Alexandra Andresen

Age: 24

Assets: 1.4 billion USD
Nationality: Norwegian

Alexandra Andresen (left) and her sister Katharina inherited 84% of Ferd shares - the family investment company from their father - Johan Andresen. Alexandra has a rather simple lifestyle, enjoys horse racing and has won several horse training competitions. Before that, she had held the position of the world's youngest billionaire for 3 consecutive years.

2. Mark Zuckerberg

Age: 36

Assets: 82.2 billion USD
Nationality: American

Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder, chairman and CEO of the world's largest social network - Facebook. He founded Facebook in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University. To date, Facebook has a capitalization of 633 billion USD and 2.4 billion active users per month. However, this social network is increasingly under pressure around the world regarding personal data security and fake news.

3. Pavel Durov

Age: 36
Assets: 2.7 billion USD
Nationality: Russian

Pavel Durov is the founder and major shareholder of the messaging app Telegram Messenger with over 200 million users worldwide. Durov is also considered the Zuckerberg of Russia, having created the country's largest social network - Vkontakte at the age of 22.

4. Evan Williams

Age: 48

Assets: 2.1 billion USD
Nationality: American

Evan Williams is the co-founder of Twitter, Blogger, and Medium. He also has a venture capital fund called Obvious Ventures. Williams grew up in a farming family and attended the University of Nebraska, but dropped out to start his own business.

5. Alain Wertheimer

Age: 72

Assets: 17.1 billion USD
Nationality: French

Alain Wertheimer is the chairman of the French luxury fashion house Chanel. He and his brother Gerard co-own the company. Chanel was founded by their grandfather Pierre Wertheimer and Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel.

6. Chey Tae-won

Age: 60

Assets: 2.9 billion USD
Nationality: Korean

Chey is the chairman of SK Group - the third largest conglomerate in South Korea, with a presence in many fields, from telecommunications, semiconductors, chemicals to energy. SK Telecom is the largest network operator in South Korea. SK Hynix is ​​the second largest chip manufacturer in the country. Chey Tae-won is the nephew of SK Group founder Chey Jong-gun. In 2013, Chey Tae-won was convicted of misusing public funds, but was later pardoned and returned to lead the company in 2016.

7. Jim Walton

Age: 72

Assets: 52 billion USD
Nationality: American

Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He served on the company's board of directors for more than a decade before stepping down in 2016 to be replaced by his son, Steuart. Last year, he donated $1.2 billion in Walmart stock, but remains the richest member of the Walton family, thanks to his 44% stake in Arvest Bank.

8. Silvio Berlusconi

Age: 84

Assets: 7.1 billion USD
Nationality: Italy

Berlusconi built the Fininvest media empire in Italy in the 1970s. He entered politics in the 1990s and was first elected Prime Minister of Italy in 1994. He was re-elected twice more. Berlusconi was convicted of tax fraud in 2014 and banned from politics until 2019.

9. Carl Icahn

Age: 84

Assets: 17.2 billion USD
Nationality: American

Carl Icahn is one of the most successful investors on Wall Street. His investments are mainly made through Icahn Enterprises. He served as an advisor to US President Donald Trump in the first few months of his term, but then withdrew.

10. Amancio Ortega

Age: 84

Assets: 78.1 billion USD
Nationality: Spanish

Ortega is one of the richest people in Europe. He co-founded Inditex - the parent company of the Zara fashion brand in 1975. Ortega currently owns 60% of this company and receives more than $400 million in dividends each year. This money is mainly invested in real estate in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​London, Chicago, Miami and New York.