Via The Visual Capitalist Blog There are 2,755 billionaires globally—and combined, they are worth over $13 trillion .
Of these ultra-wealthy individuals, just over 100 are millennials , born between the years 1981 and 1996. This young generation represents around 3.8% of all billionaires on a global basis with a combined net worth of $573.1 billion.
This visualization, using data from Forbes , ranks the richest 25 millennial billionaires and details their source of wealth, total net worth, nationality, and age. Note: Forbes categorized billionaires by current age (2021). For those slightly over or under the age range of Millennials, meaning those who are currently 24 or 40 years old (i.e. they could have been born in either 1996/1997 or 1980/1981), if their birth year could not be accurately determined, they were left out of this ranking. Who are the Millennial Billionaires? The oldest millennials will be turning 40 in 2021, while the youngest are just turning 25. This means that millennial billionaires are generally the youngest billionaires in the world, save two Gen Zers : Wang Zelong of China, 24, and Kevin David Lehmann of Germany, 18. Name Age Net Worth Country Industry Mark Zuckerberg 36 $97.0 B U.S. Tech Zhang Yiming 37 $35.6 B China Tech Yang Huiyan & family 39 $29.6 B China Real Estate Dustin Moskovitz 36 $17.8 B U.S. Tech Su Hua 39 $17.8 B China Media & Entertainment Pavel Durov 36 $17.2 B Russia Tech Lukas Walton 34 $15.6 B U.S. Fashion & Retail Eduardo Saverin 39 $14.6 B Brazil Tech Cheng Yixiao 37 $14.1 B China Media & Entertainment Brian Chesky 39 $13.7 B U.S. Tech Nathan Blecharczyk 37 $12.4 B U.S. Tech Joe Gebbia 39 $12.4 B U.S. Tech Bobby Murphy 32 $11.9 B U.S. Tech Evan Spiegel 30 $11.1 B U.S. Tech Guillaume Pousaz 39 $9.0 B Switzerland Finance & Investments Sam Bankman-Fried 29 $8.7 B U.S. Finance & Investments Agnete Kirk Thinggaard 37 $8.7 B Denmark Manufacturing Dmitry Bukhman 35 $7.9 B Russia Media & Entertainment Igor Bukhman 39 $7.9 B Russia Media & Entertainment Ernest Garcia, III. 38 $7.4 B U.S. Automotive Brian Armstrong 38 $6.5 B U.S. Finance & Investments Wang Ning & family 34 $6.3 B China Media & Entertainment Scott Duncan 38 $6.0 B U.S. Energy David Velez 39 $5.2 B Colombia Finance & Investments Kate Wang 39 $5.0 B China Manufacturing Daniel Ek 38 $4.6 B Sweden Technology Gustav Magnar Witzoe 27 $4.4 B Norway Food & Beverage Steven Meng Yang & family 38 $4.2 B China Technology Li Xiang 39 $4.0 B China Automotive Ben Silbermann 38 $3.9 B U.S. Technology Lynsi Snyder 38 $3.6 B U.S. Food & Beverage Apoorva Mehta 34 $3.5 B Canada Technology Franco Bittar Garcia 37 $3.5 B Brazil Fashion & Retail Xu Yi 31 $3.4 B China Media & Entertainment RJ Scaringe 38 $3.4 B U.S. Automotive Patrick Collison 32 $3.2 B Ireland Technology John Collison 30 $3.2 B Ireland Technology Pedro de Godoy Bueno 30 $3.0 B Brazil Healthcare Geoffrey Kwok 35 $3.0 B Hong Kong Real Estate Yin Xin 36 $3.0 B China Media & Entertainment Huang Jinfeng 38 $3.0 B China Fashion & Retail Cameron Winklevoss 39 $3.0 B U.S. Finance & Investments Tyler Winklevoss 39 $3.0 B U.S. Finance & Investments Paul Sciarra 40 $2.9 B U.S. Technology Chen Tianshi 36 $2.8 B China Technology Tony Xu 36 $2.8 B U.S. Technology Victor Jacobsson 39 $2.7 B Sweden Fiannce & Investments Caroline Hagen Kjos 37 $2.6 B Norway Diversified Adam Kwok 38 $2.6 B Hong Kong Real Estate André Street 36 $2.5 B Brazil Finance & Investments Chang Jing 38 $2.5 B China Technology Byju Raveendran and Divya Gokulnath 39 $2.5 B India Technology Austin Russell 26 $2.4 B U.S. Automotive Jonathan Kwok 29 $2.4 B Hong Kong Real Estate David Chen 40 $2.4 B Singapore Media & Entertainment Tom Persson 36 $2.3 B Sweden Fashion & Retail Jared Isaacman 38 $2.3 B U.S. Technology Andrew Paradise 38 $2.3 B U.S. Media & Entertainment Sebastian Siemiatkowski 39 $2.2 B Sweden Finance & Investments Timur Turlov 33 $2.1 B Russia Finance & Investments Gong Yingying 36 $2.1 B China Healthcare Katarina Martinson 39 $2.1 B Sweden Diversified Andy Fang 28 $2.0 B U.S. Technology Stanley Tang 28 $2.0 B U.S. Technology Christopher Kwok 35 $1.9 B Hong Kong Real Estate Ipek Kirac 36 $1.9 B Turkey Diversified Kevin Systrom 37 $1.9 B U.S. Technology Fred Ehrsam 32 $1.9 B U.S. Finance & Investments Nick Molnar 30 $1.8 B Australia Finance & Investments Joachim Ante 38 $1.8 B Germany Technology Drew Houston 38 $1.8 B U.S. Technology Said Gutseriev 32 $1.7 B Russia Energy Ginia Rinehart 34 $1.7 B Australia Metals & Mining Hope Welker 35 $1.7 B Australia Metals & Mining Bill Liu 38 $1.7 B China Technology Peter Szulczewski 39 $1.7 B Canada Technology Lisa Draexlmaier 30 $1.6 B Germany Automotive Eva Maria Braun-Luedicke 34 $1.6 B Germany Healthcare Heikki Herlin 34 $1.6 B Finland Manufacturing Ryan Cohen 35 $1.6 B Canada Fiannce & Investments Friederike Braun-Luedicke 37 $1.6 B Germany Healthcare Wen Yilong 32 $1.5 B China Manufacturing Zeng Chaolin 38 $1.5 B China Metals & Mining Alexandra Andresen 24 $1.4 B Norway Diversified Katharina Andresen 25 $1.4 B Norway Diversified Karl Friedrich Braun 38 $1.4 B Germany Healthcare Trevor Milton 39 $1.4 B U.S. Automotive Ludwig Theodor Braun 31 $1.3 B Germany Healthcare Anna Kasprzak 31 $1.3 B Denmark Fashion & Retail Whitney Wolfe Herd 31 $1.3 B U.S. Technology André Kasprzak 34 $1.3 B Denmark Fashion & Retail Hakan Koc 36 $1.2 B Germany Automotive Nik Storonsky 36 $1.2 B UK Technology Christian Bertermann 37 $1.2 B Germany Automotive Ryan Graves 37 $1.2 B U.S. Technology Cheng Wei 38 $1.2 B China Service Lu Zhilin 38 $1.2 B China Manufacturing Sachin Bansal 39 $1.2 B India Fashion & Retail Huang Yimeng 39 $1.2 B China Media & Entertainment Wang Han 33 $1.1 B China Diversified The U.S. is home to the most millennial billionaires at 33 total, with China coming in second at 23—most other countries fall far behind.
In the U.S., millennial billionaires are often associated with notable tech companies like Snapchat, Airbnb, and Facebook. Others are heirs of massive family fortunes like Lukas Walton —grandson of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart and the original head of America’s richest family .
In China, some millennial billionaires really stand out, like Relx founder, Kate Wang . The 39-year-old started her e-cigarette and vape company only three years ago, at age 36, and is expected to soon be vying for the title of the richest woman in China. Billionaire Growth Overall, billionaires were up $8 trillion in combined net worth compared to 2020 with around 493 new people added to the list in 2021.
In fact, 86% of all billionaires are richer than a year ago. But let’s look at how wealth changed for the millennials in the billionaires club. Here’s a look at the difference in net worth from 2020 to 2021 for the top five richest millennials: Mark Zuckerberg: +$35 Billion Zhang Yiming: +$19.4 Billion Yang Huiyan: +$9.3 Billion Dustin Moskovitz: +$8.5 Billion Su Hua: +$14.9 Billion For each of the top 25 millennial billionaires, net worth either increased or was unchanged (or they were new to the title of a billionaire). This is true for all except one person—Lukas Walton, whose net worth decreased by almost $3 billion from 2020 to 2021. The Average Millennial While there are around 106 millennial billionaires worldwide, their combined net worth is only a fraction of total billionaire wealth. So how much economic power and influence does this generation really hold?
When looking at the average American millennial’s wealth, the Generational Power Index has determined that this young generation only holds 9.6% of economic power in the U.S. Here’s a quick look at millennial wealth metrics in the U.S.: Millennials only make up 7% of American business leaders They own $73 billion in equities and mutual fund shares They represent 13% of small business leaders They make up 7% of American billionaire wealth Globally, there are an estimated 1.8 billion millennials. Among that cohort, there are just over 100 people worth billions—and given that many are still in the early part of their careers, there is likely to be many millennial billionaires yet to come.