Youngest billionaires in America

Presley Ann/Getty Images for LACMA // Getty Images America’s oldest billionaire is 101-year-old insurance magnate George Joseph. Of more than 700 American billionaires, the median age is 68. But there are young billionaires, too, with some having net worths ranging from $2.5 billion to $17.2 billion. The newest youngest billionaire is only 25 years old. Stacker compiled data from Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List as of Nov. 23, 2022, to list the youngest billionaires in America. Any ties in age were broken by net worth ranking. Some are heirs to family fortunes and even many of the world’s “self-made” billionaires started off with advantages in life, including startup funds from family. Tech companies like WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Facebook have created many fortunes, although technology isn’t the only way to strike it rich. Others have made their money through hedge funds, retail, and even by creating a burger that relies upon the simplest recipe and ingredients. A few billionaires came from more humble beginnings. Some immigrated seeking better opportunities in America, while others were born to single parents who struggled to provide for them, and some never went to college or dropped out to pursue the ideas that would make them wealthy. Readers will notice that women are rare on this list, pointing to the continuing discrimination and sexism they face in boardrooms, as well as the broader inequality in access to capital often necessary to turn a good idea into big money. Curious to see who the youngest billionaire is? Continue reading to find out who made the exclusive and enviable list. You may also like: Richest self-made women in America #50. Jan Koum Manuel Blondeau – Corbis // Getty Images – Age: 46 – Net worth: $13.3 billion (#48 richest in the U.S., #130 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: WhatsApp Born in Ukraine, Jan Koum immigrated to the United States with his mother at the age of 16 in search of a better life. Koum, the co-founder and former CEO of WhatsApp, became a billionaire when Facebook purchased the mobile messaging app in 2014 for $19 billion. Ironically, when Koum left Yahoo in 2007, he applied to Facebook and Twitter, both of whom turned him down, which led to him starting WhatsApp. #49. Justin Ishbia Enchantingbear // Wikimedia Commons – Age: 45 – Net worth: $2.2 billion (#465 richest in the U.S., #1,321 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Private equity In 1986, Justin Ishbia’s father founded United Wholesale Mortgage, a lender based in Michigan. The younger Ishbia has a 22% stake in the company, which has since gone public and in 2015, became the largest wholesale lender in the U.S. Ishbia also has a private equity firm in Chicago, Shore Capital Partners. #48. Alejandro Santo Domingo JP Yim // Getty Images – Age: 45 – Net worth: $2.5 billion (#423 richest in the U.S., #1,164 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Beer Alejandro Santo Domingo works at New York investment advisory firm Quadrant Capital Advisors as a senior managing director, but his fortune comes from his family. His father, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, passed down the 15% stake he had in SABMiller, a business division of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, to his sons and grandchildren. Santo Domingo holds a 1.75% stake in the family beer fortune. #47. Daniel Sundheim Kevin Dietsch // Getty Images – Age: 45 – Net worth: $2.9 billion (#374 richest in the U.S., #977 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Hedge funds Daniel Sundheim is the founder and CFO of D1 Capital Partners LP, an investment firm that he started in 2018. Previously, Sundheim worked at Viking Global Investors for 15 years, and he started his career researching private equity investments and executing them at Bear Stearns’ Merchant Banking Group. #46. Jeff Green GaudiLab // Shutterstock – Age: 45 – Net worth: $3.0 billion (#367 richest in the U.S., #959 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Digital advertising Jeff Green, chairman and CEO of The Trade Desk, attended the University of Southern California where he studied marketing communications. Prior to founding The Trade Desk, Green founded AdECN in 2004. The company, an online advertising exchange, was acquired by Microsoft in 2007. You may also like: 50 women who broke barriers in the business world #45. Scott Shleifer Ben Gabbe // Getty Images – Age: 45 – Net worth: $3.5 billion (#322 richest in the U.S., #806 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Private equity Scott Shleifer is the founder of the private equity unit at Tiger Global Management, where he is also the Managing Director. Some of the investments he has made have been in Chinese companies, including JD.com, the ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing, and the e-commerce company Meituan. #44. Ryan Smith Sportsfile // Getty Images – Age: 44 – Net worth: $1.5 billion (#620 richest in the U.S., #1,908 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Cloud computing Qualtrics was acquired by SAP for $8 billion in cash just days before its scheduled IPO, making its co-founder and CEO Ryan Smith a billionaire. The sale of the cloud-computing company also made fellow co-founders, Jared Smith and Scott Smith–Ryan Smith’s brother and father, respectively–millionaires as well. #43. Andres Santo Domingo JP Yim // Getty Images – Age: 44 – Net worth: $1.6 billion (#588 richest in the U.S., #1,775 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Beer Brother to Alejandro Santo Domingo and son to Julio Mario Santo Domingo, the majority of Andres’ fortune is in Anheuser-Busch InBev, which acquired SABMiller in 2016 for $100 billion. Andres Santo Domingo was educated at Brown University, and while his family fortune comes from the beer industry, he has a passion for music. In 2002, he co-founded record label Kemado Records. #42. Bom Kim M. Von Holden // Getty Images – Age: 44 – Net worth: $3.4 billion (#327 richest in the U.S., #826 richest in the world) – Source of wealth: Online retailing While Bom Kim was born in South Korea, he was raised in the U.S. and attended Harvard Business school, although he dropped out after only six months. Kim’s company Coupang has been referred to as the South Korean version of Amazon, and it has given the American company a run for its money. Coupang raised $4.6 billion and was valued at $109 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, one of the biggest IPOs in 2021. #41. Robert Pera