Wealth-X Reveals: The Wealthiest Person At Each Decade
SINGAPORE, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Wealth-X today released a list of the wealthiest person at each decade, from their 20s through their 90s, revealing insights into wealth creation at different ages.
The list shows that:
- Americans in the tech industry dominated the list.
- The wealthiest individual across all age groups is Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and the Bill & Melinda Foundation co-chairman, age 60, with a net worth of US$87.3 billion as of 20 November.
- The least wealthy person on the list is also the youngest — Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, age 25, with a current net worth of US$2 billion.
- Only one woman made the list: Liliane Bettencourt, the 93-year-old French heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire, with a current net worth of US$31.4 billion.
Entrepreneurship was a common theme across the age groups: all of the individuals, with one exception, are self-made billionaires.
Below is the list of the wealthiest person in each decade. Click on each name for a Wealth-X dossier of the individual:
Decade |
Name |
Age |
Nationality |
Net Worth |
Primary Company/Organisation |
Wealth Source |
20s |
25 |
American |
2.0 |
Snapchat |
Self-made |
|
30s |
31 |
American |
47.2 |
|
Self-made |
|
40s |
42 |
American |
41.6 |
Alphabet – Google |
Self-made |
|
50s |
51 |
American |
60.0 |
Amazon |
Self-made |
|
60s |
60 |
American |
87.3 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
Self-made |
|
70s |
79 |
Spanish |
73.2 |
Inditex |
Self-made |
|
80s |
85 |
American |
62.4 |
Berkshire Hathaway |
Self-made |
|
90s |
93 |
French |
31.4 |
L'Oreal |
Inherited |
*net worth as of 20 November 2015
About Wealth-X
Wealth-X is the global authority on wealth intelligence, providing sales, marketing, strategy and compliance solutions to clients in the financial services, luxury, not-for-profit and education sectors. Its award-winning research and thought leadership are regularly cited by the world's media such as CNBC, Financial Times, Thomson Reuters and BBC. Wealth-X has more than 250 staff in 10 global centres, including Singapore, London and New York (www.wealthx.com)
SOURCE Wealth-X
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