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Billionaires Under 40 in 2026

The complete list of billionaires under 40 years old — the world's youngest self-made and inherited fortunes.

178 profiles matched · updated daily

Youngest Billionaires Oldest Billionaires Top 100 Wealthiest Self-Made Billionaires Highest-Paid CEOs

#	Name	Net Worth	Age	Company	Country
1	Lukas Walton	$49.88B	39	Walmart	UNITED STATES
2	Mark Mateschitz	$44.974B	33	Red Bull	AUSTRIA
3	Chen Tianshi	$33.978B	40	Semiconductors	CHINA
4	Brett Adcock	$19.109B	39	Robots	UNITED STATES
5	Edwin Chen	$18B	38	Artificial intelligence	UNITED STATES
6	Zhou Qunfei & family	$17.791B	0	Smartphone screens	HONG KONG
7	John Collison	$17.49B	35	Payment software	IRELAND
8	Patrick Collison	$17.49B	37	Payment software	IRELAND
9	Dmitri Bukhman	$13.569B	40	Online games	ISRAEL
10	Wang Ning & family	$12.136B	39	Toys	CHINA
11	Ling Tang	$8.686B	0	advertising technology	CANADA
12	Maximilian Viessmann	$7.954B	37	Heating	GERMANY
13	Cliff Obrecht	$7.56B	40	Software	AUSTRALIA
14	Melanie Perkins	$7.56B	38	Software	AUSTRALIA
15	Max Van Hoegaerden Herrmann Telles	$7.53B	30	Beer	BRAZIL
16	Christopher Olah	$7B	33	Artificial intelligence	CANADA
17	Daniela Amodei	$7B	38	Artificial intelligence	UNITED STATES
18	Jack Clark	$7B	37	Artificial intelligence	UNITED STATES
19	Tom Brown	$7B	38	Artificial intelligence	UNITED STATES
20	Sam McCandlish	$7B	35	Artificial intelligence	UNITED STATES
21	Franz von Baumbach	$6.514B	24	Pharma	GERMANY
22	Johannes von Baumbach	$6.514B	20	Pharma	GERMANY
23	Katharina von Baumbach	$6.514B	26	Pharma	GERMANY
24	Maximilian von Baumbach	$6.514B	28	Pharma	GERMANY
25	Taylor Thomson	$6.47B	0	Thomson Reuters	CANADA
26	Peter Thomson	$6.47B	0	Thomson Reuters	CANADA
27	Yan Junjie	$6.319B	37	MiniMax Group	CHINA
28	Timur Turlov	$6.304B	38	Stock brokerage	KAZAKHSTAN
29	Anna Viegener	$6.216B	35	plumbing/HVAC	GERMANY
30	Cai Haoyu	$6B	38	Mobile games	CHINA
31	Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio	$5.816B	30	Eyeglasses	ITALY
32	Luca Del Vecchio	$5.635B	24	Eyeglasses	ITALY
33	Clemente Del Vecchio	$5.635B	21	Eyeglasses	ITALY
34	Rocco Basilico	$5.635B	36	Eyeglasses	ITALY
35	Wen-Ta Hsieh	$5.385B	0	Semiconductors	TAIWAN
36	Josh Kushner	$5.213B	40	Venture capital	UNITED STATES
37	Linda Campbell	$5.084B	0	Thomson Reuters	CANADA
38	Gaye Farncombe	$5.084B	0	Thomson Reuters	CANADA
39	Ryan Cohen	$5.033B	39	GameStop	CANADA
40	Matei Zaharia	$5.031B	40	Data analytics	ROMANIA
41	Palmer Luckey	$4.997B	33	Virtual reality	UNITED STATES
42	Vlad Tenev	$4.637B	39	Stock trading app	UNITED STATES
43	Gustav Magnar Witzoe	$4.503B	33	Fish farming	NORWAY
44	Kevin David Lehmann	$4.389B	23	Drugstores	GERMANY
45	Anna Katharina Viessmann	$4.385B	40	Heating and cooling equipment	GERMANY
46	Dong Zengping	$3.868B	0	Electronics	CHINA
47	Geoffrey Kwok	$3.857B	40	Real estate	HONG KONG
48	Jonathan Kwok	$3.857B	34	Sun Hung Kai Properties	HONG KONG
49	Eduardo Vivas	$3.777B	40	advertising technology	UNITED STATES
50	Molly Miao	$3.71B	0	Shein	CHINA

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About This Ranking

Billionaires under 40 represent the fastest wealth-creation trajectories in modern economic history. For those in their 30s, accumulating a billion dollars in assets means having grown a business (or inherited one) at an extraordinary rate. Many on this list are tech founders who benefited from rapid user growth, early venture backing, and successful IPOs.

All net worth figures are estimated from publicly available data including SEC filings, stock exchange prices, and company financial reports. Rankings are updated daily. Read our full methodology.