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These are the richest billionaires under 40

Facebook has created more billionaires under 40 than any other company, according to a new ranking.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has created more billionaires under 40 than any other company, according to a new ranking.

In the Wealth-X list of 10 richest billionaires under 40, four made most or all of their fortune from Facebook.

Mark Zuckerberg tops the list with estimated wealth of $35.1 billion. His fellow Facebook co-founder and fellow 30-year-old, Dustin Moskovitz, ranked second, with $7.7 billion. And Sean Parker , the Web bad boy who has founded several companies but made his biggest coin from Facebook, comes in at number five with $5.2 billion.

If you add in Eduardo Saverin , another co-founder, the fresh-faced Facebookers have a combined $52 billion.

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You could even argue that Jan Koum, the third-ranked under-40 rich guy, made his fortune in large part from Facebook, since he sold his mobile messaging platform, WhatsApp, to the social media site.

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Here is the full list of the top 10 richest people under 40:

  1. Mark Zuckerberg (age 30) - $35.1 billion

  2. Dustin Moskovitz (age 30) - $7.7 billion

  3. Jan Koum (age 38) - $7.7 billion

  4. Scott Duncan (age 32) - $5.5 billion

  5. Sean Parker (age 35) - $5.2 billion

  6. Yang Huiyan (age 34) - $5.1 billion (inherited)

  7. Alejandro Santo Domingo (age 38) - $4.9 billion (inherited)

  8. Elizabeth Holmes (age 31) - $4.5 billion

  9. Eduardo Saverin (age 32) - $4.4 billion

  10. Arun Pudur (age 38) - $4 billion


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