Every year FORBES crunches the net worth of each American billionaire to see who can claim the privilege of making the exclusive FORBES 400 list. But you might say 20 members of this club are luckier than the rest: they have the money — plus many, many years to spend it.
This year there are 20 American
billionaires under the age of 45. The youngest member is Dustin Moskovitz. The 29-year-old Facebook FB -4.03%
cofounder has been the youngest billionaire in the country since he first
appeared on the list in 2010. This year his net worth has nearly doubled to
$5.3 billion, thanks to his 5% stake in the ubiquitous social network.
Mark
Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO, comes in as the second-youngest FORBES
400 member, just 8 days older than his former Harvard roommate Moskovitz.
Zuckerberg, however, has nearly 3 times as large of a fortune. His estimated
net worth is $19 billion, up from $9.4 billion last year as the stock returned
to its IPO heights. That’s good enough for him to rank as the 20th wealthiest
person in the country.
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