**Young Money: Meet the Billionaire Whippersnappers of the Forbes 400**
As the old saying goes, “Age before beauty,” but when it comes to wealth, youth is making an impressive debut. The Forbes 400 list has decided to shake things up a bit this year, showing us that age isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes to riches. While the average billionaire on this list is a spry 70 years old, and an impressive 23 of them are strutting their stuff in their 90s, there’s a fresh crop of young bucks who are raking in the dough. This year, a record-breaking 33 billionaires are under the age of 50—up from 26 just a year ago.
Leading the pack is none other than the Facebook mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg. At 41 and sporting a jaw-dropping net worth of $253 billion, Zuck has accomplished quite a bit since he began coding away in his Harvard dorm. What has he been up to? Well, in a bold move this June, he dropped a whopping $14 billion to snag 49% of Scale AI, bringing on board its former CEO to head Meta’s new AI lab. With Meta’s stock price soaring by 42% since last year, it seems Zuck’s strategic decisions are paying off, adding $72 billion to his already bulging bank account.
But Zuckerberg isn’t the only young titan in the game. Enter Josh Kushner, a young 40-year-old with a net worth of $5.2 billion. Born into a dynasty of real estate moguls, he’s more than just another name in the family tree. With Thrive Capital, his venture capital firm managing over $15.5 billion, Kushner has supported standout companies like Stripe and OpenAI. He’s also got a famous family connection—after all, he’s married to supermodel Carly Klaus and is the brother-in-law to none other than Ivanka Trump.
Next up is Lucas Walton, the 38-year-old grandson of Walmart legend Sam Walton. His current net worth is a staggering $39.8 billion—no small beans! Lucas inherited a significant amount from his late father, John, after a tragic plane crash in 2005. While he enjoys a hefty stake in Walmart and his family bank, Arvest, Lucas prefers a different route. He founded Builder’s Vision, a sustainability-focused investment platform that’s put away over $3 billion since its inception in 2021. Talk about making a difference while counting the dough!
Then there’s Vlad Tennov, another go-getter at just 38 years old, with a net worth of $5.8 billion. As the CEO of Robinhood, a no-fee stock trading app he co-founded, Tennov is shaking up the financial world. Robinhood now boasts a whopping 26 million active customer accounts, positioning itself to compete against industry giants like Charles Schwab and is already six times larger than Merrill Lynch. With over a third of its revenue coming from cryptocurrencies, Tennov is turning his app into a ‘mousetrap’ for all kinds of trading.
Lastly, makin’ waves in the tech universe is Edwin Chen, the youngest of this elite group at 37 years old, with an impressive net worth of $18 billion. After spotting a gap in quality training data for AI, Chen founded Serge AI in 2020 and managed to scale it to a billion dollars in annual revenue—all without a dime in external funding. That’s right, he bootstrapped his way to the top! Forbes estimates his company is currently valued at $24 billion, giving his stake an eye-popping worth of $18 billion.
In a nutshell, these young billionaires are rewriting the rules of wealth, proving that age may be just a number, but in the world of riches, the youth are certainly giving the older generations a run for their money!
