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March 20, 2010

World's top 10 youngest billionaires

1. Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco, California, Oct. 17, 2007. Facebook said on Wednesday it will allow members to turn off a controversial feature that monitors the Web sites they visit, and its chief executive apologized for not responding sooner to privacy complaints.(Xinhua Photo)

Net worth: 4 billion dollars

How: Internet

Age: 25

Citizenship: US

The Facebook-founder launched the social networking site from his Harvard bedroom in 2004

2. John Arnold

Net worth: 4 billion dollars

How: Energy trading

Age: 36

Citizenship: US

Hired by Enron and founded hedge fund Centaurus Energy in 2002 after Enron collapsed.

3. Yang Huiyan

Net worth: 3.4 billion dollars

How: Property

Age: 28

Citizenship: China

Her fortune is tied up in her holding in Guangdong developer Country Garden, run by her father Yeung Kwok Keung.

4. Albert von Thurn und Taxis

Net worth: 2.2 billion dollars

How: Inheritance

Age: 26

Citizenship: Germany

Inherited fortune on his 18th birthday and lives in family castle, Schloss Emmeram.

5. Fahd Hariri

Net worth: 1.4 billion dollars

How: Construction, investments

Age: 29

Citizenship: Lebanon

Youngest son of assassinated Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri inherited stake in his father's construction, telecom and property empire.

6. Aymin Hariri

Net worth: 1.4 billion dollars

How: Construction, investments

Age: 31

Citizenship: Saudi Arabia

The Hariri brothers received a large inheritance from their father, Rafiq Hariri, who rose from a humble start as a construction worker to become prime minister of Lebanon.

7. Yoshikazu Tanaka

Net worth: 1.4 billion dollars

How: Internet

Age: 33

Citizenship: Japan

Like Zuckerberg, Tanaka also made his fortune from a social networking site, Gree.

8. Kostyantin Zhevago

Net worth: 1.2 billion dollars

How: Banking, mining

Age: 36

Citizenship: Ukraine

Has majority stake in iron ore producer Ferrexpo and Finance & Credit Bank.

9. Lee Ziaohui

Net worth: 1 billion dollars

How: Manufacturing

Age: 28

Citizenship: China

Chairman of one of China's biggest private steel manufacturers Shanxi Haixin Iron & Steel Group, since father was shot in 2003

10. Shahid Balwa

Net worth: 1 billion dollars

How: Property

Age: 36

Citizenship: India

Partner in DB Realty whose projects include Turf Estate, a luxury high-rise, and the 108-storey Park Hyatt Hotel in Mumbai.

(Agencies)



Editor: Li Xianzhi
http://news.xinhuanet.com/

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