Some take decades to accumulate the whopping fortunes while some strike the jackpot at very early age. Here is a list of self-made billionaires in the world under the age of 30.
1. Evan Spiegel, 27
Residence: Los Angeles, California
Estimated wealth:$1.8 billion
At the young age of 25, the Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel became the billionaire in the world after launching the popular photo-sharing app with two of his former Stanford classmates.
2. John Collison, 27
Residence: San Francisco, California
Estimated wealth:$1 billion
The Harvard dropout is the co-founder ofStripe,an online payment company, with his brother Patrick in 2011. The Irish-born brothers now live in San Francisco, where the company is based.
3. Mark Zuckerberg, 33
Residence: Palo Alto, California
Estimated wealth:$45 billion
The Facebook cofounder and CEO became the youngest self-made billionaire in history at age 23, thanks to Facebook's IPO.
4. Patrick Collison, 29
Residence: San Francisco, California
Estimated wealth:$1.0 billion
The Stripe co-founder and CEO dropped out of MIT to partner with his brother John and pursue an entrepreneurial path. Their start-up was most recently estimated at $5 billion.
5. Bobby Murphy, 29
Residence: Venice, California
Estimated wealth:$1.8 billion
Just five years out of college, the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Snapchat is one of the youngest billionaires in the world, along with his Snapchat co-founder Spiegel.
