Pics: Forbes names ‘40 under 40’

Published Nov 20, 2015

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London - Forbes magazine has named America’s richest entrepreneurs under the age of 40.

Only one woman made it on to the so-called “40 under 40” list of business heavyweights: Elizabeth Holmes, who founded the blood-testing company Theranos. She is at No 6 and she’s worth $4.5 billion.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg topped the rankings with $47.1bn.

 

Here’s the full list, by name, worth, age and organisation/industry...

 

#1 - Mark Zuckerberg ($47.1bn) (31) (Facebook)

#2 - Dustin Moskovitz ($9.7bn) (31) (Facebook)

#3 - Jan Koum ($8.8bn) (39) (WhatsApp)

#4 - Garrett Camp ($6bn) (37) (Uber Technologies)

#4 - Travis Kalanick ($6bn) (39) (Uber Technologies)

#6 - Elizabeth Holmes ($4.5bn) (31) (Theranos - blood testing)

#7 - Nathan Blecharczyk ($3.3bn) (32) (Airbnb)

#7 - Brian Chesky ($3.3bn) (34) (Airbnb)

#7 - Joe Gebbia ($3.3bn) (34) (Airbnb)

#10 - Sean Parker ($2.5bn) (35) (Facebook)

#11 - Jack Dorsey ($2.2bn) (39) (Twitter)

#12 - Robert Pera ($2.1bn) (37) (wireless networking gear)

#12 - Evan Spiegel ($2.1bn) (25) (Snapchat)

#14 - Bobby Murphy ($1.8bn) (27) (Snapchat)

#15 - Ben Silbermann ($1.6bn) (33) (Pinterest)

#16 - Ryan Graves ($1.5bn) (32) (Uber Technologies)

#16 - Adam Neumann ($1.5bn) (36) (WeWork)

#18 - Drew Houston ($1.2bn) (32) (Dropbox)

#19 - Brian Sheth ($1.1bn) (39) (investments)

#20 - Evan Sharp ($1.1bn) (32) (Pinterest)

#21 - Orion Hindawi ($1bn) (35) (Tanium)

#22 - Parker Conrad ($900m) (35) (software)

#23 - John Collison ($750m) (25) (Stripe)

#23 - Patrick Collison ($750m) (27) (Stripe)

#25 - Peter Szulczewski ($720m) (34) (e-commerce)

#26 - Matt Cohler ($700m) (38) (Facebook, Benchmark)

#26 - Palmer Luckey ($700m) (23) (Oculus)

#26 - Tiger Woods ($700m) (39) (golf)

#29 - Eric Friedman ($660m) (38) (Fitbit)

#29 - James Park ($660m) (39) (Fitbit)

#31 - Adam D'Angelo ($600m) (31) (Quora, Facebook)

#32 - Paul Sciarra ($550m) (34) (Pinterest)

#33 - Arash Ferdowsi ($500m) (30) (Dropbox)

#33 - Vivek Ramaswamy ($500m) (30) (investments)

#33 - Chris Wanstrath ($500m) (31) (collaborative software)

#36 - Chris Hughes ($450m) (31) (Facebook)

#37 - Tom Preston-Werner ($440m) (36) (collaborative software)

#38 - Charlie Chanaratsopon ($425m) (37) Charming Charlie

#38 - Joe Lonsdale ($425m) (33) Palantir

#40 - Apoorva Mehta ($400m) (29) (Instacart)

 

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