SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) — There are 2,781 names on the World’s Billionaires List for 2024, according to Forbes, and the youngest of the richest were born into wealth.
But who are these teenage billionaires and what empires are behind their names?
Below are the two youngest people on Forbes’ list — and the only ones under 20 years old.
Clemente Del Vecchio
Del Vecchio, 19, owes his net worth to his father Leonardo Del Vecchio, the founder of EssilorLuxottica, the world’s largest producer and retailer of glasses and frames. The younger Del Vecchio currently owns a 12.5% stake in Delfin, a Luxembourg-based holding company, which he inherited upon his father’s death in 2022.
Delfin also owns shares in other large companies, including multiple banks.
Clemente was at one time the world’s youngest billionaire (at the age of 18), but he has since aged out of that title, which is now held by Livia Voigt.
Livia Voigt
Voigt, 19, is the leading shareholder of WEG Industries, a Brazil-based manufacturer of electric motors, according to Forbes. Her grandfather, Werner Ricardo Voigt, cofounded WEG in 1961.
Forbes’ profile of Voigt says she’s currently a student, and has no active role in the company.
Including Del Vecchio and Voigt, Forbes determined there to be 25 billionaires on the 2024 list ages 33 or younger, with a combined net worth of $110 billion. Very few, however, were self-made, aside from a handful over the age of 30, Forbes estimated.
A complete list of the youngest billionaires on Forbes’ list, and more on the methodology used to calculate their worth, can be found at Forbes’ official site.
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FAQs
Livia Voigt
Who is the 19 year old world's youngest billionaire? ›
Meet World's Youngest Billionaire: Livia Voigt
Holding the position of the largest individual shareholder at WEG, a company co-founded by her grandfather, Werner Ricardo Voigt, Livia's ascent to billionaire status has garnered attention.
Who is the richest 19 year old in the world? ›
Livia Voigt
WEG was was cofounded by her grandfather, Werner Ricardo Voigt, along with late billionaires Eggon Joao da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus. As explained by Forbes, WEG had revenues of approximately $6 billion US dollars in 2022. It's publicly-traded and multinational with factories in over 10 countries.
Who is the 19 year old billionaire daughter? ›
Livia Voigt, a 19-year-old college student from Brazil, recently became the world's youngest billionaire, with $1.1 billion. Her family's company, WEG, played a big role. Her grandfather co-founded WEG, and now she owns a lot of shares there, making her super rich.
Who was the youngest billionaire in history? ›
Clemente Del Vecchio
Clemente was at one time the world's youngest billionaire (at the age of 18), but he has since aged out of that title, which is now held by Livia Voigt.
Who is the 20 year old billionaire? ›
Top ten youngest billionaires in the world
| Global Rank | Name | Age |
|---|
| 2648 | Livia Voigt | 19 |
| 682 | Clemente Del Vecchio | 20 |
| 2159 | Kim Jung-youn | 20 |
| 1097 | Kevin David Lehmann | 21 |
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Who is the 15 year old millionaire boy? ›
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Who is the current youngest billionaire? ›
Livia Voigt
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Who is the billionaire little girl? ›
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Who is the 19 year old billionaire? ›
The youngest billionaire in the world is Brazil's Livia Voigt. Just 19 years old and still in college, she's worth an estimated $1.1 billion thanks to her minority stake in the electrical equipment producer WEG, which her late grandfather cofounded.
Are there any Gen Z billionaires? ›
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Who is the richest person under 30? ›
Youngest billionaire in the world is 19
At 19, Livia Voigt is the youngest billionaire on the list and in the world.
How old was Mark Zuckerberg when he became a billionaire? ›
Sorry, young folks, but Mark Zuckerberg — Meta Platforms' co-founder and CEO who became the world's youngest self-made billionaire at 23 — is the exception to the rule, not the norm. Most billionaires are self-made, accumulating their wealth through a combination of hard work, education and investing.
How did Clemente Del Vecchio make his money? ›
Real Time Net Worth
He inherited a 12.5% stake in his father's Luxembourg-based holding company Delfin after his death, along with his stepmother and six siblings. Besides EssilorLuxottica, Delfin also owns shares in insurer Generali, banks Mediobanca and UniCredit and real estate developer Covivio.
How many billionaires are there in 2024? ›
2024. The 38th annual Forbes list of the world's billionaires found a record 2,781 billionaires with a total net wealth of $14.2 trillion.
Who is the richest woman in the world? ›
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