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CEO Mark Zuckerberg came in at number 52 on the list, with an estimated worth of $13.5 billion, followed by five other Facebook founders and investors. At 26, co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is the youngest billionaire on this year's list, while Facebook investors Sean Parker and Yuri Milner cracked Forbes' rankings for the first time. Rounding out the social networking sextet is Eduardo Saverin -- Zuck's ex-bestie who was tear-jerkingly ostracized from the company in David Fincher's 'The Social Network.' It may not be the Hollywood ending that the Academy's myopic voters were looking for last month. It certainly doesn't sound like a depressing one, either. [1]
The Facebook billionaires are founders Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Dustin Moskovitz, whose falling-out formed the basis for the Oscar-winning film The Social Network. 26-year-old Moskovitz is the youngest person on the list. They're joined by Sean Parker -- played by Justin Timberlake in the movie version -- and investors Peter Thiel and Yuri Milner. [2]
Some of the most notable newcomers to this year'''s 2011 World'''s Billionaires list are three of Mark Zuckerberg'''s Facebook co-founders. By now millions know these folks, or at least a fictionalized version of them, from having watched '''The Social Network''' movie. They include not just Zuckerberg, but co-founder and former buddie Eduardo Saverin; co-founder and former roommate Dustin Moskovitz (who barely has a role in the film version), and the social networking firm'''s first president Sean Parker. [3]
How about Eduardo Saverin, who started Facebook with Zuckerberg whilst at Harvard but was later involved in a legal wrangle with the site. His net worth is now put at $1.6 billion. Another social networking billionaire, is Sean Parker with a net worth of $1.6 billion who is a former president of Facebook, while yet another link to Facebook comes with Dustin Moskovitz'''s inclusion on the list. [4] One of the biggest jumps on the list was Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He stands in 52nd place with a worth of $13.5 billion. He is joined by 5 other fellow Facebookers including Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Sean Parker, Yuri Milner, and Peter Thiel. [5] The youngest billionaire on the Forbes list, at 26, is co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Eduardo Saverin, and investors Sean Parker and Russian Yuri Milner are new to the ranks and rounding out Forbes''' '''Facebook Six''' is investor Peter Thiel, who has moved down to 833 from 828, despite increasing his wealth to $1.5 billion from $1.2 billion. [6] Facebook's other co-founders, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Savarin, as well as investors Sean Parker and Yuri Milner joined the billionaire club during the past year too, according to Forbes‘s list, released Wednesday. [7]
The youngest billionaire on the list is Dustin Moskovitz, a co-founder of Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, who are also listed. Moskovitz (26) is eight days younger than his former college roommate, Zuckerberg, according to Forbes. The magazine has been producing its rich lists for 25 years, valuing individuals' assets and balancing this against their debt. It acknowledges that it cannot "pretend to know what is listed on everyone's private balance sheet" but adds that "some folks do provide that information". It also notes that "some co-operate, others don't". [8] The Billionaire Network: Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Dustin Moskovitz, the youngest people on the Forbes list worth $13.5bn and $2.7bn respectively. [9] Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz beat out Mark Zuckerberg as the youngest person on Forbes's billionaires list published Thursday. Moskovitz was born eight days after Zuckerberg, his Harvard roommate. The 26-year-old is worth $2.7 billion, most of which he made through his share in Facebook. [10]
The world's 20 youngest billionaires are evidence that enormous fortunes can be created in far less than a lifetime. All of them are under 40. The youngest, Dustin Moskovitz, is just eight days younger than his Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg (both are 26). The oldest in this group, Google cofounder Sergey Brin (age 37), is also the group's richest, boasting a net worth of $19.8 billion. [11] With a total net worth of $13.5 billion, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, aged 26, is not only the youngest billionaire, but also the 52nd richest person in the world, according to Forbes' latest list of world's billionaires (for 2011). [12] Topping the list of Facebook billionaires is Mark Zuckerberg, with an estimated net worth valued at $13.5 billion. His wealth this year is a big jump from last year's $4 billion by a more than three times. He is now ranked 52, from last year's 212th place. [13] The first on the list is a guy who everybody has heard of and that'''s Facebook'''s Mark Zuckerberg. It was only in January that we wrote of his personal fortune being $9 billion and his personal net worth is now put at $13.5 billion after a growth of 238% in the last year. [4] Zuckerberg'''s fortune surged 238% since last year to $13.5 billion, and his Facebook cofounders easily secured spots on the Billionaires list. Their net worths are lower than we first expected. After weeks of digging, we finally got a well-placed source to confirm their exact shareholdings in Facebook. Turns out all four of them have been selling shares. He still owns 25%. [3]
Topping the Facebook rich list is Mark Zuckerberg, the social networking site's chief executive and president, who was ranked the world's 52nd richest billionaire with a fortune estimated at $13.5 billion ('8.39bn). [14] Here it is the Forbes rich list giving you the top 400 richest Americans, this iPad app has been out a while now but just in case you missed it please do read what it has to offer. The Forbes List contains the 29th Annual Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans and will tell you what influence they have, as we know Bill Gates is still at the top with $54 Billion, Steve Jobs is at number 42 with an estimated $6.1 Billion, Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is at $6.9 Billion. This Apple iPad app not only gives you the top 400 big earners it also features a search screen so you can find whoever you want, you can sort by name, age, source of wealth in addition to rank/net worth or residence. Other Main Features: photo gallery of images for most listees, the ability to create your own list of the people you want to keep track of on a regular basis, share information via Facebook, Twitter, and email, plus get an up-to-date feed of the latest news on the listees. For more information on this Forbes Rich List iPad App: 400 Richest Americans please visit iTunes, you can also visit Forbes website for the Forbes 400 List 2011. [15] In the Forbes list, Facebook co-founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg shows up at No. 52 with an estimated worth of $13.5 billion, up from 212 and $4 billion in 2010. [6]
Propelling the rise of the Facebook investor portfolios, the company recently acquired $1.5 billion in financing led by Goldman Sachs and Milner'''s Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies. This investment suggests the purveyors of Farmville and Mafia Wars could potentially be worth $50 billion, which invited a rush of investors to add their own cash to the company. The Forbes list included other names familiar in the tech, media and Internet circles such as Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who both come in at No. 24 on the Forbes list, at an estimated $19.8 billion. Digital Sky Technologies Chief Executive Milner, credited with beating Silicon Valley at its own game, landed on the cover of Forbes''' billionaires list magazine. His firm holds stakes in the center of this generation'''s Internet leaders including social gaming Zynga and the online coupon site Groupon. [6]
Rounding out Facebook's billionaires are Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a Facebook investor, is worth $1.5 billion, while Yuri Milner, who has invested in Facebook, Groupon and Zynga, is worth $1 billion, according to Forbes. Lest the folks at Facebook think they have a lock on all the social networking billionaires, Groupon and Zynga added a few names of their own to the Forbes list. [16]
Russian investor Yuri Milner is worth $1 billion. Eduardo Saverin, who was made famous in "The Social Network," after being ousted out of the company, was also named to the list, and his settlement with Zuckerberg got him about $1.6 billion. [17] Napster founder and Facebook investor Sean Parker and Russian investor Yuri Milner are each worth $1.6 billion. [13] Sean Parker's name might sound a bit familiar. As Facebook's first Presidnet, he was played by Justin Timberlake in the film. His net worth is estimated at $1.6 billion according to Forbes today. He was the "Silicon Valley veteran who joined Facebook in 2004 as its founding president and helped it navigate initial funding" reports Forbes to news. He previously founded Napster and Plaxo. He may have joined in 2004, but left the company one year later, with an astounding 4% stake now heading to a $2 billion valuation. [18] If you are go looking for Dustin in the halls of Facebook, you won't find him, reports Forbes. In 2008, he left the company to start Asana. Insiders claim that he sold his one percent stake in the company last year and still has a five percent stake. In the film The Social Network, he was played by Joseph Mazzello. Forbes values his net worth today at $2.7 billion. [18]
At the age of 26, most people will have scraped together enough money to buy a car, maybe put a deposit down on a modest flat and will be climbing the rungs of the career ladder. That is unless you're Dustin Moskovitz, the youngest billionaire in the world. The 26-year-old from Washington DC has a net worth of $2.7bn, mainly through his co-founding stake in Facebook. This makes him the youngest member of the annual Forbes billionaires list, published today. [19]
Moskovitz is the youngest billionaire on the list and worth $2.7 billion. He was Zuckerberg'''s friend way back at Harvard and the site'''s third employee and eventually left Facebook in 2008 to start a software company, Asana. [4] Moskovitz, the world's youngest billionaire, was Zuckerberg's Harvard roommate and Facebook's third employee. Today, he's worth $2.7 billion. Saverin, who started Facebook with Zuckerberg while they were in college, had a falling out with Zuckerberg - there was a lawsuit and counter-suit involved. [16]
Moskovitz also holds the position of the world's youngest billionaire, being eight days the junior of Zuckerberg. Other Facebook billionaires include Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake in movie The Social Network, with $1.6bn, and Peter Thiel with $1.5bn. [14] Co-founder Eduardo Saverin made the list as well at number 782 with $1.6billion, tied with Facebook's first president Sean Parker (played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network). [9] There are six newcomers who made billions in social networking. That includes a Russian Facebook investor, Facebook cofounders Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, and Facebook's first president, Sean Parker. [20]
Next are fellow Facebook founders Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, with $2.7 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively. [13] One out of every three people in the world over the age of 13 with access to the internet is a Facebook user. Founders Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz, and Eduardo Saverin created Facebook in their dorm room at Harvard University. [21]
Everyone knows Mark Zuckerberg as the leading founder of global social network: Facebook. Even Hollywood rode on his coattails to get a juicy story of young money which seemed to be a premature recounting of a story that is still being told. That'''s because thanks to Zuckerberg'''s social network, there are 6 total billionaires that were newly made according to Forbes magazine. The profound result this year leads to the question, is the old adage still true; '''it'''s all about who you know'''? The growth from Facebook has been unprecedented making it one of the fastest privately held companies of all time. Forbes just recently came out with a report on the world'''s richest men with Carlos Slim of Mexico topping the list with his successful telecom giant enterprise. [22] Microsoft founder Bill Gates is now at number two after donating billions to charitable causes through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He was replaced after a long stint as the world's richest man by Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim. There are now 1,210 billionaires on the Forbes list, 200 of which earned their top hat and monocle this year. 413 Scrooge McDucks come from the U.S., 332 Richie Riches are from Asia, and 300 Jed Clampetts keep their fortunes under mattresses in Europe. [2] Mexico's Carlos Slim topped the list, ahead of Bill Gates. The richest person in the world remains Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim with a net worth of $74billion He is also the biggest gainer on the list, with a staggering $20.5billion increase in his wealth since last year. In second place was Microsoft founder Bill Gates whose personal fortune stands at $56billion, although he has given away more than $30billion to charity. In third place is investor Warren Buffett on $50billion, but he too would have more had he not begun to give it away. Both men have signed up to the 'Giving Pledge' with dozens of other billionaires to give away half of their fortunes before they die. [9] The collective $18.9 billion (13.7 billion) wealth of the Irish billionaires pales, however, beside the $74 billion pot guarded by the world's richest man, Mexico's Carlos Slim. A telecoms magnate, Slim added $20.5 billion to his riches in 2010, more than anybody else on the 1,210-strong list. The increase allowed him to pull away from the two individuals closest to him: Microsoft's Bill Gates and Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway. There will, however, be no embarrassment for the two businessmen, who both beefed up their fortunes by $3 billion during the year. The Irish list is headed by Indian-born businessman Pallonji Mistry who holds an Irish passport due to the Irish citizenship of his wife and children. Mistry's fortune, gained in large part from his shareholding in the Indian Tata Group, is estimated at $8.8 billion, having grown from $5.8 billion last year. [8]
Not to mention, the list begins with Mexican business magnate and telecom tycoon, Carlos Slim Helu (& family), with an estimated net worth of $74 billion, up from $53.5 billion in 2010. Even after having given away $33 billion to his foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still ranks at No.2, with a combined net worth of $56 billion; closely followed by another philanthropist, Warren Buffett at No.3 ($50 billion). [12] Mexico'''s Carlos Slim leads the ranks, with a net worth of $74 billion, followed by Bill Gates with $56 billion; Warren Buffet with $50 billion; Bernard Arnault with $41 billion; and Larry Ellison with $39.5 billion. [23]
Bill Gates, of Microsoft, and Larry Ellison, of Oracle, represent the industry in the top 10 billionaires, with net worths of $56 billion and $39.5 billion respectively. [7]
On now to Yuri Milner with a net worth of $1 billion, who has stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Mark Pincus is next and he is the founder of Zynga, the social gaming group. His net worth is put at $1 billion and much of his success also stems from Facebook as the most popular Zynga games, such as FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia Wars are played on the Facebook platform. [4] Pallonji Mistry (81) is estimated to have a net worth of $8.8 billion (6.4 billion), up from $5.8 billion a year ago. Holder of an Irish passport due to the Irish citizenship of his wife and children, Mistry is chairman of the India-based construction group, Shapoorji Pallonji, which is run by his sons. His biggest asset is a stake of almost one-fifth of Tata Sons, the holding company for Indian conglomerate, Tata Group. [8]
Relatively low-profile, Dorrance (67) gained an Irish passport in the 1990s under a government job-creation scheme, which is now defunct. The move allowed him to avoid large U.S. tax payments when he sold down his Campbell stake, but has also seen him spend up to half the year at his home in south Dublin. He is a fan of hunting. Forbes says his $2.4 billion fortune neither grew nor shrank last year, leaving him at 488th in the magazine's overall list. First appeared on the list last year and has, according to Forbes, grown his wealth from $1.5 billion to $1.9 billion (1.4 billion) in the meantime. He makes his money from the manufacture and sale of domestic appliances through the Irish-based Glen Dimplex group. He founded the company as Glen Electric in 1973, turning it into Glen Dimplex with the purchase of Dimplex from receivership in 1977. [8] The wealth of the domestic appliance expert is now put at $1.9 billion, up from $1.5 billion a year earlier. Dermot Desmond is not estimated to have grown his fortune this year, but is believed to have maintained it at $1.6 billion. In 2010, Sen Quinn was estimated to be worth $2.3 billion, placing him just behind O'Brien on the Forbes list. He had previously headed the table with a $6 billion estimated fortune. [8] Naughton is 651st in the overall Forbes list. His worth is estimated by Forbes to have stuck at $1.6 billion (1.16 billion) last year, with the financier's source of wealth listed as "finance, self-made". [8]
Denis O'Brien's wealth is estimated by Forbes to be up from $3.5 billion to $4.2 billion (3.05 billion) last year. Aged 52, O'Brien's fortune is rooted in his foundation of Esat Digifone in the 1990s. The business was sold to BT, allowing him to focus on the developing mobile markets of the Caribbean. His Digicel group, based in Bermuda, is the largest operator in the region. He also has strong links with Haiti. [8] Zuckerberg's fortune is up more than two-fold since last year, from about $4 in 2010 to an estimated $13.5 billion today. He's also the #19 richest man in the U.S., and ranked 40th among the most powerful people in the world. [12] Facebook CEO and co-founder Zuckerberg has an estimated worth of $13.5 billion. In 2010, his worth was estimated at $4 billion and he was ranked 212th quite an increase for the 26-year-old. That's not to say Zuckerberg's keeping the money all for himself. In the past year he donated $100 million to the Newark public school system, and he's committed much of his wealth to charity. [7]
Besides Zuckerberg, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is worth $2.7 billion, Forbes said. [17] Next on the Forbes list is Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook co-founder, who is valued at $2.7bn. [14]
It pays to be a founder of Facebook. It's no surprise that Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg sits as the wealthiest of all the Facebook officials listed by Forbes. He is listed by Forbes as the 52nd richest person in the world. In 2010, the Forbes list placed him as the world's 212nd richest person. [17] Mark Zuckerberg leads five founders and investors in the site to appear in the Forbes list of the world's billionaires -- and Zuckerberg even has more money than Apple boss Steve Jobs. [2]
Forbes tells news today that Dustin Moskovitz is now the world's youngest billionaire. He makes that distinction by jumping onto Forbes' annual Rich List and being eight days younger than former Harvard roommate Mark Zuckerberg. [18] One of the men is making news for becoming the youngest billionaire on Forbes' Rich list, and his name is not Mark. [18]
Five Irish citizens are the Forbes Rich List of the worlds billionaires. More than 200 people joined the billionaires list as their numbers rose to a new record of 1,210, Forbes said. [24]
The Irish list also shrank in 2009 when Sir Anthony O'Reilly made an exit. When all members of the Forbes list are included, the global billionaires' club has a combined wealth of $4.5 trillion, according to the magazine, which points out that this is greater than Germany's annual economic output. Some 214 new names joined the list this year, with almost half of these coming from the Bric nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China. [8] All were pushed onto the Forbes World's Billionaires list as the valuation of the company has soared in the past year to a recent $50 billion. The frenzy has helped push up private market values of other outfits including online gaming firm Zynga and group-buying site Groupon, both of which spawned new billionaires--at least on paper. [20]
Forbes includes a full list of all the world'''s billionaires. This latest list is, as expected, the longest ever. A total of 1,211 individuals have net worth of $1 billion or more and they include people from nations around the globe. [23] Billionaires are getting younger. This year there are 20 billionaires under the age of 40, compared with just eight in last year's list. The second youngest is Moscovitz' former colleague Zuckerberg, who was 2010's biggest percentage gainer. His net worth jumped to $13.5bn, up from $6.9bn, making him worth nearly five times as much as Moskovitz. [19] Moskovitz, who is six days younger than Zuckerberg, is the youngest of all the billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion. [7]
Zuckerberg comes in as the second-youngest billionaire, worth $13.5 billion, nearly five times as much as Moskovitz. If any of these young moneybags are looking for a place to drop some dough, we can think of one writer who would be happy for a handout. [10] Zuckerberg's wealth of $13.5 billion was up 238%, but the biggest gainer was Nigerian tycoon Aliko Dangote. The sugar, flour and cement magnate's worth grew 557 per cent, to $13.8billion, landing him at number 51. [9]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg comes in first of the bunch at number 52. He is said to be worth $13.5billion, up 238 per cent from last year's $4billion. [9] Some of the most notable newcomers to this year'''s 2011 World'''s Billionaires list are three of Mark Zuckerberg'''s Facebook co-founders. By now millions know these folks, or at least a fictionalized version of them, from having watched '''The Social Network''' movie. [3] The parties settled; Saverin apparently got a 5% stake and a cofounder bio on Facebook's site. ''Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, who had a smaller stake than the rest, was the only one who did not make the list of 400 Richest Americans in the fall but now he qualifies. That'''s because Facebook'''s valuation has more than doubled since Spring 2010, based on a $1.5 billion injection brokered by Goldman Sachs that valued the still privately held social network at $50 billion. [3] Facebook investor Peter Thiel, was ranked No.833 with $1.5 billion. He invested $500,000 in Facebook and was previously best known for co-founding PayPal ]] and running Clarium Capital but his stake in the social network is now the bulk of his wealth. [25]
Thiel was the co-founder of PayPal and made $60 million personally when it was sold to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. In 2004 he invested in Facebook but is said to have sold most of his Facebook stake now. [4]
Former Facebook president Sean Parker (who is also a co-founder of Napster) is worth $1.6 billion fortune. [17] Mark Pincus, who founded social gaming company Zynga, is worth $1 billion; and Eric Lefkofsky, co-founder of online discount provider Groupon, is reported to be worth $1.6 billion. [16] On to Eric Lefkofsky who is the co-founder of Groupon and owns 30% of the company and his net worth is placed at $1.6 billion. [4]
Warren Buffett again took the bronze with net worth of $50 billion. 2011 featured more billionaires than any point in history, with the 1,210 rich few eclipsing the previous mark in 2008 of 1,125. [5] In Houston, Richard Kinder leads the billionaire'''s brigade, with a net worth of about $7.4 billion. His world ranking is #128. [23]
In total, Forbes estimates that there are 1,210 billionaires in the world today, up 214 on last year, holding a total net worth of $4.5 trillion. [14] The Forbes list revealed that the top top ten wealthiest have a combined net worth of $406billion, up from $342billion in 2010. [9] The mobile phone tycoon operates in dozens of Caribbean islands, Honduras, Haiti, Fiji, Tonga and Papua New Guinea. John Dorrance III, is number 488 on the list, with a net worth of $2.4bn, having inherited his fortune from the Campbell Soup group. [24] Dorrance's fortune is estimated to have remained steady at $2.4 billion. A new entry to the list in 2010, Louth businessman Mr Naughton is also judged to have grown his riches this year. [8] Elsewhere on the Forbes' list Microsoft founder Bill Gates was ranked at No. 2 overall with a $56 billion fortune, according to Digital Trends. [17] Once again Microsoft founder Bill Gates had to settle for the number 2 spot $56 billion. [5]
China and Russia have more than 100 billionaires each with 115 and 101 and Moscow is now home to more billionaires, 79, than any other city in the world. While he is as famous for his frugality as his empire of flat pack furniture, Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad may have to tighten his belt a little further after losing three quarters of his $23billion fortune. The 84-year-old saw his personal wealth tumble $17billion to just $6billion due to tax issues. He has fallen 151 places on the list, down from 11th to 162nd place. Just last month allegations came to light that Kamprad had been secretly running his empire via a foundation in Liechtenstein which supposedly helped his Swedish company avoid paying tax for years. [9] Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim H'lu once again tops the Forbes rich list with a personal fortune of $74bn, up by more than $20bn on last year. [14] Mexico's Carlos Slim has topped the latest Forbes magazine rich list, as his wealth grew by more than a third. [24]
Last month Moskovitz and Rosenstein launched Asana, a software application designed to improve the way people collaborate in groups and manage projects. Most of the1,210 billionaires on Forbes Rich List are in their sixties. [19] Six people involved with Facebook made Forbes magazine's 2011 Billionaires List. Zuckerberg had a good financial year, with his wealth jumping 238% in just the past year. [16] The massive growth of social networking websites has enabled six people behind Facebook to join the latest Forbes list of the world's billionaires. [14] Finally we see Rupert Murdoch who bought MySpace in 2005. His net value is put at $7.6 billion and he is now seeking to sell MySpace, which is losing money. Murdoch is still involved with traditional media though, such as Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and News Corp. So there you have it, the world'''s social networking billionaires in 2011, according to Forbes. [4] The next social networking billionaire is Yoshikazu Tanaka with a net value of $2.2 billion. [4]
Save for later or keep reading. Eight days the junior of his former Harvard peer and chief executive of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, made most of his wealth through his stake in the social networking site, according to Forbes. [19] Forbes underlines the U.S. as being home to the most billionaires yet with more moving and shaking across the globe. What is really interesting is that in their report they also highlighted 10 billionaires that have been affected by Facebook with 3 of them becoming billionaires alongside Mark Zuckerberg. When looking at Facebook'''s billionaires; there'''s the usual suspects; Napster founder; Paypal founder both seen as innovators in their own right. [22] If you 'wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad, you had better go start a Facebook. ''Forbes has recently released its list of the world's billionaires, and it includes six Facebook founders and investors. [13] Have you recently been added to a friends list of the world'''s top billionaires? Six of the founders and investors of social juggernaut Facebook have. [6]
Eduardo Saverin, who went through a bitter legal dispute with Zuckerberg, has an estimated fortune of $1.6bn, while Yuri Milner, a Russian investor in Facebook, has $1bn. [14] Mark Pincus, the president of Facebook gaming sensation Zynga, is No. 1140 with $1 billion, tied with Russian Facebook investor Yuri Milner. [25] Russian Internet investor Yuri Milner, who invested in Facebook, came in at 1,140 with $1billion. [9]
The newest billionaire is Eric Lefkofsky. He's from Michigan and is a lead investor in Groupon. Another new billionaire on the list is Mark Pincus. He invented Facebook games. [26] Forbes has released its list of the world's richest billionaires for 2011, and Facebook has put seven people on the list. [9] You know what's cool? Six billionaires. That's what Facebook has produced, according to Forbes' annual list, published yesterday. [1]
IRELAND'S SUPER-RICH are officially shrinking in number, with the elimination of Sen Quinn from the annual Forbes list of the world's wealthiest cutting the Irish billionaire total to a mere five. The small but exclusive group has otherwise held its own, with telecoms entrepreneur Denis O'Brien, Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton and financier Dermot Desmond all retaining their billionaire positions according to the influential magazine. [8] O'Brien has extensive media interests through ownership of 42 radio stations and a stake in Independent News & Media. He is also a shareholder in Aer Lingus. Forbes lists O'Brien's residence as Dublin, although his address was recently given in High Court proceedings as St Sligma, Malta. He is number 254 in the overall list. John Dorrance's wealth flows from his inheritance of a 10.5 per cent stake in Campbell, the huge U.S. food group built from the invention by his grandfather of condensed soup. [8]
At one point, Saverin had a thirty-three percent share of the company, reports Forbes to news today. When Moskovitz joined, his stake dropped to thirty percent. He didn't make the move to California, lawsuits erupted. He reportedly now has a 5% stake in the company. Forbes tells news that he has been selling shares in the last year and may now have only a 2% equity stake. [18] Born in Washington, D.C., Moskovitz dropped out of Harvard after two years like the Facebook CEO. Moskovitz served as Facebook's first chief technology officer. Although he no longer works for the company he helped found, he still owns a 6% share in the company. Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein, a former engineering manager at Facebook, launched their own networking firm Asana last month. This year, there are 20 billionaires under age 40, up from just eight last year. [10]
Co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is worth $2.7billion and is in 420th place. Aged just 26, he is the youngest person to make the cut and beats Zuckerberg by eight days. This is his first year on the list. [9] Nigerian sugar, flour and cement tycoon Aliko Dangote was this year's biggest riser, up 557% to $13.8bn. The claims jarred with his legendary reputation for frugality - he is known for driving a 15-year-old car, flying economy class and encouraging the thousands of staff in his global empire to use both sides of company notepaper when writing letters. On the Forbes list he was the biggest loser but elsewhere there wasn't much movement. [9] The Forbes list revealed that Britain has 32 billionaires, three more than last year. [9] Forbes lists the three billionaires at 122, 46, and 254 ranking of the world'''s richest men, respectively. [22]
A slideshow article over on Forbes now informs us about several individuals who have become billionaires from social networking and made the Forbes World'''s Billionaires list. [4] Tanaka is the founder of Japan'''s biggest social networking site, Gree and is planning to be competition for Facebook by setting up in California shortly. [4] Here at OSM we have a particular interest in social networking and social media and often talk about the growing impact of such sites. Recently we have also noted the huge valuations of companies such as Facebook and Twitter. [4]
''Saverin, who stayed behind when Zuckerberg and Moskovitz first went to California, originally had a 30% stake in the site.'' Facebook sued him for allegedly interfering with the business and insisting on keeping that stake; Saverin countersued. [3] Moscovitz co-founded Facebook and was the firm's first chief technology officer. Moskovitz parted ways with Zuckerberg in 2008 to set up his own networking firm, Asana. He did this with Justin Rosenstein, an engineering manager at Facebook who had formerly worked at Google. [19] Once in California, Dustin Moskovitz became Facebook's third employee. He was named the company's first Chief Technology Officer and VP of Engineering. [18]
Primetime performer Justin Timberlake, star of '''N Sync and the movie "Alpha Dog", plays the role of Sean Parker, who became the first President of Facebook in 2004. [21]
Saverin, age 28, and Parker, age 31, are each worth $1.6 billion, according to Forbes. [7] Denis O'Brien comes next with $4.2 billion, which marks a healthy increase on last year's $3.5 billion. His closest competitor for the number two spot is US-born John Dorrance III, the low-profile heir to the Campbell's soup fortune who received an Irish passport some years ago. [8] Carlost Slim maintained his number 1 spot as the world's richest man with assets totalling $74 billion. [5]
Dermot Desmond, the last of the Irish on the list at number 782, has a net worth of $1.6bn. [24] Martin Naughton at number 651, is a self-made billionaire with a net worth of $1.9bn. [24] Telecom and media billionaire Denis O'Brien, 52, follows ranked at number 254 with a net worth of '''4.2bn. [24]
The wealthiest are still land owners Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor and family with a net worth of $13billion. [9]
The world's oldest billionaire is Swiss tech entrepreneur Walter Haefner, who is 100 and worth $4bn. [19] The combined wealth of the billionaires on the list also hit a new record of $4.5 trillion. [6] FYI, the combined wealth of the world's 1,211 (listed / known) billionaires is about $4.5 trillion. 108 of the 214 new names in the billionaire's list, are from India, China, Russia and Brazil. [12]
Digital Trends reports that Zuckerberg's wealth has more than tripled since 2010. It was $4 billion and it is now about $13.5 billion. [17] Zuckerberg's wealth, along with that of five others, has ballooned massively since Goldman Sachs brokered a $1.5bn capital injection into Facebook, valuing the firm at around $50bn. [14]
Mark Zuckerberg is the 52nd wealthiest person in the world, but he's not the only billionaire at Facebook. [7] Mark Zuckerberg in the Top 100 Wealthiestthat's pretty impressive considering his creation is less than a decade old. There are many billionaires whose live work is to develop that much money and he was able to do in seven years. [7]
Moskovitz is actually Forbes' youngest billionaire at 26 (he is six days younger than Zuckerberg). [13] At the age of 26, Moskovitz is the youngest billionaire in the world, according to Forbes. [17]
I'''ve tracked the world'''s wealthiest people for Forbes for 13 years, first as an enterprising reporter and later as the editor who oversees all our global wealth coverage and ultimately signs off on the final ranks of the world'''s billionaires. [3] Forbes published on Wednesday the latest list of billionaires and 6 of the newest members join an exclusive list of others made wealthy by the latest gold rush on the internet, Reuters is reporting. [6] You can see the full list of 2011 Forbes Billionaires right here. [5]
About 80 of the world's 1,210 billionaires are from the tech sector, with Bill Gates and Larry Ellison topping the list of rich geeks. We sure hope we would be part of this list someday. [13]
Sean Quinn, who ranked at 421 last year, has slipped off the list. The former chairman of the Quinn Group is still recovering from his disastrous gamble on a 25% stake in the now nationalised Anglo Irish Bank. [24]
The movie The Social Network is based on Ben Mezrich'''s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires and focuses on the beginning of Facebook and its rise to one of the most notable companies in the world. [21] Six of the social network's founders and investors are among the richest people in the world. [7]
Digital Trends explains the increase comes from Facebook's recent $50 billion valuation. [17] Mark Pincus, the president of Zynga, also came in at 1,140 with $1billion, earned on the back of the site's success. His games, including FarmVille and Mafia Wars, are played on Facebook. [9]
Eduardo Saverin was played by Andrew Garfield in the film. He was the best friend of Zuckerberg that co-founded Facebook together. [18]
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