We learned a few things as we put together this list. Though we’ve limited our list to those born from 1957 to 1996, even so, they are worth a combined $1.4 trillion. Most of the people on our list were either born into their money or married it. Almost all of the American billionaires earned their enormous net worths in technology. The most billionaires come from the United States, Europe, and Asia. Among the Asian billionaires, 80% are self-made. Let’s take a look at the richest person, born from 1957 to 1996. If a year is missing, its because no one that year is a billionaire… yet. 1957: Mukesh Ambani Net Worth : $30 billion Country: India Source of Wealth: Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited. 1958: Hui Ka Yan (aka Xu Jiayin) Net Worth : $8.7 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Founder of Evergrande Real Estate Group. 1959: Uday Kotak Net Worth : $5.2 billion Country: India Source of Wealth: Founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank 1960: Jorn Rausing Net Worth : $5.4 billion Country: Sweden Source of Wealth: Tetra Laval (packaging conglomerate) heir 1961: Abigail Johnson Net Worth : $12 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Fidelity Investments heiress 1962: Susanne Klatten Net Worth : $19 billion Country: Germany Source of Wealth: BMW 1963: Laurene Powell Jobs Net Worth : $19 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Widow of Steve Jobs 1964: Jeff Bezos Net Worth : $85 billion Country: United States 1965: Michael Dell Net Worth : $21 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Founder and chief executive of Dell Technologies. 1966: Stefan Quandt Net Worth : $16 billion Country: Germany Source of Wealth: BMW 1967: Kumar Birla Net Worth : $8.7 billion Country: India Source of Wealth: Inherited commodities giant Aditya Birla Group. 1968: Wang Wenyin Net Worth : $12 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Owner of mining giant Amer International. 1969: Lei Jun Net Worth : $13 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Co-founded smartphone maker, Xiaomi. 1970: Emmanuel Besnier Net Worth : $8.2 billion Country: France Source of Wealth: Inherited dairy and cheese conglomerate Lactalis. 1971: Ma Huateng Net Worth : $23 billion Country: China How They Got Rich: Founder of Tencent. 1972: Andrey Melnichenko Net Worth : $8.9 billion Country: Russia Source of Wealth: Owner of energy and fertilizer company 1973: Larry Page Net Worth : $40 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founded Google 1974: Liu Qiangdon (aka Richard Liu) Net Worth : $9 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Founder of JD.com. 1975: Tom Persson Net Worth : $3.1 billion Country: Sweden Source of Wealth: Inherited H&M. 1976: Jan Koum Net Worth : $8.8 Country: America, via Ukraine Source of Wealth: Co-founder of Whatsapp. 1977: Alejandro Santo Domingo Net Worth : $14.27 billion Country: United States, via Columbia Source of Wealth: Inherited beer giant SABMiller 1978: Garrett Camp Net Worth : $6 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founded Uber. 1979: Sean Parker Net Worth : $7.6 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Founded Napster, Former president of Facebook. 1980: Marie Besnier Beauvalot Net Worth : $2.9 billion Country: France Source of Wealth: Inherited dairy and cheese conglomerate Lactalis. 1981: Yang Huiyan Net Worth : $12 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Inherited her father’s real estate firm. 1982: Eduardo Saverin Net Worth : $6 billion Country: Brazil Source of Wealth: Co-founded Facebook 1983: Nate Blecharczyk Net Worth : $3.3 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founder of Airbnb. 1984: Mark Zuckerberg Net Worth : $50 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founded Facebook. 1985: Julio Mario Santo Domingo III Net Worth : $2.3 billion Country: United States, via Columbia Source of Wealth: Inherited a stake in beer giant SABMiller. 1986: Lukas Walton Net Worth : $12 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Wal-Mart heir 1987: Wang Han Net Worth : $1.2 billion Country: China Source of Wealth: Inherited Juneyao Airlines. 1988: Patrick Collison Net Worth : $1.2 billion Country: United States, via Ireland Source of Wealth: Co-founded Stripe. 1989: Bobby Murphy Net Worth : $3.8 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founded Snapchat 1990: Evan Spiegel Net Worth : $4 billion Country: United States Source of Wealth: Co-founded Snapchat 1991: Hugh Grosvenor Net Worth : $13.3 billion Country: United Kingdom Source of Wealth: Inherited his wealth 1993: Gustav Magnar Witzoe Net Worth : $1.7 billion Country: Norway Source of Wealth: Inherited a salmon fishing company. 1995: Katharina Andresen Net Worth : $1.2 billion Country: Norway Source of Wealth: Inherited ownership of the investment company Ferd.. 1996: Alexandra Andresen Net Worth : $1.2 Country: Norway Source of Wealth: Inherited ownership of the investment company Ferd.
