Indian-origin Pudur in top 10, under-40 rich list; Zuckerberg leads
Thursday, 05/03/2015
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NEW YORK: Indian-origin billionaire Arun Pudur, CEO of software firm Celframe Technology Group of Companies, has been ranked among the world’s top 10 richest individuals under 40, in a list topped by Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
According to Wealth-X, a global wealth intelligence and prospecting company, Malaysia-based Pudur is ranked at 10th position on the list with a personal fortune of $4 billion.
Celframe Fortune 500 clients include Boeing, MTv, Nortel, GM and Delta.
Zuckerberg is followed by another Facebook employee Dustin Moskovitz and WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum in the second and third position respectively, Wealth-X said.
“The list is dominated by male technopreneurs, with four of the men deriving their fortunes from their early involvement in Facebook,” Wealth-X added. Zuckerberg, 30, is estimated to be worth $35.1 billion, more than 40% of the combined networth of all the other billionaires on the list.
Dustin Moskovitz, Facebook’s third employee and the youngest individual on the list has a fortune of $7.7 billion, while Jan Koum’s personal wealth stood at $7.7 billion.
Mobile messaging application WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion.
Other individual on the list linked to Facebook include Sean Parker (Facebook’s first president and Napster co-founder) ranked 5th with a fortune of $5.2 billion, and Eduardo Saverin (Facebook co-founder) ranked 9th with a wealth of $4.4 billion.
The list also features two under-40 female billionaires — 34-year-old Country Garden Holdings heiress Yang Huiyan of China and biotech entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
Huiyan’s networth totals $5.1 billion, making her Asia’s richest woman while Holmes, 31, who has amassed a fortune of $4.5 billion, is America’s youngest female billionaire.
Others in the list include, Scott Duncan ranked 4th on the list with a fortune of $5.5 billion and Alejandro Santo Domingo Villa (ranked 7th, with $4.9 billion).