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Gbemisola Oluwabusayo
1 year ago
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Gen Z billionaires: Top 10 youngest richest people under 26 years
For decades, the global billionaire class has largely belonged to those in their 50s, 60s, and beyond, a reflection of the time, risk, and persistence it often takes to amass vast wealth.
According to Forbes data, nearly three-quarters of the world’s billionaires fall between the ages of 50 and 79.
Only 12% are under the age of 50. And among those, the youngest billionaires, those under 30, are a rare subset, with only 21 individuals making the list this year.
Yet within this already exclusive group, an even smaller cohort stands out: billionaires under the age of 25. These Gen Z billionaires, born between the late 1990s and 2012, represent a tiny fraction of global wealth holders but draw disproportionate attention due to their youth and often extraordinary inheritances.
Nearly all of them, with just two exceptions, are beneficiaries of generational wealth. This includes the world’s youngest billionaire, 19-year-old Johannes von Baumbach of Germany. Along with his siblings, ages 23, 25, and 27, von Baumbach holds a multibillion-dollar stake in Boehringer Ingelheim, the world’s largest privately held pharmaceutical company. Each sibling is estimated to be worth $5.4 billion.
Of the 21 billionaires under 30, a significant majority, 15, hail from Europe. Germany alone accounts for several of them, including the von Baumbach siblings, Sophie Luise Fielmann (30), Kevin David Lehmann (22), and Maxim Tebar (23), who represent family wealth in industries ranging from eyewear to retail pharmaceuticals to industrial manufacturing.
But when narrowed down to those under the age of 26, the list becomes even more exclusive. This year, only 10 individuals meet that criterion.
What follows is a snapshot of the top 10 wealthiest billionaires in the world under the age of 26 in 2025, a generation coming into enormous wealth, whether by inheritance or, in rare cases, by their own design.
Source Nairametrics
