There is a lot to learn from these people - they earned their first millions when they barely left a young age. The success story of these young businessmen can inspire others to start their own business.
The youngest millionaires in Russia - we present to our readers a rating of the most promising businessmen in the country.
He has made an amazing career and, at 28, is one of the youngest millionaires in Russia. Fear is the founder of the retail trading company Sotmarket. At one time, according to Forbes magazine, he was one of the nine young Russian entrepreneurs who founded serious companies. Sotmarket, created in 2005, was among the 20 largest online stores in Russia. The company's annual revenue in 2012 amounted to just over 4 billion rubles. In the fall of 2015, Strakh began cooperation with Tele2 - he was appointed project director for affiliate sales. At the same time, he stepped away from managing the Sotmarket company, but remained one of its main shareholders (Strakh owns 49% of the shares of the online store). The businessman expressed a desire to take on other projects. In particular, he is now working on creating a marketplace that will be related to jewelry.
The founder of the Kefir studio is among the youngest millionaires in Russia. . His fortune is estimated at $40 million. In 2009, he founded the studio for developing games for social networks “Kefir!” A small team of 5-7 people worked on the studio’s first games. Now about a hundred employees work under Pryakhin’s leadership. In total, the studio created 9 games, 3 of which became very popular: Prison, Forge of Glory and Totem Rush. Now Andrey Pryakhin has decided to fully concentrate on promoting his studio’s games on the mobile market, since it is possible to earn serious amounts of money on it. On average, the studio's monthly profit from microtransactions in games is about $700 thousand.
Among the youngest millionaires in Russia is 27-year-old. He is one of the founders of Crelligence Media, an organization for student entrepreneurs, The Kairos Society, and Virool, a video content distribution network in mobile applications and on web sites. Debelov managed to attract investments worth $6.6 million in the development of Virool. Now the Virool network has more than 30 thousand users.
One of the successful young millionaires in Russia - 30-year-old, founder and CEO Group-IB, a company engaged in the prevention and investigation of cybercrimes using high technology. Group-IB is among the TOP 7 companies influencing the information security of the world. The company's annual turnover is about $36 million.
Sachkov founded the company in 2003 together with two classmates. To launch a business project, he borrowed money from his older brother and repaid the debt after the first successful order. One of the youngest millionaires in Russia continues to develop investigative techniques for new types of computer crimes and is a member of many expert committees of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe in the field of cybercrime.
Among the youngest millionaires in Russia is a 24-year-old design engineer, founder of the Promobot company and one of the developers of smart robots. A few years ago he decided to start creating robots. A month after work on the project began, a prototype of a robotic snow blower was ready. He participated in several startup competitions and attracted the attention of investors. Krivokrutsev’s team received the first money for further development project. Then the Intellect-Stroy company invited young engineers to create a robot promoter that could sell flowers. After successful presentation The company earned about 9 million rubles from the sale of robots. Promobot has received an order for the supply of 50 robots and plans to make a profit of 1.5 billion rubles.
Having become a partner of Eduard Gurinovich in creating the CarPrice service at the age of 24, he entered the list of the youngest millionaires in Russia. His fortune is estimated at $10 million. CarPrice, a service for selling a car through an online auction, was successfully launched in 2014. Within a year, CarPrice was conducting 4 thousand auctions a month. Now the company, which has 20 offices, employs more than 200 employees. By 2015, the company managed to attract about $42 million in investments.
In 2006, he created the online game payment service Xsolla. It supports about 700 payment systems from all over the world. 32-year-old Agapitov was among the youngest millionaires in Russia. In 2009, he and his family moved to California, where Xsolla is now headquartered. The businessman's fortune is estimated at $125 million. Agapitov's next project, Slemma, failed - it did not interest investors.
The 32-year-old, with a capital of $950 million, is among the youngest and most successful millionaires in Russia. In 2006, he invested 30 thousand dollars in the creation social network"In contact with". Classmate of Pavel Durov. He manages the PetroMir holding and the Conti gambling concern, and is involved in investments in technology companies.
The founder of Mobirate, whose fortune is estimated at $42 million, is also among the youngest millionaires in Russia. An entrepreneur from Ulyanovsk has been creating mobile games for 12 years, and until 2009 his company was barely making ends meet. The parking simulation game Parking Mania brought success. It has been downloaded by more than 20 million users. To date, Mobirate has already released more than a dozen mobile hits.
Among the youngest and most promising millionaires in Russia is 32-year-old, the founder of such popular Internet products as the social network Vkontakte and Telegram messenger. After he parted with his share of Vkontakte, Durov became closely involved in the development and promotion of Telegram. According to him, the number of messenger users has exceeded 100 thousand people. The businessman's assets are estimated at a billion dollars.
Eight years ago, the “golden hundred” of the Russian Forbes ranking included at least 12 millionaires whose age was less than 40 years. But, sad as it may be, over time the number of young millionaires is steadily decreasing. In addition, those who are now included in this rating cannot be called so young: out of six richest people under the age of 40 there is no one under thirty. And in general, the trend is that there are fewer and fewer young self-made billionaires, and those who inherited ready business from rich parents, more and more.
Vyacheslav Mirilashvili
Age: 30 years
Place in the ranking: 114
Net worth: $950 million
Fact: Son of the famous and authoritative St. Petersburg businessman Mikhail Mirilashvili, owner of the PetroMir development holding and the Konti gambling concern. Upon returning from America, inspired by the idea of Facebook, Vyacheslav invested $30,000 in the project of his classmate Pavel Durov in 2006. The young entrepreneur borrowed money from one of his father’s companies. As of mid-April 2013, the daily audience of the VKontakte network totals more than 47 million people.
In April 2013, Mirilashvili sold his 40% stake in the social network to a consortium of investors led by Ilya Shcherbovich. The transaction amount is still unknown.
Vitaly Yusufov
Age: 33 years
Place in the ranking: 153
Place in the ranking: $700 million
Fact: Son former minister energy and special presidential representative for energy cooperation Igor Yusufov, at 22 years old - candidate economic sciences, at 24 - assistant to the general director of Gazpromexport, at 26 - director of the Moscow branch of Nord Stream AG.
Vitaly Yusufov is an experienced businessman: he saved the German shipyard Waden Yards from bankruptcy at the height of the 2009 German election campaign, which resulted in Angela Merkel taking the position of German Chancellor for another four years. By the way, the shipyards are located in the region that Merkel represented in the elections.
It was Yusufov’s company, established jointly with the Ministry of Defense, that received, without any competition, scarce frequencies for the construction of a 4G network.
Yusufov Jr. is also an experienced intermediary: having acquired a 19.93% stake in the Bank of Moscow from its former president Andrei Borodin, a couple of months later he successfully resold the stake to VTB. Borodin himself said after the deal that the Yusufov family acted in the interests of then President Dmitry Medvedev, “ young man", as Yusufov Sr. called him.
Maxim Nogotkov
Age: 36 years
Place in the ranking: 82
Net worth: $1.3 billion
Fact: The only one Russian billionaire in the Forbes under 40 ranking. The owner of the Svyaznoy network and the bank of the same name, Maxim Nogotkov, showed business acumen back in school, selling computer programs and radiotelephones.
After college, Nogotkov decided to take sales seriously and organized wholesale trade cell phones, and then the retail network. Last year, more than 9 million phones and smartphones were sold through Svyaznoy, and the group’s revenue exceeded 500 billion rubles.
Maxim Liksutov
Age: 36 years
Place in the ranking: 157
Net worth: $650 million
Fact: Professional diver Maxim Liksutov made his fortune in railway transportation.
In the early 1990s, he began sorting and transshipping Kuzbass coal in the port of Tallinn at the request of his housemate Sergei Glinka. Later he became a co-owner of one of the largest private railway carriers, Transgroup, as well as Transmashholding and Aeroexpress. In December 2011, he was appointed head of the Moscow Department of Transport and Road Infrastructure, and 10 months later - deputy mayor. In connection with this, according to his own statements, by the end of 2012 he completely left the business, selling his shares.
Andrey Andreev (Oganjanyants)
Age: 39 years
Place in the ranking: 127
Net worth: $800 million
Fact: Eligible groom and one of the most mysterious Russian millionaires. Under the pseudonym Andrey Andreev hides Andrey Oganjanyants, the creator of the popular dating site “Mamba” and the Badoo project. The latter is a symbiosis of chat, dating service and photo rating, disguised as a social network. In 2012, the site, available in 41 languages, had 175 million registered visitors.
Andreev lives in London, does not like to be photographed or give interviews, preferring to free time drive through the London suburbs in rented luxury cars.
Alexandra Andresen
Age: 20 years
State:$1.2 billion
Source of wealth: investments
A country: Norway
Ferd is an active player on the Norwegian Stock Exchange and manages several hedge funds. Alexandra Andresen does not work for the company.
Katerina Andresen
Age: 21 years old
State:$1.2 billion
Source of wealth: investments
A country: Norway
Katerina Andresen, Alexandra Andresen's sister, also received 42% in the Norwegian investment company Ferd from her father. Katarina is currently studying at Amsterdam University College.
Gustav Magnar Witze
Age: 23
State:$1.6 billion
Source of wealth: fish production
A country: Norway
23-year-old Gustav Magnar Wietze owns 47% of Salmar ASA shares, which were given to him in 2013 by his father Gustav Wietze.
Salmar ASA, a Norwegian salmon producer, one of the largest in the world, was founded by Witze Sr. in 1991. Gustav's father still runs the company.
John Collison
Age: 26
State:$1.1 billion
Source of wealth: Stripe
A country: Ireland
John Collison - 26-year-old founder payment system Stripe. He became the youngest billionaire in the world to earn his fortune rather than inherit it.
Evan Spiegel
Age: 26
State:$4 billion
Source of wealth: Snapchat
A country: USA
Evan Spiegel - Executive Director and founder of Snapchat (an app for sharing photo and video messages that self-destruct after a short time).
In 2014, Yuri Milner’s DST Global fund invested in the American startup. In 2017, the service went public.
Ludwig Theodor Braun
Age: 27
State:$1.1 billion
Source of wealth: medical technology
A country: Germany
Ludwig Theodor Braun owns 9.69% of B. Braun Melsungen AG, which is owned by his family. B. Braun Melsungen AG is one of the largest manufacturers medical equipment.
Patrick Colisson
Age: 28
State:$4 billion
Source of wealth: Stripe
Citizenship: Ireland
Patrick Collison is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his brother John Collison in 2010. Stripe is an electronic payment service.
Bobby Murphy
Age: 26
State:$4 billion
Source of wealth: Snapchat
A country: USA
Bobby Murphy is the co-founder of Snapchat messenger, an application for exchanging photo and video messages that self-destruct after a short time. Murphy's partner on the project is Evan Spiegel.
Age: 29
State:$1.3 billion
Source of wealth: airline
A country: China
Wong Han inherited 27% of Juneyao Air, a low-cost airline based in Shanghai, from his father. After the IPO, the airline's shares rose in price, making Wong Han a billionaire. In addition to the airline, Juneyao Group has interests in retail, education and the food industry.
Eva Maria Braun-Ludik
Age: 30
State:$1.3 billion
Source of wealth: medical technology
A country: Germany
Eva Marie Braun-Ludick owns 11% of B. Braun Melsungen AG (one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the world). Another 9.69% of the company's shares belongs to her cousin Theodor Ludwig Braun.
Alejandro Santo Domingo
Age: 31
State:$2.4 billion
Source of wealth: beer
A country: USA
Alejandro Santo Domingo runs his family business, the Santo Domingo Group, a conglomerate that includes more than 100 companies operating in various industries. In particular, the group owns controlling stakes in Bavaria Brewery and Valores Bavaria.
Lucas Walton
Age: 30
State:$11.3 billion
Source of wealth: WalMart
Citizenship: USA
Lucas T. Walton is the grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton. A third of the retailer's shares were inherited by him, and he also received a stake in First Solar.
Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 32
State:$56 billion
Source of wealth: Facebook
A country: USA
Dustin Moskowitz
Age: 32
State:$10.7 billion
Source of wealth: Facebook
A country: USA
Dustin Moskowitz - one of the founders of the world's largest social Facebook networks on par with Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes. Owns 7.6% of the company's shares. Also founded the company Asana (software developer).
Tom Persson
Age: 32
State:$2.1 billion
Source of wealth: H&M
A country: Sweden
Tom Persson is the third generation of the family that created the H&M chain of inexpensive clothing stores. Tom's sister, brother, aunt and father are also billionaires.
Kirill Shamalov
Age: 34
State:$1.3 billion
Source of wealth: petrochemical industry
A country: Russia
Kirill Shamalov owns 20.88% of Sibur, of which he acquired 17% from Gennady Timchenko. According to Reuters and Bloomberg, he is allegedly the son-in-law of President Vladimir Putin.
1. The youngest billionaire is 27 years old, his fortune is estimated at $3.5 billion.
He beat out his eminent and richer rival, Mark Zuckerberg, for one simple reason. Dustin is eight days younger than Mark. Initially, he was lucky enough to live in the same room at Harvard University with Mark Zuckerberg. As a result, he ended up being Facebook's third employee. Together with Zuckerberg, he dropped out of Harvard and devoted himself to the development of the social network. Dustin became Facebook's first chief technology officer and vice president. In 2008, he left Zuckerberg's company and founded his own software company, Asana. His company promotes the idea of partnerships for small businesses. The declared values of Asana are “humanity, pragmatism, the ability to admit one’s mistakes, composure and the ability to effectively allocate time and human resources.”
2. 27 years old, net worth: $17.5 billion.
Thought leader and founder of Facebook. This young man is a legendary figure. His company united the whole world in communication. What can we say about simple communication, when Facebook became a platform for the exchange of ideas and a means of uniting uprisings in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, etc. Two books, “Reluctant Billionaires” and “The Social Network,” have been written about the history of the creation of his company, and a film of the same name has been shot. Mark Zuckerberg, the only one of the three founders of the company, continues to work on Facebook. The young billionaire was officially recognized by President Baroque Obama as a champion of American innovation. Some time later, Mark was already having lunch with the president, Steve Jobs himself, and other tycoons.
3. 28 years old, net worth: $1.5 billion.
He is the 12th prince of the Thurn und Taxis family. He acquired his billions at the age of 8. His father died and left him an inheritance. But he had to officially own billions upon reaching the age of 18. His family owns one of the largest forest lands in Europe - 30,000 hectares, real estate in Germany, works of art and a high-tech company. Having capital, the prince also has an extraordinary mind. In 2008 he was awarded a Master's degree in Economics and Theology from the University of Edinburgh. He is interested in auto racing. Albert competes in the FIA GT3 Championship.
4. - 29 years old, net worth $2 billion.
Third founder of Facebook. Now his business consists of two companies: 1) ShopSavvy - this project allows consumers to scan barcodes of products and offer the most favorable prices on it in online stores and neighboring streets 2) Jumio - foreseeing online payment technology by recognizing data credit cards webcam.
5. Finally, the girl has appeared! . Age 30, net worth $4.7 billion.
She is also the richest resident of China. True, she did not earn billions herself. Her father, the founder of the development company Country Garden Holdings, gave his favorite company shares, while remaining the chairman of the board of directors and the actual helmsman.
6. , age 31, net worth $1.3 billion.
The youngest son of the assassinated Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Saudi Oreg, whose shares Fahd inherited, is involved in construction, telecommunications, and real estate. Fahd himself runs the television network Euture Nelevision Network. Broadcasting of this network is now distributed throughout the Middle East.
7. . Age 32, net worth 2.1 billion.
This successful businessman became famous as the most successful strategist. It was he who was the president of Facebook, and it was thanks to him that the company increased its capitalization. However, Sean himself only owns 3% of Facebook shares. He played him in the movie "The Social Network" Justin Timberlake. Parker started his business at the age of 19, when he and a friend created the Napster website. This site was a challenge to the market of the legal music industry and became a popular resource because... allowed you to download music for free. Sean is currently a managing partner at the Fouders Fund. The fund invests in high-tech companies. Parker recently acquired shares in Spotifi, a popular European music subscription service.
8. , age 33 years old, net worth 1.3 billion.
The eldest son of the assassinated Prime Minister of Lebanon. In the family empire, Ayman runs the construction business. He controls two largest project- construction of the King Abdullah financial district and construction of the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University for women? Ayman also has a South African mobile operator 3C Telecommunications.
9. , age 34, net worth $1.5 billion.
He previously worked as an engineer at Appele. And perhaps he knew Steve Jobs himself. In 2005, he decided to create his own company and within six years, in 2011, he became a billionaire. The company he created, Ubiguiti Networks, which produces equipment for wireless networks, held an IPO. In just half a year, the company's revenue increased by 2.1 times, and net profit by 2.5 times.
When leaving Appele, Robert said: “great company, but I need success faster” and he was not mistaken.
10. Our list is completed by a woman, age 34, net worth $2 billion.
And again loving father Heinz Bauer transfers 85% of shares to his daughter family business- media holding Bauer Media Group. The company produces magazines. She has more than 400 species, including the Russian newspaper Scanword 777 and Bravo magazine.
There are people who are lucky and become happy owners of a large inheritance. And there is another category - with their labor, penny by penny they make a fortune that grows into millions. Meet the youngest millionaires on the planet!
1. Ashley Qualls ($70,000 monthly)
2004 year for 14 year old a teenager from the USA became famous. Her earnings concerned the promotion of templates on social network pages and online programming consultations. During the calculations, the Internet brought profit to the girl in the amount of $70,000 monthly.
When she turned 18, she gave herself a gift - she bought a house worth a quarter of a million dollars. Its resource is still wildly popular and brings in well-deserved millions of labor.
2. Fraser Doherty (3 quarters of a million is just the beginning)
Scottish teen 14 years old, he decided to surpass his grandmother in making jams by opening his own line for the production of these wonderful sweets. He did not have any factories; the boy brought all his recipes to life in his home kitchen.
As a result, everything worked out for him: the resulting jam was packaged in jars and successfully sold to neighbors. Profit was not long in coming.
The guy invested the proceeds in development, renting a line for the production and packaging of delicacies. By the end of the year, his fortune amounted to 3 quarters of a million, and a year later it doubled.
At the age of 15 An American young man decided to prove that he could make a living by supplying truffles. Moreover, his passion for mushroom gathering was developed since childhood.
Step by step, the guy managed to create his own nursery for growing truffles, which were sold in great demand to restaurants and grocery chains. Now everyone knows that Ian has the best products. But today he collects not only mushrooms, but also millions.
4. Jaden Smith (over $8 million)
Despite the fact that the boy grows up in a wealthy acting family, he made his millions on his own.
First he starred in the film “The Karate Kid,” earning $5 million. And subsequently he began performing dances, demonstrating his rap skills, which allowed him to add another 3 million.
The guy doesn’t limit himself to just this, he launched the production of his own brand of clothing, which also increases profits.
At 13 years old An Irish teenager mastered the art of programming so much that he launched several games that broke records in popularity and price.
It all started with a hobby when, at the age of 9, he bought ordinary textbooks, thanks to which he was able to write programs in 3 languages.
The youngest developer in Europe hides the true state of affairs, but there are millions of him - a fact confirmed by experts.
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