Prince William Presents Award to Gymshark Founder Among Forbes’ Top 6 Youngest Billionaires: One of Forbes’ youngest billionaires rich list, Ben Francis, founder of Gymshark, has a fortune of $1.3 billion. Ben Francis was named a ‘Member of the Order of the British Empire’ in May 2018 by Prince William.
Prince William awarded Ben Francis the title of ‘Member of the Order of the British Empire’ last May.
The youngest billionaire in the world is 19-year-old Livia Voigt, whose grandfather founded electrical equipment manufacturer WEG. Others include Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel ($3.1 billion) and Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey ($2.3 billion).
Forbes’ list of the six youngest billionaires includes:
- Mark Mateschitz (31) – Red Bull – $39.6billion
- John Collison (33) – Stripe – $7.2billion
- Evan Spiegel (33) – Snap Inc – $3.1billion
- Jonathan Kwok (32) – Real Estate – $2.4billion
- Shunsaku Sagami (33) – M&A Brokerage – $1.9billion
- Ben Francis (31) – Gymshark – $1.3billion
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