Top 20 Richest People in the World

What Were They DoingAt Your Age?

Enter your age and discover what the world's wealthiest billionaires were accomplishing at the same point in their lives.

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Showing milestones for age 25(6 exact matches)

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Bernard Arnault

LVMH

France

At age 25

Joined his father's construction company, Ferret-Savinel.

EM

Elon Musk

Tesla & SpaceX

USA

At age 25

Dropped out of Stanford's PhD program after two days to start Zip2.

Between ages 24 and 28

JB

Jeff Bezos

Amazon

USA

At age 25

Graduated summa cum laude from Princeton with a degree in computer science.

Between ages 22 and 26

MZ

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta (Facebook)

USA

At age 25

Turned down a $1 billion acquisition offer from Yahoo to keep building Facebook.

Between ages 23 and 26

LE

Larry Ellison

Oracle

USA

At age 25

Dropped out of college twice; taught himself programming while working odd jobs.

Between ages 23 and 33

WB

Warren Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway

USA

At age 25

Graduated from Columbia Business School, mentored by Benjamin Graham.

Between ages 20 and 26

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LP

Larry Page

Google (Alphabet)

USA

At age 25

Co-created Backrub, the search engine prototype that became Google.

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SB

Sergey Brin

Google (Alphabet)

USA

At age 25

Co-founded Google, focusing on the mathematical algorithms behind search ranking.

SB

Steve Ballmer

Microsoft

USA

At age 25

Dropped out of Stanford MBA program to join his Harvard friend Bill Gates at Microsoft.

Between ages 24 and 30

AO

Amancio Ortega

Inditex (Zara)

Spain

At age 25

Opened his first clothing store, GOA, selling quilted bathrobes he produced.

Between ages 23 and 27

MA

Mukesh Ambani

Reliance Industries

India

At age 25

Enrolled at Stanford for an MBA but left to help his father build Reliance.

Between ages 24 and 32

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CS

Carlos Slim

América Móvil

Mexico

At age 25

Founded Inversora Bursátil and Grupo Carso, beginning his business empire.

MD

Michael Dell

Dell Technologies

USA

At age 25

Founded Dell Computer Corporation with $1,000 in startup capital.

Between ages 20 and 27

FB

Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

L'Oréal

France

At age 25

Studied at university while living a relatively private life away from the spotlight.

Between ages 20 and 28

JK

Julia Koch

Koch Industries

USA

At age 25

Worked in fashion and social circles in New York City.

Between ages 22 and 28

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AW

Alice Walton

Walmart

USA

At age 25

Founded Llama Company, an investment bank focused on municipal finance.

RW

Rob Walton

Walmart

USA

At age 25

Graduated from Columbia Law School and joined a law firm in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Between ages 22 and 26

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JW

Jim Walton

Walmart

USA

At age 25

Became president of Walton Enterprises, the family's holding company.

ZS

Zhong Shanshan

Nongfu Spring

China

At age 25

Became a newspaper reporter for Zhejiang Daily, interviewing hundreds of people.

Between ages 23 and 29

GA

Gautam Adani

Adani Group

India

At age 25

Started a diamond brokerage firm, learning the intricacies of global trade.

Between ages 20 and 26