Money has become an important factor to fulfil the needs and desires human has. Most of the people in the current world scenario are working just for earning money. Everyone has their pace of doing things. Also, success depends upon multiple factors and comparing people according to the money is not a good factor.
If we look at the life stories of richest people in the world today, we can easily judge that tech industry is the most profitable industry in past few years and future of technology is also looking bright with new inventions. In order to give you the lesson that everyone is unique in this world, we have made a list showing the years richest people took to reach the mark of a billionaire from being a millionaire. Take a look:
1. Mark Zuckerberg: 1 year
Even after so many lawsuits imposed on him in all these years, Mark has managed to stand on the top of this list. It took 12 months for him to reach the net worth of 1 billion.
2. Jeff Bezos: 2 years
Presently the richest man on the earth, Jeff Bezoz is breaking all the records about earning money. With a whopping net worth, he managed to become a billionaire in 2 years.
3. Ma Huateng: 3 years
Chairman and CEO of Tencent Holdings, Huateng also reached the billionaire mark very quickly. With a total net worth of $44.1 billion, it took him 3 years to join the billionaire list.
4. Alice Walton: 4 years
Daughter of WalMart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, Alice got all of her money from parents. She now looks at the inherited business and became a billionaire at the of 43 years taking 4 years to reach the mark after being a millionaire.
5. Sergey Brin: 5 years
With a current net worth of $46 billion, Being the president of Google’s parent company ALphabet, Sergey became a millionaire at the age of 36 and it took him 5 years to join the billionaire list.
6. Larry Page: 5 years
Google’s co-founder and the CEO of Alphabet, Larry Page also managed to take only 5 years from jumping into billionaire list. He reached this mark at the age of 30 only.
7. Bill Gates: 5 years
While talking about richest people in the world, how can we forget Microsoft’s founder- Bill Gates? With an ever-increasing net worth of $90.3 billion, he also got the billionaire tag after 5 years of being a millionaire.
8. Larry Ellison: 7 years
Another Larry on the list, Ellison is the founder and CTO of Oracle. He managed to become a billionaire at the age of 49 after 7 years of hard work as being a millionaire.
9. Steve Ballmer: 8 years
Steve has seen a lot in past decade. From being a CEO at Microsoft to become the owner of Los Angeles Clippers, it took him 8 years to cross the billionaire mark.
10. Hui Ka Yan: 10 years
Hui Ka Yan is the chairman of China Evergrande Group and has a total net worth of $33.6 billion. From age 31-41 he transformed into a billionaire from a millionaire.
To get more idea about the time other rich personalities took to become a billionaire you can take a look at the following list:
- Warren Buffett: 26 years
- Sheldon Adelson: 41 years
- Lee Shau-Kee: 27 years
- Charles Koch: 22 years
- Michael Bloomberg: 21 years
- Rob Walton: 14 years
- David Koch: 10 years
