He is two years younger than his father was when he took on the fortune aged 27, and currently works as an account manager for Bio-bean, a green technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels and biochemicals.
"They're living in a fortunate age, but they've also missed out on the fortunes of the age due to their own shortcomings".
But Mr. Levchin, who made a fortune at age 27 selling PayPal, the online payment service he helped start in 1998, never moved in.
Wynn Resorts boss Steve Wynn built his Rich List-sized fortune at age 51 after more than two decades in the Las Vegas casino industry.
Industrialist known as "the smartest man on the planet" inherited sizable fortune at age 17, gave it all to charity.
Born into wealth, industrialist known as "the smartest man on the planet" inherited sizable fortune at age 17, gave away entirely to charity.
Ambergris is like fine wine, certain Isfahan carpets, and a rare breed of men and women, who have the good fortune to age well.
Media matriarch Oprah Winfrey built a mega-fortune by age 41, Polo's Ralph Lauren at 47 and the Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones at 52. Investing gurus Carl Icahn and John Paulson each premiered on the 400 at age 51.
Neither age, fortune, gender, nor church membership offered immunity; prominent men stood accused alongside homeless five-year-old girls.
What is known is that Alphonso, second son of Hamish McDool, 17th Earl D'Aberdeen, made his first fortune before the age of 30 by cornering the world's supply of feldspar at a time when the demand for aluminosilicate minerals was at an historical high.
