How Long To 1 Billion? [Infographic]

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There are currently 2,095 billionaires in the world worth a combined $8 trillion.

New research released today has compared the journeys of the world’s richest self-made billionaires to find out how long it took to hit the $1 billion mark.

The study reveals the average time to hit a billion dollars is 21 years.

These are the top ten quickest people to hit $1 billion:

Name	Source	Years To Earn $1 Billion
Pierre Omidyar	eBay, PayPal	3
Mark Zuckerberg	Facebook	4
Colin Huang	E-Commerce	4
Jeff Bezos	Amazon	5
Larry page	Google	6
Sergey Brin	Google	6
Zhang Yiming	Software	6
Vladimir Potanin	Metals	7
Ricardo Salinas Pliego	Retail, Media	7
Abigail Johnson	Money Management	7

The quickest person to hit the milestone was eBay founder, Pierre Omidyar who became a billionaire in just 3 years

In contrast, the longest road to billionaire status was by Singaporean paint magnet Goh Cheunf Liang who made his first billion after 59 years

The top 7 billionaires to make their money the quickest worked in the tech industry. Despite being on track to becoming the first trillionaire, Jeff Bezos is fourth on the list, making his first billion after 5 years
Russians made their first billion quicker than any other country, many of which made their fortunes in oil, metals and minings.

To view the research in full, including a breakdown of countries and industries click here.

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