MANILA, Philippines – Research firm Wealth-X released a list on Wednesday naming the 10 richest billionaire bachelors in the world.
Topping the list is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, who is also the founder of investment and project management company Vulcan Capital.
Allen also owns the American football team Seattle Seahawks and the NBA team Portland Trail Blazers.
He has an estimated personal fortune of $15.3 billion.
The 60-year-old Allen has never been married, and recently reported to have bought an 8-bedroom mansion in the Silicon Valley town of Atherton for $27 million.
Second in the list is Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, with an estimated personal net worth of nearly $11 billion.
Armani’s business ranges from clothing lines, hotels to fragrances. He is turning 80 next year.
Rounding out the top 5 in the list are 48-year-old Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of NBA team Brooklyn Nets; 46-year-old Xavier Niel of Iliad; and 70-year-old David Geffen of Dreamworks.
“Against the backdrop of a proliferation of matchmaking TV shows and online services, meeting the right person is harder than ever. Add to that the compounding difficulty of super wealth and navigating the right soul mate and discerning right intentions becomes even more challenging,” said Wealth-X president David Friedman.
Also in the list are Rosp Corunna Participaciones Empresariales’ Marcos Mera ($5.7 billion), Duncan Family Foundation’s Scott Duncan ($5.3 billion), Arista Networks’ Andreas von Bechtolsheim ($4.4 million), Santo Domingo Group’s Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila ($3.9 million), and H.E. Butt Grocery’s Charles Butt ($2.9 million).
The 31-year-old Duncan is the youngest billionaire bachelor in the group while Armani is the oldest at 79.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
