5 bachelor billionaires you should know

MANILA, Philippines - Still looking for that tall, handsome and wealthy guy to sweep you off your feet?

Wealth-X, a leading ultra high net worth intelligence and prospecting firm, has compiled a list of the wealthiest, youngest and most eligible bachelors in the world.

"They’re all under the age of 35 and richer than Midas – and single," Wealth-X said.

1. Scott Duncan, 32

The American billionaire is estimated to be worth $5.5 billion. Duncan, who lives in Houston, is the only son of the Duncan family, which made its money through energy company Enterprise Products.

2. Thomas Persson, 30

Persson, the son of Sweden's richest man Stefan Persson, is estimated to have a net worth of $2.8 billion. His family owns fast fashion giant H&M, where his older brother Karl-Johan is president and CEO.

3. Evan Thomas Spiegel, 24

The founder of popular mobile app Snapchat has an estimated net wealth of $1.7 billion. Spiegel started Snapchat with a fellow Stanford University student, Filipino-American Bobby Murphy.

4. Carl Erik Hagen, 27

Hagen is the only son and heir to Norwegian holding company Canica. The Norwegian is estimated to be worth $1.7 billion.

5. Prince Albert II Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel von Thurn and Taxis, 31

 The German aristocrat's net wealth is estimated at $1.5 billion. He is also known as a champion racing car driver.

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Who are the world's richest billionaire bachelors?

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