Self-Made: Founders Under 40
The next-generation cohort whose businesses are still scaling — equity stakes that will compound through their forties.
14 entries · techCompiled July 2026
- 01
techElon Musk
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Est. Net Worth$410BLast 12 Mo.$132.3B - 02
techLarry Page
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Est. Net Worth$300B - 03
techSergey Brin
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Est. Net Worth$278B - 04
techJeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon and one of the architects of modern e-commerce, now turning his attention to spaceflight, media, and long-horizon philanthropy.
Est. Net Worth$269.5BLast 12 Mo.$81K - 05
techLarry Ellison
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Est. Net Worth$230B - 06
techMichael Dell
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Est. Net Worth$224B - 07
techMark Zuckerberg
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Est. Net Worth$201BLast 12 Mo.$27.2M - 08
techJensen Huang
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Est. Net Worth$151B - 09
techBill Gates
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Est. Net Worth$101BLast 12 Mo.$309M - 10
techPeter Thiel
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Est. Net Worth$20.9B - 11
techBrian Chesky
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Est. Net Worth$9.9B - 12
techReid Hoffman
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Est. Net Worth$2.8B - 13
techSam Altman
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Est. Net Worth$1.9BLast 12 Mo.$76K - 14
techMarc Andreessen
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Est. Net Worth$1.9B