19-Yr-Old Student Becomes World’s Youngest Billionaire

Livia Voigt, a 19-year-old Brazilian student, has been accorded the title of the world’s youngest billionaire, as per the 2024 Forbes Billionaires List.

This year’s list of billionaires has 25 youngest billionaires all aged 33 or younger. They own $110 billion collectively. Livia Voigt is the youngest among them.

Who is Livia Voigt?

Livia Voigt, the world’s youngest billionaire, has surpassed Clement Del Vecchio, heir to EssilorLuxottica, who is only two months older than her.

Livia Voigt is one of the largest individual shareholders of WEG, the largest manufacturer of electrical motors in Latin America. The company was co-founded by her grandfather Werner Ricardo Voigt, alongside late billionaires Eggon Joao da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus.

Voigt is currently a university student in Brazil. She has a net worth of $1.1 billion. She, alongside her older sister Dora Voigt de Assis, is among the seven new faces in the youngest billionaire list 2024.