The Oldest Billionaires In The World Right Now

The oldest billionaires in the world have seen a great deal of change in the world in the past 93 to 99 years. They have witnessed the evolution of the automobile and air travel. They’ve seen men go to the moon. They’ve seen computers go from behemoth machines that took up a whole room to being small enough to carry in your back pocket. In their lifetimes industries were born and died. The fax machine was a revelation until email came along. Transistor radios gave way to albums, eight track tapes, cassette tapes, CDs, MP3s, and finally cloud-based streaming music. Suffice it to say, the world today is vastly different than it was in 1924, when the youngest of the oldest billionaires were born. The generation gap means that the fortunes of the oldest billionaires come from some traditional sources. Maria Franca Fissola, for instance, comes from candy. Also represented: cosmetics, real estate, insurance, the Dole citrus empire, and Warren Buffett’s right hand man. Women take two titles on this list – oldest and richest. As mentioned, Nutella widow Maria Franca Fissola is the oldest, at 99. L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is the richest of the oldest with a net worth of $35 billion. These are the 16 Oldest Billionaires In The World Right Now: Alexander Spanos Age: 93 Net Worth: $1.1 billion Source: real estate, the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers Country: United States Len Ainsworth Age: 93 Net Worth: $1.3 billion Source: slot machines Country: Australia Tang Hsiang-Chien Age: 93 Net Worth: $1.5 billion Source: textiles, electronics Country: Hong Kong Charles Munger Age: 93 Net Worth: $1.75 billion Source: Berkshire Hathaway Country: United States David Murdock Age: 93 Net Worth: $3 billion Source: Dole, real estate Country: United States Saif Al Ghurair Age: 93 Net Worth: $3.1 billion Source: real estate, manufacturing Country: United Arab Emirates Sumner Redstone Age: 93 Net Worth: $6.4 billion Source: media Country: United States Stanley Perron Age: 94 Net Worth: $1.9 Source: retail, property Country: Australia Liliane Bettencourt Age: 94 Net Worth: $35 billion Source: L’Oreal Country: France George Joseph Age: 95 Net Worth: $1.4 billion Source: insurance Country: United States David Consunji Age: 95 Net Worth: $3.9 billion Source: construction Country: Philippines Marcel Adams Age: 96 Net Worth: $1.1 billion Source: real estate Country: Canada Aloysio de Andrade Faria Age: 96 Net Worth: $3.4 billion Source: banking Country: Brazil Henry Hillman Age: 98 Net Worth: $2.5 billion Source: investments Country: United States Chang Yun Chung Age: 98 Net Worth: $2.5 billion Source: shipping Country: Singapore Maria Franca Fissola Age: 99 Net Worth: $25 billion Source: Nutella