--- title: What It's Like to Be the World’s Youngest Billionaire description: Mostly horses and vegetables, according to the teenager’s Instagram account authors: - name: Denver Nicks url: https://money.com/author/denver-nicks/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 60 covers: - Business - Banking - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/DenverNicks - https://plus.google.com/105122198911201917932 former_staff: true published: '2016-03-01T20:08:09.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T10:11:01.000Z' section: Business tags: - Alexandra Andresen - Billionaires - Dressage - Equestrian - Forbes - norway - pubdesk - richest - Wealth word_count: 297 canonical: https://money.com/worlds-youngest-billionaire/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Alexandra Andresen](https://img.money.com/2016/03/160301_em_youngestbillionaire.jpg) *Alexandra Andresen* When Forbes [released](https://money.com/forbes-billionaire-list-bill-gates/) its annual Billionaires List on Tuesday, a record 66 members of the elite club were under age 40, but the youngest of them all doesn’t even come close: Alexandra Andresen, at 19 the world’s youngest billionaire. Andresen inherited her stake in her family’s investment company, Ferd Holding—worth $1.2 billion today—when her father, Johan H. Andresen transferred 80% of his shares to his daughters in 2007, [according](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/12178617/Meet-the-worlds-youngest-billionaire-according-to-Forbes.html) to The Daily Telegraph. Her sister Katharina, 20, is the second youngest billionaire. The family company was started as a tobacco company in 1849 by Andresen’s great-great-great-grandfather, though family members invested wisely and the tobacco side of the business was sold off in 2005. And what does the Norwegian heiress do with all her riches? If her [Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/alexandraandresen/?hl=en) is any indication, her life involves a lot of horse riding and eating of non-animal products. The teenage billionaire is an award-winning competitor in international dressage competitions and is currently in training for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. According to the *Telegraph*, Andresen lives in Germany and she is dating a 24-year-old Norwegian mixed martial artist. She’s also a vegan who, in the grand tradition of vegans everywhere, likes to occasionally remind people that she is a vegan. And, it seems, she has a pretty good sense of humor to boot. Though she made her first appearance on the Forbes list this year, Andresen didn’t make the cut for [Money’s list of the 10 richest women of all time](https://money.com/10-richest-women-all-time/). That’s mostly because, with a net worth of $1.8 billion, she’s just not rich enough. 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