1. Mark Zuckerberg
Age: 29
Net Worth: $19 billion.
To those who doubted the public stock performance of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg may be having the last laugh. After the company's troubled initial public offering in May 2012, shares of the social networking giant bounced back over the summer. That's why the net worth of the hoodie-wearing CEO, who owns more than 17% of Facebook, has doubled since last year. Hoping to expand his influence beyond Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg established lobbying group FWD.us in April with the goals of advocating for immigration reform and technology education improvements in Washington.
2. Scott Duncan
Age: 30
Net Worth: $5.5 billion.
Scott Duncan is one of four heirs to the energy-pipeline fortune built by his late father.
The private 30-year-old is reportedly single and is $1 billion dollars richer than a year ago thanks to a rise in the stock price of Enterprise Products Partners and a generous dividend plan. His father, Dan Duncan, formerly the richest man in Houston, died in 2010 at 77.
3. Dustin Moskovitz
Age: 29
Net Worth: $5.2 billion.
Mark Zuckerberg's former roommate helped him start Facebook. His roughly 5% stake comprises the bulk of his fortune; the rise in the company's stock price since September 2012 helped boost his net worth by $2.5 billion. Moskowitz is engaged to former Wall Street Journal reporter Cari Tuna. Together, the couple has devoted some of their time to building Good Ventures, which has given more than $4.5 million to causes that range from malaria eradication to marriage equality. A member of Bill Gates' and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, Moskovitz bikes to work, flies commercial and pitches his own tent at Burning Man.
4. Sean Parker
Age: 33
Net Worth: $2 billion.
In June the Napster founder and former Facebook president wed singer Alexandra Lenas in a lavish ceremony in the forest in Big Sur, California. The $4.5 million wedding generated headlines for its Lord of the Rings-inspired outfits and Parker's settlement with the California Coastal Commission for alleged environmental damage. Now he serves as a director at music site Spotify, backs cancer immunology research, and is jumping into showbiz as an executive producer on the immigration film "Documented."
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