The Richest Single Men In The World

By Anna Collins 1 year ago

1. Bernard Arnault

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Bernard Arnault is a VERY successful French business man - founder of Louis Vuitton - as well as an investor and an avid art collector. As of March 2023 he's officially been declared the richest man (at $212.52 billion) in the world. He's currently single, and 73 years old. So for the ladies who like an older man, he's the guy for you.

2. Elon Musk

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Everyone knows Elon Musk - love him or hate him. Not only is he one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever, as well as the founder and CEO of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla - as we know - he's continuously branching out and has now bought Twitter. He's also single after being divorced 3 times and one of the richest man in the world (worth $191.36 billion).

3. Jeff Bezos

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Jeff Bezos is well know for being the founder of Amazon - one of the largest and most successful businesses ever. And, if Bezos is the man of your dreams...you'll be happy to know he's single, following his divorce from his wife in 2019.  He's currently worth $118.10 billion, and through the nature of business, he is consistently in and out of spots one to three, of the richest men in the world.

4. Bill Gates

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Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates (65) is the fourth richest man in the world. And...he's currently single. In 2021 divorced his wife of 27 years. He now remains single. He makes a very eligible bachelor as he's worth a whopping $106.02 billion.

5. Masayoshi Son

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Masayoshi Son is a Japanese billionaire, worth $21.3 billion. He is the founder of the investment group SoftBank, which is now a global giant. He is no longer married, and as such, remains currently single. He is 65 years old. His company has experienced ups and downs and as of 2022, it experienced a 27 billion dollar loss.

6. Larry Ellison

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Larry Ellison is the founder of Oracle, which is a database company. He also owns a $173 million Palm Beach estate. He's worth a huge $113.9 billion, and is very much single at the ripe age of 78 and still hugely involved in business. He reached billionaire status at 49 years old.

7. Larry Page

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Larry Page, the CEO of Google is currently 49 years old. He cofounded Google with his friend who he met whilst at Stanford University. The two embarked on the journey and ended up creating the world's most used search engine. Can you even imagine life before Google? He's currently worth $81.52 billion.

8. Sergey Brin

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It's only fair that Sergey Brin is also on the lost as the other half of the Google pair. And, he's also not just on the list of the richest men, but he's also currently very freshly single after divorcing his wife just last year. He's also 49 years old, making him and his friend very eligible bachelors.

9. Amancio Ortega

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Amancio Ortega is the fashion genius who created Zara - the world famous clothing store. He owns the majority of Madrid-listed Inditex shares, which covers 8 famous clothing brands. His first wife, the wealthiest women in all of Spain, sadly passed away in 2013. They have two children together. He's 86 years old and is worth $76.83 billion.

10. Zhong Shanshan

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Zhong Shanshan, the richest man in China, is the majority shareholder of Beijing Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise (pharmaceuticals), and the founder of the Nongfu Spring beverage company. He's 69 years old and has 3 children from previous relationships but is now very much single!

11. Jack Dorsey

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Jack Dorsey is without a doubt one of the hottest single billionaires on the list - making him a complete catch. He's 40 years old and is the founder of Twitter and Square. His net worth stands at around $2.3 billions. But, he has claimed previously that he's not interested in marriage or children. But, maybe in the future...

12. Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg (81 years old) is the co-founder and CEO of the Bloomberg LP company. He was also Mayor of New York in 2012-13 and he even ran as a presidential candidate in 2020. He's worth a huge 76.82 billion and he divorced his wife in 2020. He's since dated but remained single.

13. David Thomson

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David Thomson is worth $50 billion, due to inheriting a title from his father. When his father passed, he became the 3rd Baron Thomson  and inherited the business and wealth. He is currently 65 years old and is also single after divorcing his previous wife.

14. Gustav Magnar Witzoe

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Gustav Magnar Witzoe is one of the world's youngest billionaires at just 27 years old. He's also one of the most eligible, currently single, and he's understandable caused quite a stir due to his good looks. He has large shares in the fish farming company SalMar ASA.

15. Giovanni Ferrero

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Italian Giovanni Ferrero is the youngest son of the creator of Ferrero Rocher, Nutella and Tic Tac, Michele Ferrero. He inherited shares in the family multibillion business. He is now 55 (one of the younger billionaires on the list) and currently single.

16. Pavel Durov

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Pavel Durov created VK, one of Russia's biggest social networking sites, at just 22 years old. He the created Telegram, another hugely popular messaging app. He moved to France and gained citizenship there in 2021. He's worth $17.2 billion dollars and he is also currently single!

17. Robert Pera

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Robert Pera is the founder of the technology company called Ubiquiti Networks, based in the US. He first started out on his business venture in high school, with his plans turning to success in 2005. He's now 45 years old and he's worth $16.3 billion.

18. Lukas Walton

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Sam Walton was the founder of Walmart. Lukas Watson, is the grandson of Sam Walton and when his grandfather passed away, he inherited a large fortune and shares in the company. He is also the founder of his own company, Builders Vision which works towards sustainability. He's just 36 years old, one of our youngest billionaires!

19. Joe Gebbia

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Joe Gebbia co-founded Airbnb in 2008 with his colleague. He is now the chief product officer. He's a huge philanthropist and gave away $25 million in 2021 to tackle the issue of homelessness. He is now 42 years old, and he's currently worth $12.8 billion.

20. Nicolas Berggruen

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Nicolas Berggruen has previously been nicknames one of the most eligible bachelor's in the world. He's 59 years of age and he made his billionaire fortune through real estate and hedge funds. He's never settled down and been married and has no children. He often loves from hotel to hotel and isn't interested in material goods, but meeting new people.

21. Bobby Murphy

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Bobby Murphy is worth $11 billion, as the co-founder of Snapchat! He and two of his friends came up with the concept at University, and then brought it to life in 2011 while they were still studying at Stanford.  He's now just 24 years old, and still very much single.

22. Evan Spiegel

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Evan Spiegel is a billionaire worth $10.1 billion. He, alongside his fraternity friend Bobby Murphy created Snapchat the picture messaging app. He is now also the CEO of the company in Los Angeles. He is now single, after divorcing his famous Australian wife Miranda Kerr in 2017.

23. John Collinson

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John Collinson became the youngest self made billionaire in 2016.  He co-founded the company Shuppa whilst he was still at Harvard University alongside his brother. Shuppa is a software company. He's just 34 years old, and he is now worth $11.4 billion.

24. David Thompson

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David Thompson made his net worth of $29.6 billion by being the chairman of the multinational company Thomson Reuters Corporation which sells software. He's 61, single, and currently the richest guy in Canada. He's quite the catch. He has four kids from previous relationships.

25. Leslie Alexander

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Leslie Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets, is worth $1.6 billion. He's still single at 72 years old, and he has never been married before. His story is impressive, he grew the company from nothing and built his wealth from scratch, creating global success.

26. Mikhail Prokhorov

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Mikhail Prokhorov is a Russian billionaire (worth $9.2 billion). He owns the National Basketball Association's Brooklyn Nets. He's just 54 years old and is also currently single and has never been married and has no children. It is extremely rare to find an unattached billionaire, who has also never been divorced. He's dated the likes of Naomi Campbell in the past.

27. Drew Houston

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Drew Houston co-founded Dropbox (the successful storage service and file sharing programme) during his time at University. By just the age of 28 he was considered one of the best and youngest entrepreneurs. He's now 40 years old and remains single. He's now worth $1.9 billion.

28. Yoshikazu Tanaka

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Yoshikazu Tanaka founded the company called Gree, which develops free online games. He became one of two people to achieve their company being listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Market Exchange as such a young age. He was 33 years old at the time. His net worth is $1.3 billion.

29. Stelios Haji-Ioannou

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Stelios Haji-Ioannou is the founder of easyJet and the easy brand, easyGroup. His business suffered in 2021 over ongoing management disagreements. However, Haji-Ioannou is still worth $1 billion. He is 56, from Monaco, Monte Carlo and he still remains single.

30. Paul Singer

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Paul Singer made his billions from founding his hedge fund, Elliott Management, which now has $56 billion in assets. His net worth stands at $5.5 billion. As of 2017 he became single after divorcing his wife. After the split, he came out and declared that he was gay.
 

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