Who is the youngest self-made tech billionaire?
- Portugal Business News - Valerie Charoux
- Nov 10, 2025
- 1 min read
Billionaire News - The youngest self-made tech billionaires are the three 22-year-old founders of AI startup Mercor, that is a Decacorn with a valuation of USD 10 billion. Here is how to become a billionaire:
The youngest self-made tech billionaires in history are 22 years old, surpassing Mark Zuckerberg, who became a billionaire at 23 years old, according to Forbes. The three founders of the AI recruiting startup Mercor are Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath, and Surya Midha.
Mercor, that is headquartered in San Francisco, announced a USD 350 million funding round led by Felicis Ventures, with the participation of Benchmark, General Catalyst, and Robinhood, leading to a company valuation of USD 10 billion.
How to become a billionaire?
The three 22-year-old billionaire founders of Mercor are high school friends and members of the program run by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who awards USD 100,000 a year to young people in exchange for forgoing college and starting a company instead.
This is why Adarsh Hiremath decided to drop out of Harvard which led to founding a Decacorn, no less, in just 2 years. Being a college dropout seems to be the new path to success for twentysomethings who start an AI tech startup.
