Thursday 21 August 2008

Woods, Nishita Shah among Forbes' next-gen billionaires list


Woods, Nishita Shah among Forbes' next-gen billionaires list

India origin Nishita Shah, the managing director of Thailand’s diversified GP Group and Or 32 year old Tiger Woods have made their way into the list of next generation billionaires compiled by American US business magazine Forbes.

Nishita Shah Next Generation Billionaires28 years old Nishita Shah is one of the richest people in Thailand. Nishita Shah and her family had earlier featured in the Forbes ‘Thailand’s 40 Richest’ People ranking with an estimated her net worth at $375 million in last month. Nishita Shah is planning her upcoming fashion line.
American magazine said “the average age of the 1,125 people on Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest is 61.” magazine said for Tiger Woods “When the golf champion returns to the links from a knee injury, he’ll continue a financial rise that could crown him the first billionaire to make his money through sports.”
Other names in the list are Elon Musk (37 years old), who is the co-founder of online payment processor PayPal, Kenji Kasahara (32 years), the creator of Japan’s leading portal Mixi, venture capitalist Roelof Botha (34 years), Chase Coleman (33 years), who runs Tiger Global fund, Michael and Xochi Birch, the founders of social networking site Bebo and Hollywood actor Tyler Perry (38 years).


By: Gary Singer

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