Meet the 19-year-old Girl Who Just Became the Youngest Billionaire in the World (Photos)

A very young girl has made history since she was announced as the youngest person in the world to become a billionaire.
 
Alexandra Andresen
 
A horse rider from Norway has become the world's youngest billionaire after amassing a $1.2billion fortune at the age of just 19.
 
Forbes magazine has named Alexandra Andresen, a professional dressage competitor, on their list of people from around the world worth at least one billion dollars.
 
It is the first time the teenager and her sister Katharina, aged 20, have appeared on the list and they are ranked as the 1,475th richest people in the world.
 
Miss Andresen accumulated her personal fortune after her father Johan F. Andresen transferred his stake in Norway's biggest company, Ferd Holdings, to his daughters in 2007.
 
Her family had made a fortune in the tobacco industry and her great, great, great grandfather founded Norway's biggest cigarette producer.
 
 
The company was sold for $500million in 2005 and the money then invested in property and hedge funds.
 
Two years later her father gave 80 per cent of his shares in the company Ferd Holdings to Miss Andresen and her sister.
 
The sisters made the list this year for the first time as they both now are above 17 and are required to publish their tax returns, meaning their personal fortunes were made public.  
 
But despite her incredible personal wealth, Miss Andresen appears to be more at home with her horses and lives in Germany where she rides professionally.
 
She has won several accolades on her horse Belamour at the European Junior Riders Championships.

Comments

Post a Comment

ORDER FOR YOUR FABRICS AND ACCESSORIES. +2348066186964

ORDER FOR YOUR FABRICS AND ACCESSORIES. +2348066186964
Buy

Popular posts from this blog

Girls Flash Their Breasts for 100 Dollars in the Street (Photo+Video)

Image
The girls were tricked into flashing their breasts for $100    A prankster has shared hilarious video of girls flashing their boobs for $100. The video which was uploaded on YouTube channel called PrankGenerator shows the host asking a lot of ladies in the street to show their boobs on camera for $100.      Although some were shy, they agreed but to their surprise, the money wasn't real and the whole thing was a set up prank. Some of the girls were pissed after learning of the trick. However, it was just a funny way to cool off the heat for many.   Watch video below:  
Read more

See What Nigerian Billionaire, Tony Elumelu was Spotted Doing in His Private Jet (Photos)

Image
One of Nigeria's most successful billionaires, Tony Elumelu was spotted in his private jet keenly focused on work. Tony Elumelu    For a man in his position, every time counts. Nigerian billionaire and chairman of Heirs Holdings Ltd -Tony Elumelu pictured working in his private jet.   The founder of Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) was seen working on his $100 million flagship entrepreneurship programme with the mission to identify and grow thousands of African entrepreneurs.
Read more

Amaechi in Verbal Showdown With Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun As China Trip Got Disrupted

Image
Here are reasons why the fiasco between Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi and his counterpart in the Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun generated into a hot verbal exchange. Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi   After the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi engaged Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun in a verbal showdown after he stopped two directors in his ministry and that of the Ministry of Finance from departing for China last week on their originally scheduled flight, causing a disruption in the first meeting slated for the Nigerian delegation and the China Exim Bank in Beijing, more facts have emerged as to the cause of the quarrel.   The Nation reports that Amaechi and his team were about to depart for China from Abuja onboard Emirates Airline, when he discovered that the flight tickets of the directors from his ministry had been paid for by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC...
Read more

Bomb Alert! Security Operatives Prevent Another Bomb Blast in Maiduguri

Image
After the bomb explosion that rocked the people of the northeast by the dreaded terror group, Boko Haram, security operatives have just averted another bomb blast in Maiduguri.   Security operatives have demobilized materials suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devises (IED) planted near the office of the Borno State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Maiduguri.   The Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, Mr Victor Isuku, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday.   He said that the IEDs, which were planted by people suspected to be members of the Boko Haram terror group were demobilized by a joint security team. “I can confirm that it was a joint police/military operation that demobilized the IEDs but thank God, no live was lost or injuries recorded,“ Isuku said.   NAN recalls that no fewer than 20 people were killed after three female suicide bombers detonated...
Read more

President Putin Orders Russians Living Abroad to Fly Back Home With Their Relatives

Image
Russian President, Vladimir Putin   Russian politicians and high-ranking figures have reportedly received a warning from President Vladimir Putin to fly home their loved-ones and relatives living abroad to the  'Motherland' , amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war.   According to the  Dailymail UK , administration staff, regional administrators, lawmakers of all levels and employees of public corporations have been ordered to take their children out of foreign schools immediately, adding that failure to act will see officials jeopardising their chances of promotion, local media has reported.   The exact reason for the order is not yet clear.   This development is coming after President Putin cancelled a planned visit to France amid a furious row over Moscow's role in the Syrian conflict.   Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has also warned that the world is at a  'dangerous point'  due to rising t...
Read more

Drama as PDP Senators Stop Tinubu From Using Ekweremadu's Microphone

Image
A mild drama ensued at the Senate as PDP members attacked Senator Oluremi Tinubu of the APC.   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators on Wednesday stopped the Wife of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos central) from using the microphone on the seat of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu,  Daily Trust  reports.   Senator Ekweremadu (PDP, Enugu West) who claimed to have  escaped assassination attempt on Tuesday was absent and Mrs. Tinubu sat on his seat for over an hour.   It was while she was sitting on Ekweremadu's seat, that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki asked her to second the $200m loan request of Lagos state. When she stood up and switched on the microphone on Ekweremadu's seat, the PDP Senators chanted No! No!   When Tinubu explained to the PDP Senators that the microphone on her seat was faulty, they yelled back, "No! No!"   She ran ...
Read more

Why We Should Not Sell Nigeria - by Babatunde Fashola

Image
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, in a recent speech discusses the merits of making policies that will grow the economy. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola KEYNOTE SPEECH AT THE NIGERIAN PENSION INDUSTRY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP RETREAT ON JANUARY 21-23, 2016 We are gathered at a historic time to discuss an important matter. Some may see a Pension Conference, but I see more. I see a future for Africa, led by Nigeria, using the resources of the people to build a future that includes the people. It is not a vision or an idea. It has gone beyond that. It is a journey, one that started a while ago when the Pension Reform Act was signed into Law. That journey started with the coming together of some Nigerian minds. Minds like that of  President Olusegun Obasanjo and Mr Fola Adeola. It has been nurtured by the dedicated hands of men and women who have served in the pension commission who are represented by the ...
Read more