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The World’s Youngest Women Billionaires

 One of the most exclusive groups of billionaires more than tripled its ranks this year.

The number of young billionaire women under the age of 40 jumped to seven from just two a year earlier, bringing the number of women under 50 with 10-figure fortunes to 20, up from 17. The average age of female billionaires has dropped from to 61.5 from 62.5 in just the past year. The group’s youngest: 24-year-old Hind Hariri, the world’s second-youngest billionaire after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The daughter of the late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri and recent graduate of the Lebanese American University in Beirut, she is considered one of the world’s most eligible bachelorettes.

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