Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg is the kingpin — no surprises there. But what you may not realise about this year’s Forbes 40 under 40 list is just how many of the United States’ richest young entrepreneurs attained their wealth via the social network. Eight of those listed owe their success to Facebook in some way, whether by helping set up the social network in its early days, or selling it their inventions. The youngest entrepreneur on the list, 23-year-old Palmer Luckey — too youthful to even have a profile in Facebook’s early days — shot to multi-millionaire status when the social media giant bought his start-up. Palmer Luckey, 23, is the youngest billionaire on Forbes’...
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