Who is the Youngest Self-Made Billionaire in the World?

Did you ever think of making a billion dollars before you hit 30? I know, it sounds like a dream for most of us. But, for some people this is a reality. Riding high on the age of AI, the world has a new youngest self-made billionaire. Let’s explore who he is and how he became the youngest self-made billionaire in the lines below.

Youngest self-made billionaire in the World

As per Forbes Youngest Self-Made Billionaires data on 13th March 2026, a young tech entrepreneur, Surya Midha, became the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. 

Surya Midha is the Chairman and Co-founder of the AI startup Mercor, which hit a valuation of $10 billion, and riding high on that wave, the three Co-founders of Mercor, namely, Surya Midha, Brendan Foody, and Adarsh Hiremath, became the youngest self-made billionaires in the world.

While all three founders are 22 years old, Surya Midha makes the cut for the youngest self-made billionaire title, as he is the youngest of the three founders.

The previous record was held by none other than Mark Zuckerberg, who hit the billion-dollar mark when he was just 23.

He is also a Thiel Fellow, having won the fellowship in 2024.

Net Worth of Surya Midha

As per 2026, Surya Midha has a net worth of $2.2 billon. This is mainly because the AI startup he co-founded along with Brendan Foody, and Adarsh Hiremath touched a valuation of $10 billion.

What is Mercor?

Mercor is an AI-based hiring startup based out of San Francisco, it helps in connecting human experts in the form of software engineers and researchers to AI labs for training and improving AI models.

It uses AI to automation and data-driven candidate profiling to match the perfect candidate for suitable openings.

How did Surya Midha became famous?

Surya Midha founded the AI-based hiring startup Mercor along with his friends Brendan Foody, and Adarsh Hiremath in 2023. In about 2 years, Mercor’s valuation rose to $10 billion which made the three co-founders the youngest self-made billionaires in the world. Surya Midha being the younger of the three is officially the youngest self-made billionaire in the world in 2026.

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