As the saying goes, it is just as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one. And we say: perhaps even easier!
1. Carl Erik Hagen
Age: 25
Net worth: US$1.2 billion
Country: Switzerland
Source of wealth: Inheritance
Known for: Being the only son of the owner of Norway’s Canica holding company
Your opening line: ‘Hei Kjekk!’ (‘Hi handsome!’ in Norwegian)
2. Prince Albert II Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel von Thurn and Taxis
Age: 30
Net worth: US$1.5 billion
Country: Germany
Source of wealth: Inheritance
Known for: Being named 11th on Forbes Magazine’s ‘20 hottest young royals’ in 2008
Your opening line: ‘What do your friends call you for short?’
3. Scott Duncan
Age: 31
Net worth: US$5.3 billion
Country: US
Source of wealth: Inheritance
Known for: Being the sole heir to the Houston-based Duncan family fortune; reportedly becoming the first US billionaire to pay no estate tax
Your opening line: ‘So tell me about tax loopholes in Texas…’
4. Jack Dorsey
Age: 37
Net worth: US$1.9 billion
Country: US
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Co-founding microblogging service Twitter and mobile credit card payment solution Square; and for being one of the best-dressed tech tycoons, with a predilection for Prada suits
Your opening line: ‘There may be 140 characters in my life, but they don’t mean @Jack’
5. Eduardo Saverin
Age: 31
Net worth: US$3.5 billion
Country: Singapore
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Co-founding Facebook and moving to Singapore
Your opening line: ‘I want to be more than just Facebook friends’
6. Robert J Pera
Age: 35
Net worth: US$2.2 billion
Country: US
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Quitting Apple for ‘more success, faster’; owns the Memphis Grizzlies basketball team
Your opening line: ‘How about we shoot some hoops one on one?’
7. Alejandro Santo Domingo Dávila
Age: 36
Net worth: US$3.9 billion
Country: US
Source of wealth: Inheritance
Known for: Being the Colombian-American heir-apparent to the Santo Domingo fortune; also board member of several firms and not-for-profit organisations
Your opening line: ‘I’ve always wanted to trek through the Amazon rainforest’
8. Yoshikazu Tanaka
Age: 36
Net worth: US$1.2 billion
Country: Japan
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Founding mobile social networking service GREE and buying large gaming companies
Your opening line: ‘I like men who play games’
9. Igho Sanomi
Age: 38
Net worth: US$1.6 billion
Country: Nigeria
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Making successful bets on oil, telecoms, aviation and real estate. Also, philanthropy, sports development and being incredibly high profile in Africa
Your opening line: ‘Tell me about your most recent win’
10. Jon Oringer
Age: 39
Net worth: US$1.1 billion
Country: US
Source of wealth: Self-made
Known for: Founding microstock photography site Shutterstock and flying a helicopter
Your opening line: ‘You would look great behind a camera’
*Disclaimer: If you do successfully track down one of the men on this list, please don’t say we sent you.
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