Who are the richest kids in the world? This is a question that many people ask all the time. While most people work hard throughout the entirety of their life to earn sufficient money to live their lives, there are some who are born rich. Kids with rich parents or extraordinary abilities or simply sheer luck to be noticed in a field where many try and few succeed.
Those lucky few are either born wealthy or becoming millionaires even before they can legally drink. How did they manage to do that? That’s what we’re looking at right now. While most of them are young Hollywood actors, there are some with remarkable qualities or remarkably wealthy parents. Top Most 10 dives into this to bring you the facts.
If you’re curious about who are the 10 richest kids in the world right now and how they got there, keep on reading to find out.
Here are the top 10 Richest Kids in the World Right Now
10. Jaylen Bledsoe – Net worth: $3.5 Million
A high school student and of 12 years of age when he first began working on his tech startup, Jaylen Bledsoe of Hazelwood is now a well known and recognized entrepreneur. Titled Bledsoe Technologies and focusing on graphics, website designs among other tech services, the company has grown into a global enterprise.
Jaylen got into the world of millionaires two years after he started his company. The company expanded and in 2013, it already had 150 contract employees. His success recipe was the good old fashioned hard work and a willingness to take risks, fall down and get back up to try it again. His net worth rises to a decent $3.5 million right now.
9. Rico Rodriguez – Net worth: $4 Million
Rico Rodriguez is an actor who started on this path from a very young age. His biggest acting gig came in 2009, when he became famous for his role of Manny Delgado in ABC’s hit show titled Modern Family. Since then, he’s gotten a lot more acting projects to work on and in 2012, he even wrote a book. Yeah, that’s right. It was titled ‘Reel Life Lessons… So Far’.
Rico got roles in seven movies up until now and some other popular TV series such as My Name is Earl, NCIS and Sesame Street. His net worth has risen to $4 million and most of it has come from the Modern Family.
8. Elle Fanning – Net worth: $5 Million
An American actress, Elle Fanning got on the list of the wealthiest kids in the world after reached a net worth of $5 million playing various roles in movies such as Phoebe in Wonderland, Somewhere, We bought a Zoo and Maleficent.
Elle had her debut in 2001 starring in the miniseries Taken, as the younger version of her sister Dakota Fanning. Following that, she got in films like My Neighbor Totoro and Babel, but it wasn’t until 2006 when she started getting lead roles in movies like the ones mentioned above. Her breakthrough came with the film Super 8, which got her much praise from both fans and critics.
7. Jaden Smith – Net worth: $8 Million
Jaden Smith is an actor as well and you might remember him from the 2006 blockbuster The Pursuit of Happiness. Right, he’s the son of Will Smith, following in the footsteps of his father. Since that film, which acted as his debut in acting, he starred in the 2010 remake of the 1984 film The Karate Kid and the remake of the 1951 film The Day the Earth Stood Still, which got on screens in 2008.
The year 2013 brought father and son together in the film After Earth, a science fiction action adventure film that didn’t receive the same praise as The Pursuit of Happiness. Jaden Smith’s net worth rises right now to a good $8 million.