Eight Irish Billionaires Made It Onto Forbes Rich List – And One Lad Is Only 27

The Forbes World's Billionaires list is the definitive list of the world's wealthiest people; if you've always wondered who the lucky few are in life, consider this your guide.

No rummaging in the back of the sofa for bus change for these hardworking business moguls - they've got BILLIONS to their name.

With about 2,500 people on the list, eight Irish men have made it.

#77 Pallonji Mistry - $14.3b

What does he do? Construction. 

#215 John Grayken - $6.6b

What does he do? Private Equity (mostly real estate).

#348 Denis O'Brien - $4.7b

What does he do? Telecomms, a.k.a he's a cell phone and media tycoon.

#745 John Dorrance III. - $2.7b

What does he do? He owns Campbell's Soup, yo.

#1030 Dermot Desmond - $2b

What does he do? Finance. Duh.

#1234 Martin Naughton - $1.7b

What does he do? Heating Equipment.

#1795 John Collison - $1.1b

What does he do? Co-Founder of Stripe tech company. And he's only 27!

#1795 Patrick Collison - $1.1b

What does he do? Co-Founder of Stripe tech company. And he's only 29!

Fair play to them... 

Header image: John Collison/Forbes