Elisabeth Furtwaengler

Age: 29

Net worth: $1.3 billion

Citizenship: Germany

Source of wealth: Publishing

Furtwaengler, daughter of publishing magnate Hubert Burda and the doctor and actress Maria Furtwaengler, owns 25% of Burda Media Group. Its portfolio consists of some 600 media products in 24 countries, including Focus, Bunte, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar’s German editions. She is a member of Burda Media’s board of directors, as is her brother Jacob, and she performs as a singer-songwriter under the stage name Lisa Fou. Before studying at a music conservatory in California, she studied art history at Cambridge University.