Net Worth: $3 B
Age: 39
Source: e-commerce
Industries: Technology
Tobias Lutke founded and runs Shopify, the Canadian e-commerce firm that helps companies set up and run online stores. He owns 6.7% of Shopify, which went public in 2015. Businesses that use Shopify technology for online sales include Kylie Cosmetics and shoe retailers Rothy’s and Allbirds. Lutke grew up in Germany, where he learned to code by age 12 and left school at 16 to enter a computer programming apprenticeship. Shopify had over $1 billion in 2018 revenue; it has 1 million businesses as customers from 175 countries.