The Quickest Earning Billionaire Startups
How quickly 25 of the highest earning start-ups made their first billion
Check out our interactive chart below to see a list of the 25 richest start-ups. Follow their journey to see how quickly they made their first million after being founded and how long it took them to make their first billion. Explore our piece by hovering over each brand to discover how quickly they built their empire after starting up.
Average years between millionaire and billionaire: 4 Years
We’ve looked at the average time it took our 25 start-ups to turn a million into a billion.
The top 8 quickest billionaire start-ups
Who made their first billion the fastest? There’s a clear winner as DiDi took just one year to go from a million-dollar company to a billion dollars. However, there’s a joint tie for second place between seven of the mentioned start-ups, taking two years.
Country: China
Industry: Auto & Transportation
Year founded: 2010
Country: United States
Industry: Social Media
Year founded: 2009
Country: Singapore
Industry: Auto & Transportation
Year founded: 2012
Country: United States
Industry: Ride Sharing
Year founded: 2012
Country: India
Industry: Travel
Year founded: 2013
Country: China
Industry: Hardware
Year founded: 2013
Country: China
Industry: Artificial Intelligence
Year founded: 2014
Country: China
Industry: E-commerce & Direct-to-consumer
Year founded: 2015
Which industries have the highest valuation of start-ups?
Travel is currently leading the way with the highest valuation, at $213.6bn. This is made up of Airbnb and Oyo Rooms who clearly hold a high fortune, compared to Tech, which is made up of seven companies and is valued at $165bn – a fair amount less than Travel. Check out the chart to find out which industry contains the highest valued start-ups!
- Tech 7 companies
- Retail 4 companies
- Finance 3 companies
- Travel 2 companies
- Logistics 2 companies
- Health 1 company
- Real Estate 1 company
Which countries are dominated by start-ups?
Out of the 25 start-ups we analyzed, the United States is dominated by 14 of those, whilst China follows in second place with six. The map below states the seven countries where the start-ups originated.
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14
United States
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6
China
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1
Sweden
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1
South Korea
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1
Singapore
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1
India
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1
Brazil
Methodology
The team at OnlineGambling.ca compiled a list of some of 25 of the highest valued unicorn start-ups using The Global Unicorn Club list by CB Insights. This was combined with Investopedia’s Startup’s list. Start-ups were narrowed down by available data as well as highest valuation to put together a final list. The data was then ranked in terms of valuation, this allowed us to find out which industry had the highest valuation out of the 25 start-ups analyzed. We used a variety of sources to find out when start-ups were officially valued as a million and billion-dollar company, full sources list can be found here.
