
Observing a billionaire who refuses to act like one is oddly comforting. By early May 2026, Eduardo Saverin is sitting on a fortune that most major economies could envy, despite leading a quiet life in Singapore and rarely appearing in the media. According to Bloomberg’s index, he is worth $32.9 billion. Although it only reached $37.6 billion a few weeks earlier in late April, Forbes, which employs a slightly different methodology, has him closer to $33.8 billion in real-time tracking. The figures fluctuate every day and occasionally every hour. That’s what occurs when almost all of your money is invested in one tech stock.
Naturally, the stock is Meta, and Saverin’s approximately 2% stake—the same stake he struggled to maintain over ten years ago in a notoriously acrimonious dispute with Mark Zuckerberg—has accomplished what nearly no one could have predicted in 2012. It simply continued to expand. Over 3.5 billion people use Meta every day, and the company made $201 billion last year. Saverin may have realized the risk when he wrote his first $15,000 check as a sophomore at Harvard. It’s much more difficult to think he saw the benefits.
| Full name | Eduardo Luiz Saverin |
| Date of birth | March 19, 1982 (age 44) |
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Citizenship | Brazil (renounced U.S. citizenship in 2011) |
| Residence | Singapore |
| Education | Harvard University (B.A. Economics, magna cum laude, 2006) |
| Known for | Co-founder, Meta Platforms (Facebook); co-founder, B Capital |
| Net worth (May 2026) | ~ $33.8 billion USD |
| Forbes ranking (2026) | #59 on Billionaires list |
| Bloomberg ranking | #70 (as of May 6, 2026) |
| Primary asset | ~ 2% stake in Meta Platforms |
| Venture firm | B Capital — over $7 billion AUM |
| Spouse | Elaine Andriejanssen (married 2015) |
| Philanthropy | Eduardo and Elaine Saverin Foundation (est. 2023, Singapore) |
Speaking with those who follow the Asian VC scene, it seems that Saverin’s second act has been subtly more fascinating than his first. He co-founded B Capital with Raj Ganguly in 2015, and the company currently oversees assets worth over $7 billion. In Southeast Asia and the US, it makes investments in fintech, AI, healthcare, and logistics. Investors appear to think he’s sincere. He shows up for internal meetings, reads the diligence memos, and poses unglamorous questions. At least that’s what those who work for the company say.
His headquarters are still in Singapore, where he relocated in 2009 and gave up his American citizenship two years later, right before Facebook went public. The ruling sparked endless tax-related conjecture. He has consistently maintained that it was about wanting to work and live there. In any case, he has been rewarded by the city. For the third year in a row, he has been the richest resident of Singapore. He is more well-known locally for the $167 million house he purchased in 2019 and the duplex penthouse he purchased in Sculptura Ardmore in 2017 than for any business choices.
It has been an odd experience to watch the Saverin numbers through 2026. He was valued at $35.9 billion by Forbes in March. $37.6 billion by April 27. Then Meta declined, and by early May, it had lost about $2.92 billion so far this year. He doesn’t seem alarmed by any of this. There is no podcast tour, no quarterly Twitter reflections, and no public commentary. In contrast to the boisterous billionaires of his generation, the quiet seems almost intentional.
What he envisions for the upcoming ten years is still unknown. In 2023, he and his spouse, Elaine, established the Eduardo and Elaine Saverin Foundation in Singapore, with a focus on mental health, education, healthcare, and wildlife conservation. According to the Straits Times, it is among the top ten private donors in the nation. Even though the exact dollar amounts haven’t been revealed, that feels significant. Foundations are funded by many billionaires as a form of reputation insurance. Maybe because he lost his mother in 2020, Saverin seems more authentically personal.
It’s difficult to ignore the symmetry. The young Brazilian, who once used his pocket money to wager on a roommate’s idea after predicting hurricane patterns to earn $300,000 in oil futures during college, has spent his forties wagering on other people’s ideas in a city that most Americans couldn’t locate on a map. As of right now, the fortune is about $33 billion. It might change by tomorrow. Most likely by the following quarter. However, the discipline and pattern appear remarkably consistent.
