{"id":522633,"date":"2026-08-28T12:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522633"},"modified":"2026-08-28T12:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:21:37","slug":"amelie-voigt-trejes-the-worlds-richest-young-woman-with-a-fortune-of-1-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/economy\/amelie-voigt-trejes-the-worlds-richest-young-woman-with-a-fortune-of-1-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Am\u00e9lie Voigt Trejes, the world\u2019s richest young woman with a fortune of $1.1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Am\u00e9lie Voigt Trejes<\/strong>, a Brazilian from the state of Santa Catarina, has become the <strong>world\u2019s youngest billionaire<\/strong>, according to Forbes\u2019 2026 annual ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voigt Trejes, who turned <strong>21 on August 1<\/strong>, has an estimated fortune of approximately <strong>$1.1 billion<\/strong>, derived from her stake in <strong>WEG<\/strong>, the Brazilian electrical and industrial equipment manufacturer co-founded by her grandfather in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She overtook German heir <strong>Johannes von Baumbach<\/strong>, who is seven weeks older than her, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEG operates in <strong>41 countries<\/strong>, employs more than <strong>45,000 people worldwide<\/strong> and has factories, distribution centers and commercial operations across five continents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s succession model has resulted in several members of the Voigt family appearing among Brazil\u2019s youngest billionaires. According to the information provided, <strong>five of the six youngest Brazilian billionaires on Forbes\u2019 list belong to the Voigt family<\/strong>, including Am\u00e9lie\u2019s 23-year-old twin brothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am\u00e9lie Voigt Trejes, a Brazilian from the state of Santa Catarina, has become the world\u2019s youngest billionaire, according to Forbes\u2019 2026 annual ranking. Voigt Trejes, who turned 21 on August 1, has an estimated fortune of approximately $1.1 billion, derived from her stake in WEG, the Brazilian electrical and industrial equipment manufacturer co-founded by her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[4,95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bXz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a91915659bf5b4999348725.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Economy","International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/6a91915659bf5b4999348725.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}