i am a big fan of mark zuckerberg. i ink mark's zuckerberg is an absolute genius.e winklevoss twins are geniuses. sean parker is an absolute geus. he is like a whirling dervish. he is like the tasmaan devil. >>ost: gives some context. he was the guy who founded, co-founded next year. >> guest he co-founded gnats rat like 17. didden even go to college. got kicked out of plaxo anwas the founding president of facebook because he was looking for is next idea and when you see-- meet sean parker, hes the bad boy as silicon valley dressn our money. everybody loves sean but he is in a whole nother world of smart and heas looking f another idea. he basically opened up of laptop and s the original facebook which was ver kin of just state pe basicly and date reached 20 or 30,000 people when he sought because he decided this is the ideas of he flew out, rearched it matt marknd eduardo at a restaurant. they are in a restaurant and he basically, it was like a dog and pony show and they showed him at they could do and it was this love fest between him and mark but not so much bet

it is revolutiol, it caneep anging. >> how does mark zuckerberg compared to bill gates? >> there are a lot of similarities. genius, the ability to turn an ideanto a massive company. is a close person. not just because he won't talk to me. he is one of these people controls his ersonal environment, doesn't want strangers -- is very socially awkward, he is his own person t there are a lot of similarities. bill gates is one of his idols. there's a scene in the book where he goes to see bill gates speak and it is a big moment for him. i think that comparison is there. steve jobs, i don't know as much abou him as i do about bill gates and. in terms of starting a company from nowhere in the garage, that is ferry much mark zuckerberg. he sees himself as that kind of garage inventor, doing his thing. in that respect--and he does have a world view that he is building for facebook. .. >> it's more akin to e-mail than it is to, say, friendster. it's how -- the younger generation communicates almost entirely through facebook. the idea of writing a letter is gone, but now the idea of

i'm a big fan of mark zuckerberg. i think he is genius.the twins are great guys two of the best guys i've medallion met. sean parker someone we haven't talked about yet. sean parker is an absolute genius. like the tasmanian devil from those little cartoons. >> sean parker just to give some context he was guy who founded, cofounded napster. >> he cofounded napster at like 17. high school kid didn't even go to college. founded plaxico. got kicked out of that and was the founding president of facebook. he was basically looking for his next billion dollar idea and when you meet sean parker he is this crazy kid the bad boy of silicon valley dresss in amani with beautiful women. he waunls -- he walk into a restrant everybody loves sean. he's in a whole other world of smart and he was looki for anoth idea and he basically opened up a laptop and saw facebook the original facebook which was very kind of just a page basically and already reached 20,000-30,000 people when he saw it. he deced this was the idea. he flew out researched it met rk and edu

jerry jones, further enriched by selling out his new cowboys stadium, and facebook founder mark zuckerberg, worth $2 billion at age 25, and texas banker andrew beal, who tripled his worth by bottom-feeding on cheap loans from desperate banks after the crash. >> he's done a tremendous job of making his fortune out of other's misfortune. >> reporter: all millionaires are smart, they say, but billionaires are smart and lucky. that may apply to all of the forbes 400, but one new member also carries the label of "suspicious." jeffry picower is worth at least $1 billion after investing with bernard madoff, and cashing out right before the ponzi scheme collapsed. a lawsuit may knock him off of next year's list, but either way, the 2008 red ink bloodbath makes this list one to forget. even for those who can afford to lose $1 million an hour. bill weir, abc news, new york. >> $950 million and you're on the list. >>> that is "world news" for this wednesday. i'm charlie gibson, and i hope you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have you had a good day. for all of us at abc news, have a good ni