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• Anna Kasprzak is one of the richest millennials in the world and one of only eight billionaires under 30 years old. with a net worth of $1.1 billion, according to Forbes.
• She is an heir to the Danish ECCO shoe fortune, along with her brother André Kasprzak and their mother Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak.
• In 1963, Anna's grandfather, Karl Toosbuy, started ECCO in Bredebro, Denmark. 
• The company now makes a reported $1.46 billion in sales, according to Forbes.
• While Hanni and André sit on the board of the family company, Anna remains more removed. She is an accomplished Olympic dressage horseback rider, and she even runs her own stables.
• Here's what we know about the somewhat reclusive life of Anna Kasprzak.
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Anna Kasprzak is one of the richest billionaires under 30 years old, according to Forbes.

Source: Forbes

Her $1 billion fortune comes mostly from her partial ownership of ECCO — a shoe company based in Denmark.

Source: Forbes

Kasprzak's grandfather, Karl Toosbuy, started the company in 1963.

Source: ECCO

Toosbuy was a shoemaker by trade and managed a shoe factory in Copenhagen by the time he was in his early 30s.

Source: ECCO

He wanted his own company, so in 1962 Karl and his wife Birte took out an ad in Jyllands-Posten — a newspaper in Denmark — asking, "Who wants us?" They were looking for some business partners.

Source: ECCO

By 1963, the company was fully established — they were able to hire 74 employees in the year following.

Source: Associated Press, World Ocean Council, ECCO

The company has since grown drastically — it expanded into the US market in 1994, when it was named Footwear Company of the Year.

Source: ECCO

Today, the ECCO company makes around $1.46 billion in sales, according to Forbes.

Source: Forbes

Kasprzak is part owner of the company — along with her mother Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak and brother André Kasprzak — but running the business isn't her full-time job.

Source: ECCO

The heiress is actually a professional horseback rider. She competes in a sport called dressage riding where the goal is for the rider to train the horse to respond to subtle commands.

Source: United States Dressage Federation

She is part of the Danish national team, which allows her to travel internationally for competitions ...

Source: Getty Images, Kasprzak Dressage

... and she has also attended 12 Olympic Games.

Source: Olympics

Kasprzak has not yet medaled in the Olympics, but she has had success at other tournaments and dressage events like the CHIO Aachen in 2017. Also in 2017, her national team took home the silver medal at the FEI European Championships.

Source: Olympics, CHIO Aachen

Kasprzak also runs a private dressage barn in Haderslev, Denmark. Some of the horses at the barn are already trained and have been competing with Kasprzak, while others are still being "educated."

Source: Forbes, Kasprzak Dressage

"These horses are top athletes, and if we want to deliver results, we need horses that are healthy and strong — physically as well as mentally," Kasprzak said. "I take great pride in working with this dimension of the sport."

Source: Kasprzak Dressage

Her website also says the team at Kasprzak Dressage believes no two horses are alike. "I spend a lot of time getting to know my horses and understanding their personalities," she said.

Source: Kasprzak Dressage

Kasprzak and her brother seem to share a love of sports. He was a professional golfer, according to Forbes, and joined the ECCO board in 2017 — their mother is the chairman of the supervisory board.

Source: ECCO Shoes, Forbes, ECCO

Kasprzak is a mother herself — her daughter was born in the spring of 2018.

Source: Eurodressage

While not much is known about the rider, aside from her athletic profession and involvement with her barn ...

Source: Forbes

... we do know that her inheritance has placed her among the top 8 billionaires under 30.

Source: Forbes, Insider

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