The richest in Spain They appear every year on the Forbes list, which was published this Tuesday. Among the main conclusions is that the 100 largest fortunes in Spain have increased their wealth by 27.7% in the last year.
The country’s greatest fortunes are Amancio Ortega, Sandra Ortega, Rafael del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo, Juan Roig Alfonso and Isak Andik. Of them, the Galician businessman, founder and owner of Inditex, stands out, who has been leading the ranking for 10 years.
These are the greatest fortunes. But what happens with the autonomous communities? Which one has the richest? Which one accumulates more assets?
The autonomous community with the richest in Spain
Among the 100 greatest fortunes in Spain, 30 come from the Community of Madrid. The rich of the community that hosts the capital of Spain accumulate together a wealth of 41.4 billion eurosas the aforementioned publication has revealed.
Not only that, but it incorporates two new assets compared to 2023. The total wealth accumulated by these people in the Community of Madrid has also increased by 7.39%.
Among the 30 largest fortunes in Madrid, those of Rafael del Pino stand out, with 7,100 million euros and the third largest in the country, María del Pino Calvo-Sotelo (3,200 million euros), president of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, Florentino Pérez (2,700 million euros) or Alberto Palatchi, former owner of Pronovias, with 2.7 billion euros.
Although Madrid is the territory that accumulates the most fortunes, Galicia is the community that accumulates the most wealth with a total of 139,025 million euros thanks to what Forbes describes as the ‘Ortega effect’, in reference to the Inditex businessman and his family. In fact, they explain that the Ortega clan has wealth equivalent to more than double the GDP generated by Galicia in 2023.
On the other hand, Catalonia, with 27 fortunes, is close to Madrid and the Valencian Community, with 5 millionaires, stands out for significantly increasing its wealth from 9,617 million euros to 12,450 million. These data are due to Vicente Boluda, the highest rise on the list, and the revaluation of Juan Roig’s Mercadona.
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