The Diplomat
Amancio Ortega and his daughter Sandra, Rafael del Pino, Juan Carlos Escotet and Juan Roig Alfonso remain for another year as the five great Spanish fortunes, adding a total of 102,700 million euros of assets, 48% of the total ranking of the list of ‘The 100 richest Spaniards’ by Forbes Spain.
The sum of the 100 Spanish fortunes in 2023 amounts to 196,130 million euros, which represents an increase of 37% more than last year, Europa Press reports.
Amancio Ortega, the majority shareholder of Inditex, maintains his leadership in this ranking, after increasing his wealth by 53% compared to 2022, and has a net worth of 81,800 million euros, equivalent to more than double the sum of the rest of the fortunes. that make up the ‘top 10’.
Behind him is his daughter Sandra Ortega – the only woman among the top five on the list – whose fortune grows to 7,100 million euros, a figure that contrasts with that amassed by the current president of Inditex, Marta Ortega, with 80 million. of euros, which is left out of the ‘top 100’.
For his part, the president of Ferrovial, Rafael del Pino closes the ‘top 3’ with a fortune valued at 5,900 million euros, while Juan Carlos Escotet, president of Abanca, rises to fourth position with 4,000 million euros, and the president of Mercadona, Juan Roig, is fifth with 3.900 million euros.
In this edition, Tomás Olivo, owner of General de Galerías Comerciales and second largest shareholder of Unicaja Banco, has seen his fortune double to 3,500 million euros, which has allowed him to rise from seventeenth to sixth position, while Leopoldo del Pino, a shareholder in Ferrovial and with a capital of 2,700 million euros, rises from fourteenth place to ninth.
The ‘top-10’ of Spanish fortunes is completed with businessmen Daniel Maté, who is in sixth place with 2,900 million euros; Juan Abelló (2,900 million euros) and the president of Mango, Isak Andic, who closes in tenth place with a fortune of 2,700 million euros.
For his part, the president of Acciona, José Manuel Entrecanales, who last year ranked 42nd, does not appear this year in this ranking due to the penalty that Acciona has received from investors.
Up to 33 women appear this year on the list of ‘The 100 richest Spaniards’ by Forbes, which represents a drop of 20% compared to last year, where equality was close to being equal, with 59 men and 41 women.
Once again, Sandra Ortega continues to be the richest woman in Spain, although this time she is the only one who manages to be in the ‘top 10’ with a second place, while María del Pino and Alicia Koplowitz, both with a net worth of 2,500 million euros, are ranked twelfth and thirteenth, respectively.
Hortensia Herrero, Juan Roig’s wife, is in fifteenth place with 2,200 million euros, while the president of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Sol Daurella, is in sixteenth place with 2,000 billion euros.
The total wealth of Spanish women is close to 47,000 million euros. A figure that is 75.7% lower than that of the 100 richest men who accumulate 193,813 million euros.
Catalonia and Madrid, the regions that have the most fortunes
By autonomous community, 57% of the great Spanish fortunes are taxed in Madrid or Catalonia, which are divided into 28 for the Spanish capital and 29 for Catalonia.
Thus, Madrid accumulates a wealth of 38,548 million euros, while the Catalan territory, which has the most billionaires in the ranking, amasses 26,102 million euros, 48% less, and Galicia remains in third place with nine large assets. The Valencian Community and the Balearic Islands tie for fourth place, with seven fortunes each.
In addition to large businessmen and shareholders, there is also room in the Forbes ranking for the world of painting or music. Thus, Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza appears in the twenty-fourth position of the most important fortunes in Spain with 1,400 million euros, while the singer Julio Iglesias gives up nine positions with a fortune valued at 750 million euros, up to number 49.
Despite not being among the 100 richest Spaniards, the Manacoran tennis player Rafael Nadal has a capital of 297 million euros, which makes him the richest in the Balearic Islands, while the Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso He occupies the second position in Asturias with a wealth of 270 million euros and the footballer Andrés Iniesta slips into sixth place in the La Mancha community with a wealth of 100 million euros.
