Nobody from Austria is among the richest people in the world, according to the “Forbes” list of the rich for 2022. After all, Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz is in 51st place this year with a wealth of 27.4 billion dollars (currently 25 .1 billion euros) ). This makes him by far the richest Austrian. However, his exorbitant fortune is only a good tenth that of the richest person in the world, Tesla owner Elon Musk, at $219 billion.
In total, $2,578 billionaires are on the list. Austrians find ten on the list. According to this, the second richest Austrian construction contractor Georg Stumpf with $7.9 billion is in 288th place – in 2018 he was 822nd.
This is followed by René Benko as the third richest Austrian. The real estate investor has an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion and is ranked 490th worldwide. A year ago he was in 496th place, but in 2020 and 2019 he was still around 361st and 365th respectively. That was it for the top 500 for Austrian.
World Rank 552 is followed by Novomatic founder and owner Johann Graf with $5 billion. The previous highlight was the 181st place in 2019. A few hundred billionaires behind it is the shipowner Helmut Sohmen with 3.9 billion dollars (774th place).
The three billion dollars in department store heiress Heidi Horten, on the other hand, is not even enough for the world top 1000. She occupies 1012th place. Ex aequo in 1012th place is the investor Michael Tojner (Varta, Montana Tech Components).
With 1.9 billion dollars, L’occitane boss Reinold Geiger is according to “Forbes” in 1579 place worldwide. Andritz co-owner Wolfgang Leitner is one of the 1645 richest people on earth with $1.8 billion.
KTM owner Stefan Pierer was already in the top 2000 in 2018, but this year he climbed slightly from the year before. Mateschitz was already 37th in 2018, but 51st place was a high point since 2019, as he recently occupied places between 53 and 57.
Source: Krone
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