It concerns five men and a single woman. In concrete terms, these are Daniel Maté (2.9 billion), Juan Luis Arregui (780 million), José Ignacio Comenge (655 million), Carmen Ybarra (570 million), Víctor de Urrutia (490 million) and Alejandro Aznar Sainz.
Six Basques are part of the list Forbes of the hundred richest in the Spanish state in 2023 and together they have a fortune of more than 5.7 billion euros. The six are citizens of the Basque Autonomous Community, as Navarre does not add millionaires to the list.
At the top and among the top ten richest in the state Daniel Maté from San Sebastianof a legacy of 2.9 billion of euros. It is the third largest shareholder of Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss multinational metals and mining company, with also investments in Rossberg Inmobilien AG, Wildspitz SL and Gran Vía 60 SL.
It follows him at a distance, at position 48 Juan Luis Arreguipresident and majority shareholder of Ence, in the paper industry, with 780 millionwhich also contains 0.57% Iberdrola.
The third Basque on the list, in 58th placeis José Ignacio Komenge with 655 million. He is one of the owners of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
In 69th place the investor follows Carmen Ybarra, with 570 million. It owns 89% of the Onchena holding company, with which it has interests in Vocento, Atrys, Ecoener, Reig and Solarpack, among others.
The fifth richest Basque is Conqueror of Urrutia, of Basque descent but born in Madrid, owner of Asua Inversiones. Of a heritage worth 490 million He is the majority shareholder of the Riojan winery Compañía Vinícola del Norte (CVNE) and is ranked 72nd.
Close the list, at position number 100, Alejandro Aznar Sainz, who together with his family has one of the oldest fortunes on the list, heir to the Naviera Aznar, founded in 1860 by his great-great-grandfather Eduardo Aznar y de la Sota, bankrupt in the 1980s and refounded as Ibaizabal. Alejandro has been running the Marqués de Riscal wineries in Elciego (Álava), where his family has a controlling position, for 29 years.
In the state as a whole, it is noted that the assets of large fortunes have increased by 37% this year to 196.13 billion, despite the war in Ukraine and inflation. It is again led by the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortegawhose wealth grows by 53%, to 81.8 billion.
The accumulated wealth of the remaining 99 rich amounts to 114.33 billion euros, 26% more, meaning that each millionaire earned an average of 83 million euros per day.
Top five on the list –Amancio Ortega and his daughter Sandra (Inditex); Rafael del Pino (Ferrovial); Juan Carlos Escotet (Abanca) and Juan Roig (Mercadona) They concentrate almost half of the total large fortunes, 48% or 102.7 billion.
Source: EITB
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