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Amancio Ortega
Born
US$148bn. Ortega founded Inditex, the fashion group behind Zara. Clothing retail is the business foundation here: a large personal shareholding in a commercial company, distinct from the value of a royal estate or national institution.
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Giancarlo Devasini
US$89.3bn. Devasini moved from medicine into business and became a co-owner of Tether. His estimate concerns ownership in a private financial-technology company, not the reserve assets backing customers' stablecoins.
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Dieter Schwarz
Born
US$67.2bn. Schwarz developed the group behind discount retailer Lidl and hypermarket chain Kaufland. His entry brings everyday grocery shopping into a ranking often associated with glamorous brands and new technology.
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Giovanni Ferrero
Born
US$48.8bn. Ferrero took sole leadership of the confectionery company after his brother Pietro's death in 2011, later becoming executive chairman. The source attributes this fortune individually even though the business was built across generations of his family.
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Mark Mateschitz
Born
US$45.8bn. Mateschitz inherited his father's stake in Red Bull. His place reflects a share of the energy-drink business, whose commercial reach includes extensive sporting activity, rather than personal earnings from competing in sport.
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Gianluigi Aponte
Born
US$44.5bn. Aponte co-founded MSC and built its shipping business from a small beginning into a global operation. This entry retains the ownership estimate attributed to him in March, before later announcements about the family's succession arrangements.
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Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
Born
US$44.5bn. Rafaela Aponte-Diamant co-founded MSC with Gianluigi Aponte. The March ranking assigned each spouse an equal individual estimate, so they remain tied here rather than becoming a single household entry.
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Andrea Pignataro
Born
US$42.6bn. Pignataro founded ION, whose software and data businesses serve financial institutions. His fortune represents technology used behind the scenes in trading and financial operations, rather than an app aimed at the general public.
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Klaus-Michael Kühne
Born
US$41.9bn. Kuehne helped develop the family logistics business Kuehne+Nagel and held wider transport investments. He died in August 2026, after the valuation date, so this historical snapshot retains the estimate attributed to him in March.
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Alain Wertheimer
Born
US$39.4bn. Alain Wertheimer's business interests include Chanel, owned alongside his brother Gerard. Luxury goods provide the commercial foundation, while the ranking distinguishes his attributed holding from the entire value of the shared business.
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Gérard Wertheimer
Born
US$39.4bn. Gerard Wertheimer shares Chanel ownership with Alain. Their fortunes are equal in the selected source and remain tied here, illustrating how a family-controlled company can support separately attributed personal estimates.
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Paolo Ardoino
US$38bn. Ardoino became Tether's chief executive in December 2023 after serving as its technology chief. His career connects software engineering with the operation of a major stablecoin business, whose private-company valuation underpins the estimate.
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Jean-Louis van der Velde
US$38bn. Van der Velde led Bitfinex and Tether before moving to an advisory role at Tether in December 2023. His business background lies in technology and financial services; the source values his interests separately from those of his colleagues.
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Michal Strnad
Born
US$31.1bn. Strnad took ownership of CSG from his father in 2018 after working within the group. Defence equipment, vehicles, rail and aerospace businesses distinguish this industrial fortune from the consumer-facing companies around it.
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Stefan Quandt
Born
US$30.1bn. Quandt inherited a substantial BMW holding and has served on its supervisory board. His entry reflects shareholder ownership in a carmaker, rather than treating every BMW factory or vehicle sale as personal wealth.
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Susanne Klatten
US$29.7bn. Klatten's business history includes BMW and the Altana investment company SKion. Altana reports that she transferred more than 99% of SKion to her children in 2024, so describing its entire holding as her current personal property would be misleading.
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Vladimir Potanin
Born
US$29.7bn. Potanin founded investment group Interros and became a major owner and leader of Norilsk Nickel. Metals and mining are central to his commercial interests, which are distinct from the Russian state's assets.
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Vagit Alekperov
Born
US$29.5bn. Alekperov led oil company Lukoil from 1993 to 2022. His entry concerns the fortune associated with his business ownership and career in energy, rather than assigning the value of Russia's oil resources to an individual.
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Emmanuel Besnier
Born
US$28.3bn. Besnier took over Lactalis after his father's death in 2000 and expanded the dairy business internationally. This is a separately attributed estimate within a family-owned group, whose products range well beyond a single cheese brand.
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Vladimir Lisin
US$25.5bn. Lisin became chairman and a major shareholder of steelmaker NLMK. Steel production and transport interests connect his wealth to industrial supply chains rather than to a consumer brand.
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Stefan Persson (magnate)
US$24.2bn. Persson developed H&M after taking over from his father, who founded the retailer. His business interests also extend into property, while his successor as H&M chairman is his son Karl-Johan.
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Gennady Timchenko
Born
US$24.2bn. Timchenko co-founded oil trader Gunvor and later concentrated investments through Volga Group. Energy ownership, including a Novatek stake, provides the commercial context; this remains the source's personal estimate, not a national wealth figure.
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Michael Platt (financier)
Born
US$20.9bn. Platt co-founded BlueCrest Capital Management in 2000. His fortune comes from an investment-management career, where money managed for clients and the personal wealth of a founder are different quantities.
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Georg F. W. Schaeffler
Born
US$19.2bn. Schaeffler inherited interests in the family business alongside his mother and became a major industrial shareholder. Bearings and automotive components anchor the story, with ownership held through family investment companies.
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