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According to data from report Global Wealth Report 2024 of UBS, the number of millionaires has not stopped growing Since 2020. Spain is no exception and, in the last year, the number of people in Spain have also increased with a heritage above the million euros available to invest.
The world has elaborated his ‘XIX list of the richest of 2025 in Spain‘In which the country’s greatest fortunes are quantified. The newspaper uses the data of the Mercantile Registry and the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) to carry out a patrimonial estimate.
Most of the names are common in this type of lists for decades, but the presence of the great families that add individual fortunes to adopt positions of power in the business field is highlighted. This family predominance is one of the main differences between Millionaires in Spain And, for example, Great American fortuneswith a more individualistic character.
1-Amancio Ortega
To anyone’s surprise, the first list prepared by The worldIt occupies it Amancio Ortegaas the greatest fortune of Spain and The ninth of the world.
The list estimates Ortega’s fortune in 2025 in about 118,945 million euros. The main origin of this fortune comes from the company that founded. According to Inditex dataAmancio Ortega controls 59.29% of the company’s shares through their societies Pontegadea Inversiones and Partler Participations.
On the other hand, 100% of the dividends that Inditex obtains are reinvested in Pontegadea assets, which has allowed him to lift an empire of the brick positioning Pontegadea as one of the Real estate with greater muscle Financial of Spain.
2- Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo and Family
It is enough to reach the second position to find the first sample of the strength of the families of Millionaires in Spain, and does so by the five members of the Pino Calvo-Sotelo family. This family adds a joint fortune priced in More than 14,350 million euros.
Its main representative is Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, with a personal fortune estimated at 7.1 billion euros, which plays the role of president of Ferrovial and main shareholder. Rafael happened in office to his father and founder of the company Rafael del Pino Moreno, which left a legacy of more than 6,500 million euros. In addition to the “family business” of construction, the family operates jointly through investment companies such as Rijn Capital and Capital BV.
3- Juan Roig Alfonso and Family
If we think of A supermarket brandwith all probability Mercadona will be among the first positions. That has made the fortune of its founder and that of his family have grown like the foam in the last two decades. It is estimated that Juan Roig’s personal fortune is 6,100 million euros.
According to estimates The worldthe family fortune of the Roig amounts to 12,245 million euros Thank you, in large part to control 80% of the participations of the supermarket chain, where Juan Roig Alfonso’s marriage and Hortensia Herrero controls almost 71% of Mercadona. Fernando Roig, Juan Roig’s brother controls 9% of the company.
4- Sandra Ortega Mera
The fourth greatest fortune of Spain is also a usual of the lists of a millionaire in Spain and has as its origin the inditex shareholders: Sandra Ortega Mera. Sandra is the eldest daughter of Amancio Ortega’s first marriage, but is not actively linked to the direction of Inditexalthough he is the second largest shareholder of the company (behind his father) with 5.053% of the shares of the company that his father founded.
The world values Sandra Ortega’s fortune in about 9,375 million eurospositioning himself as the richest woman in Spain. Like his father, Sandra Ortega Mera redirects Inditex’s dividends to his Rosp Corunna company, dedicated to buying buildings and resorts and then rent them to large hotel chains. It is also part of the pharmaceutical shareholders Pharmamar, controlling 4.5% of its shares.
5- Sol Daurella Comadrán and Family
After the last name Daurella is a family that has controlled the company for more than 60 years Coca-Cola Europacific Partnersthe largest independent coca-cool bottling. Sol Daurella is the daughter of Santiago Daurella Rull who in 1951 obtained the first license for bottling Coca-Cola in Spain, and today is its president since 2012. It is estimated that Sol Daurella’s personal fortune is about 3,000 million euros.
Next to the Cobega Societywho direct his brothers, the family controls a huge and profitable Food distribution holding which provides the family with a estimated fortune at 9,375 million euros.
6- Marc Puig and Family
The Catalan Cosmetic and perfumes Puig starred in one of the most agitated departures of 2024, with an output value of 14,000 million euros. Marc Puig is Puig’s third generation and is in charge of the company in 2004, and has been responsible for annexing the group perfume lines of such important designers such as Carolina Herrera or Jean Paul Gaultier.
The joint fortune of the Puig family is calculated in about 9,050 million euros. It is estimated that the family still controls 71% of the capital of Puig, but they have also expanded to the real estate sector being part of the Colonial Board of Directors thanks to controlling 7.7% of its actions.
7- Juan March de la Lastra y Familia
For many, Juan March Ordinas It is considered as the “Spanish Rockefeller” for its successful career in the Spanish business world. Founded the MARCHA BANCA And since then the family has maintained the total control of the entity, expanding and diversifying its investments thanks to the Alba Financial Corporation. Juan March de la Lastra He is now the executive president of the bank, replacing his father Carlos March Delgado.
Through this entity, the investments of the four march brothers expanded, with an important presence in IBEX companies such as Acerinox (19.3%) or Ebro Foods (14%). The list of greatest fortunes in Spain assigns them a Set equity of 6,020 million euros.
8- Francisco and Jon Riberas Mera
In 1950, Francisco Riberas Pampliega, founded a scrap business In Burgos that ended up becoming one of the largest companies in steel transformation in Spain: Gonvarri. After that, the next step of the family was to found the component company for the Gestamp automotive.
It is estimated that, between both companies, the brothers Francisco and Jon Riberas Mera add up A fortune of 5,835 million euroswith investments in companies Like Wallbox either Ecooltra.
9- Jordi Rubiralta Giralt and Family
Paradoxically, the origin of the fortune of the four brothers Rubiralta Giralt, Jordi, José Luis, Xavier and Marc, part of a breakdown of the business business of his father, José María Rubiralta. The world estimates its joint fortune in about 5,365 million euros.
In his breakdown, the patriarch of the Rubiralta Giraralt received compensation for leaving the shareholders of the Siderúrgica Celsa, and stayed with Werfen, a small company of sanitary material. Today is a prosperous business that is currently valued at 6,233 million euros of capitalization.
10- José Manuel and Álvaro Entrecanales
The surname Entrecanales is one of the usual in the lists of the richest people in Spain for decades, since the father of both José Manuel Entrecanales Azcárate, founded what is acting today. Álvaro Entrecanales died recently, but it is estimated that family fortune amounts to 5,035 million euros.
Most of that heritage comes from acting and Company Diversification In recent years, but the family has also invested in very different sectors such as wine or agricultural industry.
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