Unlike what happens in the United States, fortunes of millionaires in Spain They have been simmering for decades. They grow slowly, but without stopping. In Spain, only three surnames concentrate wealth that far exceeds 166.25 billion euros and, year after year, it reinforces its position in global rankings.
Names like Amancio Ortega, Rafael del Pino or Juan Roig They appear in the headlines every day, but they are only the visible head of some family clans that They have made their fortune grow for generations.
According to pointed Forbes At the end of 2025, the 100 largest fortunes in Spain together amounted to 292.1 billion euros. This represents some 16.6 billion euros more than the previous year. Of that total, almost 57% is in the hands of three families of millionaires represented by Amancio Ortega, Rafael del Pino and Juan Roig.
The Ortegas: the clan that monopolizes the podium
Amancio Ortega is the greatest fortune in Spain and the only Spaniard who competes on a sustained basis with the richest people on the planet. The Forbes millionaires listcurrently places him in 13th place in the world, with an estimated fortune of 120.55 billion euros (130.2 billion dollars at the current exchange rate).
Adding the assets of his daughter Sandra Ortega Mera, the second largest fortune in Spain with about 12,144 million euros according to Forbeshe Ortega family clan exceeds 132,550 million euros.
The origin of this wealth has two main pillars. The first is the 59.05% of Inditex that it controls through Pontegadea Inversiones and Partler Participaciones, which in 2026 will report a record dividend of 3,234 million euros. For her part, Sandra Ortega controls 5.053% of the shares of the company that her father founded.
The second great pillar of the family fortune is Pontegadea, the real estate and investment holding company founded by Amancio Ortega to reinvest the dividends from Inditex, in real estate securities distributed throughout the world, managing a valued real estate asset at 122,000 million euros.
The Del Pino family and Ferrovial
The second position in the ranking of the richest families in Spain corresponds to the Del Pino Calvo-Sotelo clan, with a joint assets estimated at 18,250 million euros. Rafael del Pino, president of Ferrovial, increased his personal fortune up to 8,000 million euros in 2025, while his sister María del Pino adds another 5.5 billion of euros to the family total. The younger brothers, Joaquín and Leopoldo del Pino, contribute an additional 2,150 and 2,600 million euros.
The source of this wealth is the 20.45% stake that Rafael del Pino controls in Ferrovial through his Dutch company Rijn Capital, an infrastructure company listed simultaneously in Madrid, Amsterdam and the New York Nasdaq, whose market capitalization exceeds 39.5 billion euros.
Ferrovial closed 2025 with revenues of 9,627 million euros, 8.6% more than the previous year, and a net profit of 888 million euros.
The Roigs and the power of Mercadona
The third position in the ranking of the richest families in Spain is occupied by the Roig clan, with one of the most striking increases of the year. The joint fortune of the family of the founder of Mercadona amounts to 14,440 million euros in 2025.
The main amount comes from Juan Roig’s personal wealth, which went from 5.78 billion euros in 2024 to 7.9 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 36.7% in a single year. According to ForbesIn 2026, Roig’s fortune is estimated at around 9.29 billion euros. His wife, Hortensia Herrero, has a personal assets estimated at around 5,150 million euros.
Juan Roig and his wife Hortensia Herrero control almost 71% of Mercadona, while his brother Fernando Roig owns another 9% of the company’s capital. Valencian supermarket chainwhich is equivalent to 2,390 million euros
Mercadona is the main supermarket chain in Spain, and closed in 2025 generating a net profit of 1,729 million euros and a turnover of 41,900 million euros. This increase in income has caused the personal assets of its founders to also grow.
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