That Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Spain is not news. It would be that someone had dethroned the owner of the Inditex textile empire. But, in addition to being a millionaire, he is one of the Spaniards who has best managed his wealth and wealth, according to the Forbes list of richer Spaniards, who this year, in addition to valuing the money they treasure, studies the market value of their companies , its real estate, luxury and liquidity.

Ortega treasures 63,000 million euros , this figure is equivalent to the money that the 43 rich who follow him on the list have, among which are, in second position, his daughter, Sandra Ortega; Rafael del Pino, maximum shareholder of Ferrovial; Miguel Fluxá, president of Iberostar, and Juan Roig, president of Mercadona.

In total, the wealth of the 100 fortunes of Spain in 2019 amounts to 148,200 million euros, 1% more compared to the 2018 figure. The rich are somewhat richer, in particular they add 1,500 million more among all. The first five (Amancio Ortega, his daughter, Sandra, Del Pino, Miguel Fluxá and Roig) total 78,800 million, account for 50.3% of total wealth and employ 385,500 people.

In the case of Ortega, he has increased his fortune this year by 5,000 million euros and "maintains his investment strategy in real estate assets", whose net worth is estimated at 7,500 million, according to Forbes. In addition, the price of Inditex has recovered to reach more than 87,000 million.

Ana Botín, off the list

The richest Spanish is her daughter, Sandra Ortega, with 6,000 million euros. Juan Roig, president of Mercadona, descends to fifth place with 2.7 billion euros . Of the list there are 26 women, who accumulate among all 900 million, although this year Ana Botín is not included, whose fortune "suffers in 100 million due to the decrease in the value of the shares of Banco Santander," says Forbes.

The list does include businesswomen such as Alicia and Mercedes Daurella, shareholders of Coca-Cola Iberian Partners; Liliana Godía Guardiola, shareholder of Naturgy; Carlota Galán Ruiz, shareholder of El Corte Inglés; the sisters Magdalena and María Canivell, shareholders of Grifols; Aurelia Carulla, from Agrolimen; and Montserrat Grifols, shareholder of Grifols.

Forbes reveals that the greatest fortunes have changed their residence and also the headquarters of their empires to cities other than the place of origin. This has made the community of Madrid the one that attracts the most companies and wealth, with 32,000 million euros. Catalonia is, on the contrary, one of the communities that has suffered the most from the flight of rich people in its territory.

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