The pandemic was a temporary scare for the great Spanish fortunes. The 100 richest people in the country have returned to recover the path before the coronavirus and at the forefront of all of them is, one more year,

Amancio Ortega

. The founder of the Inditex empire leads the recovery of great wealth in Spain, who together amass a total of 153,575 million euros, 17% more than in 2020. The figure means that, on average,

each millionaire increased their portfolio by 565,000 euros per day

.

But Amancio Ortega has not only managed to recover this year from the losses of 2020, but

has increased his wealth by 10 billion euros,

to accumulate a total of 67,000 million. That amount is equivalent to the sum of the 52 Spaniards who follow him on the list.

But it is not the only name that stands out in the ranking of

The 100 richest Spaniards

, which is produced annually by

Forbes Spain

magazine

and which includes the main fortunes of the country.

Sandra Ortega, Rafael del Pino, Juan Roig and Juan Carlos Escotet

, who concentrate more than 50% of the total fortune with 83,500 million euros, head the list, in which the rise of the president of Ferrovial stands out from the fourth to the third position thanks to the good performance of the company on the Stock Market and its dividend policy.

Sandra Ortega

, the only woman in the top five on the list and daughter of Amancio, occupies the second position with a fortune that amounts to 6,300 million euros, 12.5% ​​more than last year.

For his part,

Rafael del Pino surpasses Juan Roig

and rises to the third position with 3,800 million compared to the 3,7000 million of the president of Mercadona.

Finally, Juan Carlos Escotet, president of Abanca, has 2,700 million euros.

The hundred most powerful Spanish families totaled 198,430 million, 14.7% more than last year.

Green and masculine

Another novelty on this year's list is the prominence of

renewable energies

. It is the "greenest" edition, they point out from the publication, and it is that names linked to the sector of our country acquire more importance in the list. Among others,

José Elías

, majority shareholder of Audax Renovables (900 million euros);

José María Galíndez

(400 million in Solar Pack);

Dolores Larrañaga,

main shareholder of Solaria (375 million) or

Enric Asunción

, president and co-founder of Wallbox (325 million), specialized in charging points for electric vehicles. In total, these 19 new additions contribute a total of 2,800 million euros.

On the contrary, a feature that does not change in this list is that the presence of women is a minority,

since they only occupy 30%

.

In addition, the average wealth of men is 1,511 million euros, and that of women, 993 million.

With Sandra Ortega at the helm, they are followed by

Alicia Koplowitz,

owner of Omega Capital, and

Hortensia Herrero

, Mercadona shareholder, in sixth and seventh place with 2,300 million respectively.

They are left out of the list

Asunción Manzanet

, owner of Sorman;

Silvia Mora-Figueroa Domecq,

owner of Agriculturas Diversas;

Aurèlia Carulla

, shareholder of Agrolimen, or

Montserrat Grifols Gras

, shareholder of the pharmaceutical group Grifols.

Elite athletes, entrepreneurs and the rich

Forbes makes a special mention to Spanish athletes such as

Rafa Nadal and Fernando Alonso

who, despite not appearing on the list of "The 100 richest Spaniards", accumulate a wealth of 225 million euros, followed by Sergio Ramos, Iniesta and Piqué with 100 million each.

With the exception of Iniesta, Spanish athletes are not among the richest internationals either, and three have been displaced from

Forbes'

The World's highest-paid athletes

ranking.

Tennis player Rafael Nadal ranked 27th in 2020 with $ 40 million in revenue, but this year he has jumped past 50th.

Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso was thirty-ninth in 2018, with $ 32 million, but already in 2019 he was out.

For his part, Pau Gasol, who in 2014 ranked 57th with $ 21.8 million, jumped out of the ranking in 2015.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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