5 Nov, 2016 @ 13:34
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Spain’s richest 100 worth almost 20% of country’s GDP, new figures show

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Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega

THE 100 richest people in Spain are worth the equivalent of 18% of the country’s GDP.

The stinkingly rich group have amassed a fortune worth a combined €198 billion – an increase of 4.8% from last year.

Leaders of textiles and food giants lead the way, with Zara’s Amancio Ortega and Mercadona’s Juan Roig taking first and second place respectively.

Juan Roig
Juan Roig

Roig is worth €8 billion while Ortega’s €71 billion fortune is worth more than the next 23 on the list combined.

His Inditex fashion house is home to brands including Massimo Dutti, Zara and Pull & Bear, while his property portfolio features hotels and skyscrapers from Madrid to Miami.

Third on the list is Rafael del Pino, owner of construction giant Ferrovial, who is worth €7.65 billion.

Sandra Ortega
Sandra Ortega

Daughter to Ortega, Sandra Ortega, takes fourth with €7.6 billion, while Mango CEO Isak Andic closes out the top five with a net worth of €4.2 billion.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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