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Europe. (cover story)Navigation: Main page Author: von Zeppelin, CristinaSerafin, TatianaHoppough, SuzanneMinami, KiyoeCoster, HelenDolan, Kerry A.Flan Section: Billionaires
Europe's 196 billionaires are worth a combined $802 billion, $128 billion more than last year. Russia, which added 7 new members, accounted for 64% of that gain. Germany is home to 55 billionaires, more than any country besides the U.S. The Czech Republic delivered its first.
A: New
B: Up
C: Down
D: Same
E: Returnee
F: Split fortune
NET
WORTH
Rank Name Country ($BIL) Source AGE
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4 Ingvar Kamprad Sweden $28.0 Ikea 79 B
7 Bernard Arnault France 21.5 LVMH 57 B
11 Roman Abramovich Russia 18.2 oil 39 B
13 Karl Albrecht Germany 17.0 supermarkets 86 C
15 Liliane Bettencourt France 16.0 L'Oreal 83 C
22 Theo Albrecht Germany 15.2 supermarkets 83 C
23 Amancio Ortega Spain 14.8 Zara 70 B
32 Stefan Persson Sweden 12.3 Hennes & Mauritz 58 B
36 Adolf Merckle Germany 11.5 drugs 71 B
37 Vagit Alekperov Russia 11.0 oil 55 B
37 Silvio Berlusconi Italy 11.0 media 69 C
41 Vladimir Lisin Russia 10.7 steel 49 B
42 Michael Otto & family 10.4 retail 62 B
Germany
44 Leonardo Del Vecchio Italy 10.0 eyewear 70 B
Italy
44 Michele Ferrero & family 10.0 chocolates 79 B
44 Viktor Vekselberg Russia 10.0 oil, metals 48 B
50 Mikhail Fridman Russia 9.7 oil, banking 41 B
51 Spiro Latsis & family 9.1 banking 59 B
Greece
55 Birgit Rausing & family 8.6 packaging 82 B
Sweden
56 Serge Dassault & family 8.5 aviation 80 B
France
56 Hans Rausing Sweden 8.5 packaging 80 B
60 Susanne Klatten Germany 8.1 BMW 43 C
61 RA Oetker & family Germany 8.0 food 89 B
62 Oleg Deripaska Russia 7.8 aluminum 37 B
64 Alexei Mordashov Russia 7.6 steel 40 B
65 Alain & Gerard Wertheimer 7.5 Chanel -- B
France
65 Reinhold Wurth Germany 7.5 manufacturing 70 B
72 Ernesto Bertarelli 7.1 biotech 40 B
Switzerland
72 Suleiman Kerimov Russia 7.1 stocks 40 A
74 Philip & Cristina Green 7.0 retail -- B
U.K.
74 Francois Pinault France 7.0 retail 69 B
74 August von Finck Germany 7.0 investments 76 B
79 ME & G Schaeffler Germany 6.8 ball bearings -- B
82 Stefan Quandt Germany 6.6 BMW 40 C
84 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller 6.5 shipping 92 B
Denmark
84 Rafael del Pine & family 6.5 construction 85 B
Spain
89 Hasso Plattner Germany 6.4 SAP 62 B
89 Vladimir Potanin Russia 6.4 metals 45 B
89 Mikhail Prokhorov Russia 6.4 metals 40 B
93 Vladimir Yevtushenkov 6.3 telecom 57 B
Russia
94 Curt Engelhorn Germany 6.1 drugs 79 B
94 Friedrich Flick Jr Germany 6.1 investments 79 B
94 German Khan Russia 6.1 oil, banking 44 B
94 Johanna Quandt Germany 6.1 BMW 78 B
100 Gerald C Grosvenor & fam 6.0 real estate 54 B
U.K.
109 Nikolai Tsvetkov Russia 5.2 oil, banking 45 B
114 John Fredriksen Norway 5.0 shipping 61 B
114 Karl-Heinz Kipp Germany 5.0 retail 82 B
114 C de Carvalho-Heineken 5.0 Heineken 51 B
Netherlands
125 Alexander Abramov Russia 4.9 steel, mining 47 B
125 Erivan Haub & family 4.9 retail 73 B
Germany
129 Alexei Kuzmichov Russia 4.8 oil, banking 43 B
136 Iskander Makhmudov Russia 4.5 mining, metals 43 B
140 Thomas Schmidheiny 4.4 cement 60 B
Switzerland
147 Walter Haefner Switzerland 4.3 software 95 D
147 Reinhard Mohn & family 4.3 media 84 C
Germany
154 Jean-Claude Decaux & family 4.2 advertising 68 C
France
158 Giorgio Armani Italy 4.1 fashion 71 C
158 Vladimir Bogdanov Russia 4.1 oil 54 B
158 Bahaa Hariri Switzerland 4.1 inheritance 39 F
158 Antonia Johnson Sweden 4.1 diversified 62 C
158 Klaus-Michael Kuhne Germany 4.1 shipping 68 B
168 Leonid Fedun Russia 4.0 oil 49 B
168 Madeleine Schickedanz 4.0 retail 62 B
Germany
173 Boris Ivanishvili Russia 3.9 steel, banking 50 B
185 Viktor Rashnikov Russia 3.6 iron, steel 57 D
185 David & Simon Reuben U.K. 3.6 investments, real -- A
estate
185 Andreas Strungmann Germany 3.6 generic drugs 56 C
185 Thomas Strungmann Germany 3.6 generic drugs 56 C
194 Alexander Lebedev Russia 3.5 stocks 46 B
200 Otto Beisheim Germany 3.4 retail 82 D
200 Bernard Ecclestone & fam 3.4 Formula One 75 C
U.K.
200 Esther Koplowitz Spain 3.4 construction 55 B
200 G Louis-Dreyfus & family 3.4 commodities 73 B
France
207 R & M Schmidt-Ruthenbeck 3.3 retail -- D
Germany
207 Klaus Tschira Germany 3.3 SAP 65 B
207 Karl Wlaschek Austria 3.3 department stores 88 B
214 Martin Bouygues & family 3.2 telecom 53 B
France
221 Stephan Schmidheiny 3.1 investments 58 B
Switzerland
224 G & R Aponte Switzerland 3.0 shipping -- B
224 Pyotr Aven Russia 3.0 oil, banking 51 A
224 Albert Frere Belgium 3.0 investments 80 B
224 Frits Goldschmeding 3.0 temp agency 72 B
Netherlands
224 Heidi Horten Austria 3.0 department stores 65 C
224 Petr Kellner Czech Republic 3.0 insurance 41 A
224 Anton Schlecker Germany 3.0 retail 61 D
240 Michael Herz Germany 2.9 coffee 60 B
245 David & Frederick Barclay 2.8 media, retail -- C
U.K.
245 Richard Branson U.K. 2.8 Virgin 55 C
245 Charles Cadogan & family 2.8 real estate 69 B
U.K.
245 Wolfgang Herz Germany 2.8 coffee 55 B
245 Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen 2.8 Lego 58 B
Denmark
245 Stefan Schorghuber Germany 2.8 real estate 44 C
258 Francesco Gaetano 2.7 diversified 63 B
Caltagirone Italy
258 Otto Happel Germany 2.7 engineering 58 D
258 Manuel Jove Spain 2.7 real estate 64 B
258 Andrei Melnichenko Russia 2.7 banking, energy 34 B
258 Sergei Popov Russia 2.7 banking, energy 34 B
258 Jesus de Polanco Spain 2.7 media 76 C
278 Hugo Mann & family Germany 2.6 retail 92 D
278 Alisher Usmanov Russia 2.6 steel 52 B
292 Carlo Benetton Italy 2.5 Benetton 62 F
292 Gilberto Benetton Italy 2.5 Benetton 64 F
292 Giuliana Benetton Italy 2.5 Benetton 68 F
292 Luciano Benetton Italy 2.5 Benetton 70 F
292 John Dorrance III Ireland 2.5 Campbell Soup 62 D
292 Jean-Louis Dumas & family 2.5 Hermes 67 B
France
292 Nicolas Hayek Switzerland 2.5 Swatch 77 B
292 Leonid Mikhelson Russia 2.5 natural gas 50 A
292 Miuccia Prada & family 2.5 Prada 56 C
Italy
292 Sean Quinn & family Ireland 2.5 real estate, 59 B
Insurance
292 Bruno Schroder & family 2.5 banking 73 B
U.K.
317 Clive Calder U.K. 2.4 record label 59 B
317 Stein Erik Hagen Norway 2.4 supermarkets 49 B
317 Sergio Mantegazza 2.4 travel 78 C
Switzerland
317 Dietrich Mateschitz Austria 2.4 Red Bull 61 B
317 Axel Oberwelland Germany 2.4 candy 39 B
317 Didier Primat France 2.4 oil 61 B
335 Elena Baturina Russia 2.3 construction 43 B
335 Hubert Burda Germany 2.3 publishing 66 C
335 Alexander Frolov Russia 2.3 mining, steel 41 A
335 Hermann Schnabel Germany 2.3 chemicals 84 B
335 Friede Springer Germany 2.3 publishing 63 D
350 Bjorgolfur Thor 2.2 diversified 39 B
Bjorgolfsson Iceland
350 Ennio Doris & family Italy 2.2 insurance 65 B
350 Rosalia Mera Spain 2.2 Zara 62 B
350 Mario Moretti Polegato 2.2 shoes 53 A
Italy
350 Belmiro de Azevedo Portugal 2.2 diversified 68 B
350 John de Mol Netherlands 2.2 TV 51 B
365 Heinz-Horst Deichmann 2.1 shoes 79 B
Germany
365 Fredrik Lundberg Sweden 2.1 real estate, 54 B
investments
382 Nadhmi Auchi U.K. 2.0 diversified 68 B
382 Patokh Chodiev Belgium 2.0 mining, metals 53 B
382 Philippe Foriel-Destezet 2.0 temp agency 70 D
France
382 Daniela Herz Germany 2.0 coffee 52 B
382 Gunter Herz Germany 2.0 coffee 65 D
382 Zygmunt Solorz-Zak Poland 2.0 TV station 49 B
410 Heinz Bauer Germany 1.9 publishing 66 C
410 Joachim Herz Germany 1.9 coffee 63 B
410 Roustam Tariko Russia 1.9 banking, vodka 44 A
410 Albert von Thurn und Taxis 1.9 diversified 22 C
Germany
428 Isak Andic Spain 1.8 textiles 51 C
428 Pierre Bellon & family 1.8 food services 76 B
France
428 Hans-Werner Hector Germany 1.8 SAP 66 B
428 Stefano Pessina Italy 1.8 pharmaceuticals 64 B
428 Olay Thon Norway 1.8 real estate 82 B
428 Eugen Viehof & family 1.8 retail 89 C
Germany
451 Rinat Akhmetov Ukraine 1.7 steel, coal mines 39 C
451 Vincent Bollore France 1.7 investments, 53 C
inheritance
451 Emilio Botin Spain 1.7 banking 71 C
451 Gustaf Douglas Sweden 1.7 security 68 B
451 Gabriel Escarrer Spain 1.7 hotels 71 B
451 Vladimir Iorikh Russia 1.7 mining, steel 47 B
451 Sylvia Stroher Germany 1.7 cosmetics 51 C
451 Igor Zyuzin Russia 1.7 mining, steel 45 B
486 Joseph Lewis U.K. 1.6 finance 69 D
486 Alain Merieux & family 1.6 biotech 68 B
France
486 Dmitry Rybolovlev Russia 1.6 fertilizer 39 A
486 David Sainsbury U.K. 1.6 supermarkets 65 C
486 Eduard Shifrin U.K. 1.6 steel 45 B
486 Arne Wilhelmsen & family 1.6 tankers, cruise 75 B
Norway ships
512 John Caudwell U.K. 1.5 mobile phones 53 B
512 Rolf Gerling Germany 1.5 insurance 51 C
512 Thomas Hunter U.K. 1.5 investments 44 B
512 Alicia Koplowitz Spain 1.5 investments 53 B
512 Liselott Persson Sweden 1.5 Hennes & Mauritz -- B
512 John Whittaker U.K. 1.5 real estate 64 C
512 Andreas von Bechtolsheim 1.5 Google 50 B
Germany
562 Jonathan Harmsworth U.K. 1.4 publishing 38 C
562 Anthony O'Reilly Ireland 1.4 publishing 69 B
562 Hans Riegel Germany 1.4 candy 83 B
562 Paul Riegel Germany 1.4 candy 79 B
606 Vasiliy Anisimov Russia 1.3 metals, real 54 A
estate
606 Lloyd Dorfman U.K. 1.3 Travelex 53 B
606 James Ratcliffe U.K. 1.3 Ineos 53 A
606 Martin Viessmann Germany 1.3 heating equipment 52 B
606 Joop van den Ende 1.3 TV 64 D
Netherlands
645 Ingeburg Herz Germany 1.2 coffee 86 B
645 Victor Pinchuk Ukraine 1.2 steel pipes 45 C
645 Serhiy Taruta Ukraine 1.2 steel, coal 51 B
645 Peter Unger Germany 1.2 auto repair 61 C
698 Anneliese Brost Germany 1.1 newspapers 85 D
698 Albert Gubay U.K. 1.1 real estate 77 D
698 Dietmar Hopp Germany 1.1 SAP 65 B
746 Leszek Czarnecki Poland 1.0 leasing, banking 44 A
746 Dermot Desmond Ireland 1.0 finance 56 A
746 Richard Desmond U.K. 1.0 publishing 54 A
746 James Dyson U.K. 1.0 technology 58 A
746 Nasser Khalili U.K. 1.0 art, real estate 60 D
746 Jan Kulczyk Poland 1.0 telecom, oil, beer 56 D
746 Joanne (JK) Rowling U.K. 1.0 Harry Potter 40 D
746 Lily Safra Monaco 1.0 inheritance 68 D
746 Silvio Scaglia Italy 1.0 telecom 47 E
746 Monika Schoeller Germany 1.0 publishing 67 D
746 Dieter von Holtzbrinck 1.0 publishing 64 D
Germany
746 Stefan von Holtzbrinck 1.0 publishing 42 D
Germany
MethodologyIn this, FORBES' 20th annual ranking of the world's richest people, a team of more than 30 reporters in seven countries spent the better part of a year valuing the assets held by 793 billionaires, from shares of publicly traded companies and real estate to yachts and planes and art collections. Stock prices were calculated using market prices and exchange rates as of Feb. 13. Privately held companies were valued by coupling estimates of revenues or profits (or, in some cases, company-provided numbers) to prevailing price/revenue and price/earnings ratios for similar publicly traded companies. Generally we list individual fortunes only, rather than those shared among extended families such as the Rothschilds. In some cases we divvy up a fortune. For instance, last year Luciano Benetton & family had a net worth of $9.9 billion. This year, based on new information, we divided the fortune among Luciano and his three siblings, each of whom appear with individual net worths of $2.5 billion. We denote these splits in our rankings to distinguish them from newly discovered fortunes. When such a split isn't clear, we list together the names of those who share the fortune, as in the case of New Zealand first-timers Richard and Christopher Chandler. AcknowledgmentsMarina Amoroso, Analyst, Wireless/Mobile US, Yankee Group; Munir Barakat, Wafra Investment Advisory Group; Ernesto Canales, Canales y Socios Abogados, S.C.; Drewry Shipping Consultants; Peter Forbes, Alan Stratford & Associates; Louis B. Gagliardi; John S. Herold; Alexander A. Ignatov, President, Ignatov & Company; Finn Øystein Bergh, Kapital; C.N. Krishnakumar; Susan Mainzer; John Mason, Stephen Mason Associates; Medias Equitables; Stuart Morley, Head of Research, GVA Grimley; Colm Murphy, Sunday Times, London; Scott Rankin, Davy Stockbrokers; Henry Seggerman, International Investment Advisers; Thai Rating and Information Services; Zawya.com; Khaled Zitouni, Corporate Ratings-Leverage Finance, Standard & Poor's. PHOTO (COLOR): U.K. retailer Philip Green lets loose at a Monaco party. PHOTO (COLOR): Swiss biotech heir Ernesto Bertarelli celebrates after a leg of the 32nd America's Cup. PHOTO (COLOR): Richard Branson's Virgin America hopes to take flight PHOTO (COLOR): Iceland's Thor Bjorgolfsson bets on telecoms PHOTO (COLOR): Carlo Benetton in Patagonia where fashion family gets wool PHOTO (COLOR): Twins David and Frederick Barclay after being knighted PHOTO (COLOR): Designer Miuccia Prada on catwalk. ~~~~~~~~ Reported By Cristina von Zeppelin; Tatiana Serafin; Suzanne Hoppough; Kiyoe Minami; Helen Coster; Kerry A. Dolan; Russell Flannery; Evan Hessel; Megan Johnston; Matthew Miller and Matthew Swibel; Additional Reporting By Kiri Blakeley; Justin Doebele; Chandrani Ghosh; Lea Goldman; Naazneen Karmali; Maxim Kashulinsky; Josephine Lee; Nathan Vardi; Kirill Vishnepolsky and Chaniga Vorasarun; Additional Reporting By Forbes Russia; Edited by Luisa Kroll and Allison Fass; Research By Phyllis Berman; Heidi Brown; Tomas Kellner; Ritu Kalra; Susan Kitchens; Deborah Orr; Forbes Poland and Forbes Turkey; Database by Mitchel Rand in the Fair Use guidelines of the 1976 U.S. Copyright Act. info [at] singlearticles.com Powered by CommonSense |
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