Tourism revival puts Mallorca hoteliers on Forbes list

The wind was against them, but it is still blowing in their favor. Majorca hoteliers have come to the fore thanks to Forbes’ listing of the hundred largest wealth in Spain. meteoric recovery It is an industry that has already touched the pre-pandemic figures this year.

The main representative of this recovery is Miguel Fluxá, chairman of the Iberostar group, which has almost doubled to 2,700 million euros, making it one of the top 10 richest. Majorca hotelier eighth after climbing fourteen positions.

The next Majorca on the list is another hotelier who is also making a comeback, Gabriel Escarrer. The founder of Meliá Hotels is ranked 28th. With an estimated fortune of one billion euros, he has moved up two places from the 2021 chart.

Two Majorcan bankers hold their positions among Spain’s forty richest people: Carlos and Juan March Delgado, respectively chairman and shareholder of Corporación Financiera Alba. Carlos is in 33rd place with a fortune of 850 million euros and Juan 37 with a fortune of 750 million euros, figures very similar to last year’s list.

Riu Group owners Carmen and Luis Riu are involved in the Forbes list’s most spectacular rise from 91st to 45th. Sharing the management of the hotel chain for more than two decades, the two brothers nearly doubled their fortunes, increasing from 350 million to 650 million.

Back to the richest faces list Simon Pedro BarcelonaHe climbs to 61st place with an estimated wealth of 450 million. The co-chairman of hotel group Barceló is also gaining economic strength after a record recovery.

91st place is Isabel Garcia. Although he was born in Murcia, the company he heads, Grupo Piñero, has been headquartered in Mallorca for three decades. Forbes estimates his fortune at 300 million euros.

Juan José Hidalgo is not Mallorcan native either, but Air Europa and Globalia have deep roots on the island. The businessman from Salamanca ranks 99th on the list with a fortune of 300 million euros.

Beyond Mallorca, the great Spanish fortunes, the war in Ukraine, inflation, the rise in raw materials and energy, interest rates and “the looming recession, according to Forbes”.

This loss of assets means that each millionaire reduces their portfolio by an average of 286,301 euros per day.

Despite the decline in assets, the top five on the list—Amancio Ortega and his daughter Sandra (Inditex); Rafael del Pino (Ferrovial); Juan Roig (Mercadona) and Juan Carlos Escotet (Banesco) – make up almost half of the sum of great fortuness, 48.6% or 69.3 billion.

Amancio Ortega consolidates his leadership with 53,500 million, despite his wealth decreasing by 20.15%.

Rafa Nadal: The richest Spanish athlete

tennis player Raphael Nadal He is on the verge of entering the list of the hundred richest people in Spain. But with a fortune of 250 million euros, Forbes magazine lists him as the richest Spanish athlete. With 225 million, Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso follows the Manaco man; and football players Sergio Ramos (180 million); Andrés Iniesta and David de Gea (125 million) and Gerard Piqué, whose fortune is estimated at 100 million euros

Source: Informacion

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