From Juan Roig to Florentino Perez: sport penetrates the top 100 richest Spaniards in 2024

Sports are synonymous with heritage. The Roig brothers, Florentino Perez, Juan Carlos Escote and Juan Planes Vila are just a few of the the hundred richest Spaniards in 2024, according to a ranking prepared by Forbes. These four are directly or indirectly connected with the sports field.

Mercadona’s president, who is also the owner of Valencia Basket, l’Alqueria de Basket and patron of the Trinidad Alfonso Foundation, is in fourth position in the ranking with legacy of 5.8 billion euros

which is almost 2 billion more than in 2023. His wife Hortensia Herrero is four places lower with a net worth of €3,200 million. This is one of the shareholders of the Valencian supermarket chain.

The Roig family is expanding with the representation of Fernando Roig Alfonso.owner of Pamesa and President of Villarreal Football Club, La Liga EA Sports. The businessman’s fortune is 1.6 billion euros, which is 300 million more than last year.

Juan Carlos Escotet, President of Abanca, who in turn majority shareholder of RC Deportivo de la Coruñais in sixth position. The Galician businessman has not changed his fortune, which is about 4 billion euros. Still on the playing field, Florentino Pérez, President of ACS and Real Madrid Football Club, is in eleventh place with 2.7 billion, 800 million more than in 2023.

Juan Roig’s net worth is 5.8 billion compared to Florentino Perez’s 2.7 billion.

Manuel Puig Rocha, owner of Puig, is also a minority shareholder in Fluidra, owning a 7% stake in the Catalan pool and swimming pool company. wellness

. At 31st place in the ranking Forbeshis net worth is $1.3 billion. For my part, Juan Planes Vila, founder and president of Fluidra, has about 375 million euros.which puts him at position number 94.

Miguel Angel Gil Marin, shareholder of Atlético Madrid, dropped five positionsto 97, with 350 million euros. His share in the red and white team is 70.4% and is valued at more than 300 million euros.

The former president of Real Madrid in 2009, Vicente Boluda, increased his fortune by 850 million euros, approaching 1.2 billion. Boluda is the owner of the shipping company Boluda and acquired Smit Lamnalco for €800 million in 2022.

Amancio Ortega, the majority shareholder of Inditex, will remain the richest Spaniard in 2024. From a stock market perspective, Inditex’s value has risen more than 34% this year, “which shows that investors have confidence in its future,” he stresses. Forbes

. The businessman’s assets amount to 120,200 million euros, which increased by 38,400 million compared to the previous year.

Rounding out the podium were his daughter Sandra Ortega, also a shareholder in Inditex with a net worth of about 10.4 billion euros, and Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, president of Ferrovial, with a net worth of 7.1 billion euros.