Three Greeks, whose combined wealth is in the vicinity of €6bn – have made it into this year’s Forbes list of the world’s richest people, which is topped once again by Microsoft’s Bill Gates after a four-year break.
With a net worth of some $3.2bn mainly from banking and shipping, Spiros Latsis came in 506th place, down from the 412th position he held last year.
The son of shipping tycoon John S. Latsis, the 67 year old has been managing the family fortune ever since his father passed away in 2003.
The Latsis family holds a major share of Hellenic Petroleum, one of the country’s major oil refining companies, is behind the Athens Mall – which the country’s highest court said recently was built illegally – and is the only bidder in the sell-off of the old Athens airport at Elliniko.
Following him, in joint 687th place and $2.5bn, is Aristotelis Mistakidis, the 52-year-old co-director of the Glencore International mining company and art collector Philip Niarchos, 60, the eldest son of shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos.
According to Forbes, the ranks of the world’s billionaires have swelled to a record 1,645 including 268 newcomers.
Source: enetenglish
