Hellenic Republic (
Greece) | |
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| GDP ( PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $418.113 billion
[1] (
54th) |
• Per capita | $39,478
[1] (
53rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $239.300 billion
[1] (
53rd) |
• Per capita | $22,595
[1] (
44th) |
| Currency | Euro ( €) |
The following is a list of Greek billionaires. It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in March every year.
2024
Source: 2024 The World's Billionaires [2]
| Ranking in Greece | World position | Name | Citizenship | Net worth (USD) | Sources of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 448 | Maria Angelicoussis | 
Greece |
6.4 billion | Daughter of
John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) |
| 2 | 951 | Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis |
Greece |
3.4 billion | Mining, commodities (owns 3%
Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) |
| 3 | 1198 | Philip Niarchos |
Greece 
France |
$2.8 billion | Art collection ( Stavros Niarchos Foundation) |
| 4 | 1315 | George Prokopiou & Family |
Greece |
$2.6 billion | Shipping owner of Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders and Dynagas |
| 5 | 1441 | Constantinos Martinos & Family |
Greece |
$2.3 billion | Shipping |
| 6 | 1567 | Spiro Latsis & Family |
Greece |
2.1 billion | Son of
Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece) |
| 7 | 1576 | Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family |
Greece |
2.1 billion | Oil and gas (
Motor Oil Hellas and
Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza |
| 8 | 1785 | Marianna Latsis & Family |
Greece |
1.8 billion | Daughter of
Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of Latsco Shipping, major real estate investments with GEK Terna |
| 9 | 1831 | Andreas Martinos & Family |
Greece |
1.8 billion | Shipping |
| 10 | 2087 | Athanasios Martinos & Family |
Greece |
1.5 billion | Shipping |
2023
Source: 2023 The World's Billionaires [3]
| Ranking in Greece | World position | Name | Citizenship | Net worth (USD) | Sources of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 455 | Maria Angelicoussis |
Greece |
5.6 billion | Daughter of
John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) |
| 2 | 905 | Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis |
Greece |
3.2 billion | Mining, commodities (owns 3%
Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) |
| 3 | 1067 | Philip Niarchos |
Greece
France |
$2.8 billion | Art collection ( Stavros Niarchos Foundation) |
| 4 | 1575 | Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family |
Greece |
1.9 billion | Oil and gas (
Motor Oil Hellas and
Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza |
| 5 | 1804 | Marianna Latsis & Family |
Greece |
1.6 billion | Daughter of
Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of Latsco Shipping, major real estate investments with GEK Terna |
| 6 | 1905 | Spiro Latsis & Family |
Greece |
1.5 billion | Son of
Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece) |
2022
Source: 2022 The World's Billionaires [4]
| Greece Ranking |
World Ranking |
Name | Citizenship | Net worth ( USD) | Sources of wealth and occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 381 | Vicky Safra |
Greece 
Brazil |
$7.2 billion | Inherited from her late husband, Brazilian banker Joseph Safra |
| 2 | 1125 | Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis |
Greece 
United Kingdom |
$2.9 billion | Mining, commodities (owns 3%
Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) |
| 3 | 1163 | Philip Niarchos |
Greece
France |
$2.8 billion | Art collection ( Stavros Niarchos Foundation) |
| 4 | 2128 | Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family |
Greece |
$1.4 billion | Oil and gas (
Motor Oil Hellas and
Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza |
2021
Source: 2021 The World's Billionaires [5]
| Greece Ranking |
World Ranking |
Name | Citizenship | Net worth ( USD) | Sources of wealth and occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 365 | Vicky Safra |
Greece
Brazil |
$7.5 billion | Inherited from her late husband, Brazilian banker Joseph Safra |
| 2 | 1147 | Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis |
Greece
United Kingdom |
$2.9 billion | Mining, commodities (owns 3%
Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) |
| 3 | 1206 | Philip Niarchos |
Greece
France |
$2.8 billion | Art collection ( Stavros Niarchos Foundation) |
| 4 | 2092 | Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family |
Greece |
$1.5 billion | Oil and gas (
Motor Oil Hellas and
Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza |
2021 Greek Nationals
List of Greek-American, Greek-Cypriots and Greek-Russian Billionaires [6]
| List Ranking |
Ranking World Ranking |
Name | Citizenship | Net worth ( USD) | Sources of wealth and Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 373 | Jim Davis [7] [8] | 
United States
Greece |
$6.9 billion | Owner of New Balance, Major League Lacrosse |
| 2 | 458 | Tom Gores [9] [10] |
United States 
Israel
Greece |
$5.9 billion | CEO of
Platinum Equity Owner Palace Sports and Entertainment Detroit Pistons |
| 3 | 1064 | John Catsimatidis [11] |
United States
Greece |
$2.8 billion | Owner of Gristedes (Supermarket) |
| 3 | 1478 | George Argyros & family [12] |
United States
Greece |
$2.1 billion | Owner of Arnel & Affiliates (real estate) |
| 4 | 1758 | Ivan Savvidis [13] | 
Russia
Greece |
$1.7 billion | Agrokom Group (
Atlantis-PAK,
ТАВР,
AKVA DON, BETTEX, Radisson Blu Rostov) Belterra Investments (Owns 44% Port of Thessaloniki and Makedonia Palace) Owner of Dimera Group (owns OPEN TV, PAOK FC) (owns Porto Carras, Souroti, Don Plaza Rostov Hotel, Hyatt Regency Rostov Hotel) |
| 5 | 2124 | Filaret "Filaretos Kaltsidis" Galchev [14] |
Russia
Greece |
$1 billion | Chairman of Eurocement group |
2020
Source: 2020 The World's Billionaires [15]
| Greece Ranking |
World Ranking |
Name | Citizenship | Net worth ( USD) | Sources of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 743 | Philip Niarchos |
Greece
France |
$2.8 billion | Art collection ( Stavros Niarchos Foundation) |
| 2 | 1851 | Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis |
Greece
United Kingdom |
$1.1 billion | Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore) |
| 3 | 1990 | Vardis Vardinoyannis & family |
Greece |
$1.0 billion | Oil and gas ( Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas) |
2019
Source: 2019 The World's Billionaires [16]
| Greece Ranking | World Ranking | Name | Sources of wealth | Net worth ( USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 804 | Philip Niarchos | Art collection | $2.8 billion |
| 2 | 838 | Spiros Latsis | Banking, shipping | $2.7 billion |
| 3 | 1116 | Aristotelis Mistakidis | Mining, commodities | $2.1 billion |
| 4 | 1349 | Vardis Vardinoyannis | Oil and gas | $1.7 billion |
2018
Source: 2018 The World's Billionaires [17]
| Greece Ranking | World Ranking | Name | Sources of wealth | Net worth ( USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 729 | Spiros Latsis | Banking, shipping | $3.2 billion |
| 2 | 859 | Philip Niarchos | Art collection | $2.8 billion |
| 3 | 965 | Aristotelis Mistakidis | Mining, commodities | $2.5 billion |
| 4 | 1999 | Vardis Vardinoyannis | Oil and gas | $1.1 billion |
2013
Source: 2013 The World's Billionaires [18]
| Greece Ranking | World Ranking | Name | Sources of wealth | Net worth ( USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 412 | Spiros Latsis & family | Banking, shipping | $3.3 billion |
| 2 | 527 | Aristotelis Mistakidis | Glencore International | $2.7 billion |
| 3 | 554 | Philip Niarchos | Art collection | $2.6 billion |
Other millionaires
Source: The Ultra Rich Greeks [19]
| Name | Sources of wealth | Net worth (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| Dimitris Melissanidis | Oil, shipping | $3.4 billion (2015) |
| Dinos Martinos and family | Shipping | $3.2 billion (2015) |
| Minos Kiriakou | Shipping, media | $3 billion (2015) |
| Evangelos Marinakis | media, shipping | $3.1 billion |
| John Angelicoussis and family | Shipping | $2.4 billion (2015) |
| Chryss Goulandris | Shipping | $2.4 billion (2015) |
| George Prokopiou and family | Shipping | $2 billion (2015) |
| Sokratis Kokkalis | Telecommunications, construction | $1.9 billion (2015) |
| Evangelos Mytilineos | steel | $1.7 billion |
| George Economou and family | Shipping, art collector | $1.5 billion (2015) |
| Nikos Pateras and family | Shipping | $1.1 billion (2014) |
| Sklavenitis and family | Shipping, retail | $≈1 billion |
| Theodore Vassilakis | Sirline | $≈1 billion |
| Pavlos Giannakopoulos and family | Pharmaceutical | $975 million |
| Kostas Makris | Real estate | $850 million |
| Theodore Angelopoulos and family | Steel, shipping, banking | $819 million |
| Theodoropoulos family | Good | $800 million |
| Athina Onassis | Shipping | $800 million |
| Canellopoulos Papalexopoulos and family | Cement | $771 million |
| Apostels Vakakis | Retail | $580 million |
| Nikos & Evangelos Stasinopoulos | Steel | $514 million |
| Yannis Costopoulos | Finance | $425.5 million |
| Dimitris Copelouzos | Real estate, energy, lottery | |
| Andreas Vgenopoulos | Banking, shipping | |
| George Bobolas | Media, constructions | $290 million |
| Vasilis Fourlis | Retail | $212 million |
| Angeliki Frangou | Shipping | $192 million |
| George Gerardos | Computers | $ 114.3 million |
| Damian Prosalendis | crypto investor | $ 4 million [20] |
| Marian - Florian Stefan | IT, Retail | $ 1.7 million |
| Ca$t | music industry, informatics | $ 6.9 million |
See also
- Economy of Greece
- List of countries by number of billionaires
- List of companies of Greece
- List of wealthiest families
- List of Cypriot billionaires by net worth
References
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- ^ "THE WORLD'S REAL-TIME B ILLIONAIRE S". Forbes. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Meet the Greeks, Greek-Americans in Forbes 2019 World's Billionaires List". National Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Jim Davis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Jim Davis: The Greek Owner of New Balance Running Shoes". Greek Gateway. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Tom Gores". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Greek-American Billionaire Tom Gores Giving back during the Pandemic". National Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "John Catsimatidis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "George Argyros". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Ivan Savvidis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Filaret Galchev". Forbes. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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- ^ "The World's Billionaires List". Forbes. March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
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