The 50 largest fortunes in the country were officially published in the traditional ranking from Forbes magazine. There they indicate that, in 2024, the fifty millionaires accumulate US$78,000 million among all.
This sum is equivalent to a 12.1% of 2023 GDPalready a growth of 68% compared to the last time This list was carried out in Argentina, in 2020.
On the other hand, this sum reached its best version since 2018, when it had gathered US$70,000 million. The list iIncludes different items, as energy, marketing or even heirs.
The richest in Argentina
The first place in the ranking is occupied Marcos Galperinthe CEO of Free marketa company that is more than 25 years old and today is positioned as the largest in Latin America with more than 75,000 employees operating in 19 countries.
Galperin has a total of US$8.5 billionalso a product of promoting other platforms such as Mercado Pago and Mercado Ads, extensions of the company that provide other options to users. The businessman rose compared to 2020, where he had US$4.2 billion.
In second place, with a fortune of US$6.3 billionbelongs to Hugo Sigman, Silvia Gold and children. The psychiatrist and biochemistry are the creators of Insud Pharmaa conglomerate that includes 10 companies, most of them in the pharmaceutical industry.
They also grew compared to 2020, since at that time they had US$2,000 million. In addition to pharmaceuticals, they have investments in agricultural sector and part of the film production company K&S Films.
The third position is Alejandro Pedro Bulgheroniwho knew how to make US$5.1 billionone of those that fell in relation to the last ranking when it was awarded US$5.4 billion.
He is the CEO of Pan American Energy Groupthe second most important oil company in the country, only behind YPF. He owns Axion Energywith more than 600 service stations, with whom it is in charge of the refining and marketing of the fuel that he himself produces.
The family Perez Companc is positioned as the fourth richest, having US$4.2 billionalmost double what it had four years ago. They own 75% of Río de la Plata Mills and Agro Millsand 100% of the energy Pecom.
They recently acquired The Clover – Escalantea series of mature areas of YPF in Chubut. Likewise, they own 67% of CONUAR (Argentine Nuclear Fuels).
Paolo Rocca occupies fifth position accumulating US$4.1 billion. The owner, by inheritance, of Techint Group increased his fortune thanks to the construction of oil and gas pipelines, achieving US$700 million more than in 2020.
Your company andIt employs 52,000 people and produces more than US$22,000 million per year. Recently he has actively participated in the Vaca Muerta energy project and promoting the railway circuit.
In the sixth position the name of Eduardo Eurnekianowner of America Corporation with more than 53 airports in the world and 21 duty-free freeshop stores. It also has General Fuel Company (CGC), an oil production company led by his nephew.
All these businesses led the former CEO of Cablevisión to win US$3.5 billion, almost tripling the fortune he had in 2020, when he was US$1.1 billion.
Ricardo Luis Rey Rodríguez appears in seventh place, with a total of US$3.1 billion to his credit. Two years ago they sold the lithium project Pozuelos Pastures Grandes to the Chinese Ganfeng in US$960 million.
He is an investor in La Calera siteone of the 10 largest in Vaca Muerta, and with Pluspetrol took over the assets of ExxonMobil, sought by many companies and with promises of great profits.
In eighth place in the ranking is Lodovico Andrea Palú Rocca with US$2.7 billion. He is the vice president of Techint Engineering and Construction and president of Techint Compagnia Tecnica Internazionalethe engineering center based in Milan.
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The ninth position is for Alberto and Pablo Roemmerswho own the same as in 2020: a total of US$2.4 billion. They are the ones who run the reins of the laboratory that bears their names and expanded throughout the region.
Completing the top 10 of the ranking is Roberto Daniel Urquía with US$1.8 billion. He owns the General Deheza Oiler (AGD) in Cordova and knew how to hold public office some years ago. His fortune grew, since in 2020 he was US$650 million.
The millionaires who complete the list
- Eduardo Francisco Costantini – US$ 1,600 million
- Javier Santiago Madanes Quintanilla – US$ 1,500 million
- Jorge Brito and family – US$ 1,450 million
- Jorge Ezequiel Delfin Carballo – US$ 1,450 million
- Juan Carlos and Sebastián Bagó – US$ 1,380 million
- Alfredo Poli and brothers – US$ 1,350 million
- Manuel Fernando Antelo Daneri – US$ 1,300 million
- Carlos Sielecki and family – US$ 1,250 million
- Luis Alejandro Pagani and brothers – US$ 1,200 million
- Guillermo Liberman and brothers – US$ 1,150 million
- Enrique Eskenazi and family – US$ 1,150 million
- Adriana and Eduardo Cohen Watkins – US$ 1.1 billion
- Alejandro Gotz and family – US$ 1,050 million
- Carlos Blaquier Arrieta and brothers – US$ 1,000 million
- Francisco De Narváez Steuer – US$ 1,000 million
- Jorge Guillermo and Ricardo Alberto Stuart Milne – US$ 1,000 million
- Alfredo Coto – US$ 1,000 million
- Ignacio De Marco – US$ 1,000 million
- Gaston Taratuta – US$ 960 million
- Lionel Andres Messi – US$ 950 million
- Marcelo Mindlin – US$ 900 million
- Bárbara Bengolea de Lafuente de Ferrari – US$850 million
- Alejandro and Sofia Bengolea Peralta Ramos – US$850 million
- Amalia Amoedo de Lafuente – US$850 million
- Alfredo Alberto Román and Karina Román – US$800 million
- Adrian and Daniel Werthein – US$650 million
- Rubén Lucio Cherñajovsky – US$640 million
- Gerardo Luis Bartolome – US$620 million
- Felipe and Marcela Noble Herrera – US$610 million
- Benjamin Gabriel Romero – US$600 million
- Elena Khafif and brothers – US$590 million
- Manuel Santos Uribelarrea and family – US$550 million
- Alberto Reinaldo Pierri – US$540 million
- Julio Alfredo Fraomeni – US$520 million
- Mauricio Filiberti – US$ 500 million
- Juan Carlos Villa Larroudet and family – US$ 500 million
- Hector Fernando Colella Moix – US$ 480 million
- Martín Fernando Brandi and family – US$ 470 million
- Miguel Galuccio – US$ 450 million
Source: Ambito
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