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Together, the 300 new 675 billion francs richest, announced Thursday the economic magazine Bilanz. Despite lower growth, they have never been as rich as today.
A fortune of 100 million francs is necessary to appear on the list of 300 super-rich. Fifteen people or families received this status again this year. Beginners get together 6.6 billion francs.
The most important increase in financial terms concerns Marc van der Straten-Ponthoz, with a fortune of 1.5 to 2 billion francs. Second place goes to Urs Hölzle. For 20 years, he is the technical leader of Google's mother alphabet – and therefore the leading Swiss player in the information technology sector. "Urs Hölzle is living proof that you can change the world as a Swiss if you are in the right place at the right time and you bring the right skills," writes the result. His fortune stands at just under a billion.
Not so much money, but also a lot of notoriety, among the new members of the list of politicians Hermann Hess. The former National Council (FDP) managed according to the magazine a real estate portfolio of more than 200 million francs.
The Ikea family unchallenged at the 1st place
The richest family on the list remains the Ikea Kamprad family. She holds the leading position for 17 years without interruption. Furniture retailers increased their assets by CHF 2 billion in 2018.
The Kamprads now have between 50 and 51 billion francs. The founder of the company, Ingvar Kamprad, died in January. His three sons, Jonas, Peter and Mathias, lead the group today, all three holders of a Swiss passport.
But there was a change in the second and third places on the list. Swiss-Brazilian Jorge Lemann has more than just a bronze medal. The weakness of the stock markets has reduced the assets of it by $ 7 billion in 2018, bringing it to about $ 21 to $ 22 billion. He was overtaken by the Hoffmann and Oeri families from Basel Roche.
In addition to the "loser" Jorge Lemann, there will also be a clear winner in 2018 with Gerard Wertheimer. His fortune increased by 8 billion francs to reach 18 to 19 billion. The spread, however, is the only result of a reassessment of the value of his Chanel couture house.
Overall, the "Top Ten" have won 2 billion francs this year. They have together 203 billion. Three percent of the 300 wealthiest people hold 30 percent of the total wealth of all the richest.
The bleachers go down
Electoral Switzerland Viktor Vekselberg is no longer part of the "Top Ten". When his name appeared on the US government sanctions list, large holdings were put under pressure. Vekselberg lost 3 billion francs.
The Blocher family is also on the list of the ten richest. A year ago, she appeared for the first time in the top 10 after an increase in its assets of four billion dollars. This year was different: the weakness of the shares of Ems-Chemie and Dottikon ES has reduced Blocher's assets by one billion. As a result, they are among the largest dropouts in 2018 according to the balance sheet.
If one considers the assets of the 300 richer in time, it has increased about three times more than the gross domestic product of Switzerland since 1989. If their money was distributed to the entire Swiss population, each resident would receive CHF 79,400.
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