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For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, the assets of the 300 richest have become below average.
- Since the financial crisis, the assets of the 300 richest Swiss have increased by an average of 28 billion Swiss francs a year.
- In the current year, growth has slowed considerably: it has increased by only 1.7 billion francs.
- Together, the 300 richest now have 675 billion francs, as announced by the economic magazine "Balance".
- Despite the slowdown in growth, the 300 richest have never been so rich as today.
Wealth belongs to Switzerland like cheese or cows. And who has the exclusive cake, determined each year the magazine "balance sheet". But for the first time since the financial crisis of 2008, the richest have enriched a little less quickly.
Swedish furniture remains in 1st place
The founding family of Ikea, Kamprad, has been at the top for 17 years. Since the death of his father, the three brothers Peter, Jonas and Mathias share the family fortune of 50 billion francs. Furniture retailers increased their assets in 2018 by 2 billion francs.
Roche's heirs are also among the first three in years: the Hoffmann and Oeri families from Basel. 25 billion francs are claimed.
The Swiss-Brazilian Jorge Lemann only holds the bronze medal. The investor is the largest shareholder of the world's largest beer brewer, Anheuser-Bush Inbev. The weakness of the stock markets has reduced its assets from 7 billion to about 21 to 22 billion.
The biggest losers among the rich in 2018
Top 10 without Vekselberg and Blocher
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. The weakening of shares of Ems-Chemie and Dottikon ES has reduced Blocher's assets by one billion.
The wealth of the richest grows
If we consider the wealth of the 300 richest since 1989, it has been multiplied by about three compared to the gross domestic product of Switzerland. If their money was distributed to the entire Swiss population, each inhabitant would receive CHF 79,400.
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.
"Old" against "new" capital
The list of "balance sheets" has one thing in common: the capital of the highest representatives comes exclusively from the traditional industries, called "old economy". This is typical throughout Europe, as shown by the similar annual list of the economic magazine "Forbes".
In the United States, on the other hand, "New Technology" has taken the helm. Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world as the founder of Amazon's technology and commerce giant. The same is true in China. Jack Ma, the owner of software giant Alibaba, has a fortune of $ 39 billion, according to Forbes. The agencies this week reported that he was a new member of the Chinese Communist Party.
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