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GDP (PPP)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $418.113 billion[1] (54th)
• Per capita
Increase $39,478[1] (53rd)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $239.300 billion[1] (53rd)
• Per capita
Increase $22,595[1] (44th)
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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

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Source: 2024 The World's Billionaires[2]

Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth
1 513 Maria Angelicoussis  Greece $6.4 billion Daughter of John Angelicoussis
CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping)
2 717 George Economou  Greece $4.8 billion Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately held firms under his TMS Group and Dryships
3 928 Evangelos Marinakis & family  Greece $3.8 billion owns shipping group Capital Maritime Trading Corp.
4 997 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis  Greece $3.5 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore),
banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank)
5 1235 Philip Niarchos  Greece
 France
$2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation)
6 1340 George Prokopiou & Family  Greece $2.6 billion Shipping owner of Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders and Dynagas
7 1442 Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family  Greece $2.4 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
8 1472 Constantinos Martinos & Family  Greece $2.3 billion Shipping
9 1569 Spiro Latsis & Family  Greece $2.2 billion Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis,
owner of EFG International (investment banking),
major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece)
10 1896 Andreas Martinos & Family  Greece $1.8 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Minerva Marine
11 1908 Marianna Latsis & Family  Greece $1.8 billion Daughter of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis,
owner of Latsco Shipping,
major real estate investments with GEK Terna
12 2153 Athanasios Martinos & Family  Greece $1.5 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Eastern Mediterranean Maritime
13 2395 Ioannis Papalekas  Greece $1.3 billion Greek real estate investor and the largest shareholder Yoda Group
14 2542 Diamantis Diamantides & Family  Greece $1.2 billion owns Greek shipping firms Delta Tankers and Marmaras Navigation

2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Source: The Ultra Rich Greeks[19]

Name Sources of wealth Net worth (USD)
Georgios Vernicos & Family Grandfather of pop singer Victor Vernicos & former CEO of Vernicos Shipping $1.3 billion
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
Sfakianakis family Gypsum Quarries $175 million
George Gerardos Computers $ 114.3 million

See also

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References

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  3. ^ "Forbes Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  4. ^ "THE REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES LIST". Forbes. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  5. ^ "THE WORLD'S REAL-TIME B ILLIONAIRE S". Forbes. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet the Greeks, Greek-Americans in Forbes 2019 World's Billionaires List". National Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Jim Davis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Jim Davis: The Greek Owner of New Balance Running Shoes". Greek Gateway. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Tom Gores". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Greek-American Billionaire Tom Gores Giving back during the Pandemic". National Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ "John Catsimatidis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ^ "George Argyros". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Ivan Savvidis". Forbes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Filaret Galchev". Forbes. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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  19. ^ Angelova, Kamelia. "12 Ultra Rich Greeks Who Should Have Bailed Out Greece Themselves". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 May 2021.