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Amancio Ortega tops Forbes Spain 2026 rich list; top 100 fortunes reach 300,530 million euros

Amancio Ortega stays first on Forbes Spain's 2026 ranking of the 100 richest Spaniards, with 125,200 million euros. The combined wealth of the 100 richest rose 16.1% to a record 300,530 million euros.

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Ortega stays on top

Amancio Ortega, founder of Inditex, remains first on Forbes Spain's 2026 list of the 100 richest Spaniards, a position he has held since 2014. His fortune rose 13.9% on 2025 to 125,200 million euros, which keeps him within the top 10 of Forbes USA's world ranking. RTVE describes the 90-year-old as holding alone 42% of the list's total wealth, while ABC puts that share at 41.7%, so the two figures are reported side by side. His daughter Sandra Ortega holds second place with 11,500 million euros and is the only woman among the top five. ABC says her fortune grew by 1,500 million euros this year, helped by the recovery in the company's share price after a fall the year before.

Wealth of the five richest Spaniards, Forbes 2026million euros

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The top five and the total

The combined wealth of the 100 richest Spaniards reached a record 300,530 million euros in 2026, a rise of 16.1% on the previous year. Juan Roig, owner of Mercadona, moved up to third place with 9,800 million euros, up 24%. Juan Carlos Escotet, chairman of Abanca, climbed into fourth with 8,100 million euros, 31% more than a year earlier. Rafael del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, chairman of Ferrovial, dropped two places to fifth with 7,800 million euros. ABC reports that Forbes assesses capital management, the market value of companies, real estate, luxury assets and liquidity, not wealth alone.

Six Valencians on the list

Six people from the Valencian Community appear on the list, led by Juan Roig in third place. His wife, Hortensia Herrero, Mercadona's vice-chair, is sixth with 5,550 million euros, up 1,150 million. Fernando Roig, owner of Pamesa Cerámica, ranks 19th with 2,400 million euros after a rise of 300 million. Vicente Boluda, chairman of Naviera Boluda Transporte, is 32nd with 1,600 million euros, up 500 million. Asunción Manzanet, a shareholder of Porcelanosa Cerámica, sits at 84th with 670 million euros, and Enrique Riquelme, executive chairman of Grupo Cox Energías Renovables, is 90th with 620 million euros. ABC says Mercadona's 2025 sales rose 8% to 41,858 million euros and its net profit reached 1,729 million euros, 25% higher than in 2024.

Wealth of six Valencians on the Forbes 2026 listmillion euros

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Andalusian fortunes

The owners of Mayoral and Cosentino are the richest Andalusians on the list, according to Europa Press's reading of Forbes Spain's ranking. Manuel Domínguez de la Maza, president of the textile group Mayoral, is 35th with 1,500 million euros, up from 41st after a gain of 200 million euros. He controls the group through the family holding Indumenta Pueri and also holds stakes in listed companies such as Adolfo Domínguez, Laboratorios Rovi, Unicaja, CAF and Renta 4. The Cosentino family, which owns the Cosentino Group, is 86th with 670 million euros, down from 78th though up 20 million euros since the last list. Pilar Cosentino, daughter of Francisco, has been chief executive since 2025, and the group reported 1,420 million euros in turnover for 2025.

Other names in the top 10

Florentino Pérez holds seventh place through ACS, the construction group he chairs and where he is the largest shareholder. ABC says the company's share price rose by more than 80% in 2025 and kept climbing in 2026, lifting his stake's value and moving him up three places. Tomás Olivo, owner of almost all of General de Galerías Comerciales, stays in the top 10 despite losing two places. María del Pino Calvo-Sotelo, chair of the Fundación Rafael del Pino padre and sister of Ferrovial's owner, follows him on the list. Miguel Fluxà, executive chairman of the Iberostar group, takes tenth place.

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