The prestigious Forbes Magazine has published a new edition of the list of “100 richest Spaniards”. A ranking which compiles the main fortunes of the country and leaves this year a very revealing fact: the cumulative assets of all increase by 27.7% to reach 250.4 billion euros.
Amancio Ortega She continues to be at the top of this ranking, for the tenth consecutive year, with a fortune which increased by 46.9% compared to 2023 and marks a record profit of 120 billion euros. In second place is his daughter, Sandra Ortega with a total of 10.4 billion euros, followed by the president of Ferrovial, Rafael del Pino and Calvo-Sotelo, with 7.1 billion euros.
The Forbes magazine list also states that the Community of Madrid It is the region of Spain with the highest number of fortunes, with a total of 30. It is closely followed by Catalonia, with 27. However, Galicia It remains the community with the greatest wealth, with a total of 139.025 million euros, thanks to what is known as the “Ortega effect”.
The fortune of Jesús Núñez Velázquez
For its part, Castilla y León has no fortune on the Forbes list. However, one of the richest men in Spain hails from the region. More precisely, from the province of Segovia. It is about Jesus Nunez Velazquezwho occupies 23rd place of the ranking with a total of 1.5 billion euros.
Jesús Núñez Velázquez owns, with his family, Gesbolsa InvestmentsInvestment Company with Variable Capital (SICAV) registered with the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). The company’s current assets are located at 1,490 million eurosa figure higher than that of 2023, when it stood at 1,200.
Most of this Castilian-Leonese family’s wealth comes from the sale of Alfonso X El Sabio University in 2019. Jesús Núñez Velázquez founded this educational center in 1993, considered the first private university in Spain not linked to the Catholic Church and which, today, is responsible for the training of more than 14,000 students.
Additionally, the richest man in Castilla y León runs the Veterinary Clinic Hospitalthe University Dental Clinic and the Dental Center for Innovation and Advanced Specialties of the Alfonso X El Sabio University.
The richest family in Castile and León hails from Pecharroman, a small town in Segovia of barely 10 inhabitantsaccording to INE data, belonging to the municipality of Valtiendas. However, the businessman moved to Madrid to pursue his university studies in pedagogy and educational sciences and it was in the capital that he began to forge his business empire.
Throughout his career, Jesús Núñez Velázquez received the prize Gold medal for labor merit and other recognitions in the private educational sector, to which he is closely linked with his family. And through Efusa, Cedasa and Comosa, three of their companies, they control two private schools: Monfort, in Loeches (Madrid) and Greenwich, in La Moraleja (Madrid).
