Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025

Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 - Portugal Business News

EU Business News – The chart above shows the list of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 according to Forbes. Out of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, there are only 2 women, namely Francoise Bettencourt Meyers from France who ranks 3rd with a net worth of 81.6 billion USD, and Susanne Klatten from Germany who ranks 8th with a net worth $ 25.2 billion.   

The No. 1 Billionaire in the EU in 2025 is from France, namely Bernard Arnault & family of the LVMH Group, with a net worth of 178 billion USD.

1 - Three of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 are from France, namely:

1 - Bernard Arnault & family ranks 1st in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 with a net worth of 178 billion USD. His source of wealth is the LVMH empire of 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.

2 - Francoise Bettencourt Meyers & family ranks 3rd in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 with a net worth of 81.6 billion USD. Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is the richest woman in France and her source of wealth is due to the fact that she is the granddaughter of the founder of L'Oreal.

3 - Emmanuel Besnier ranks 9th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 with a net worth of 24.5 billion USD. His source of wealth due to the fact that he is the controlling shareholder of family-held Lactalis, the world's largest dairy conglomerate, with more than $30 billion in annual revenues.           

2 - Four of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 are from Germany, namely:

1 - Dieter Schwarz's Schwarz Group that ranks 4th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025 with a net worth of 41 billion USD. His source of wealth is comprised of the Kaufland and Lidl discount supermarkets with revenues of over $160 billion.

2 – Reinhold Wuerth ranks 7th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 35.1 billion. Reinhold Wuerth entered his father's wholesale screw business in 1949, at age 14, as the company's second employee and first apprentice.

3 - Susanne Klatten is the richest woman in Germany and ranks 8th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 25.2 billion. Susanne Klatten owns about 19% of automaker BMW; her brother, Stefan Quandt, owns nearly 24%. Klatten is also the sole owner and deputy chair of Altana, which has more than $2.5 billion in annual sales.

4 - Stefan Quandt ranks 10th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 23.8 billion. Stefan Quandt owns 23.6% of automaker BMW.

3 - These are the EU countries that each have one billionaire in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025:   

1 – Spain - Amancio Ortega ranks 2nd in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 124 billion. Amancio Ortega of Spain owns Zara and is one of the wealthiest clothing retailers in the world.

2 – Austria - Mark Mateschitz ranks 5th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 40.6 billion. Mark Mateschitz is the only child of the late Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, who cofounded energy drink firm Red Bull in 1987.

3 – Belgium - Giovanni Ferrero ranks 6th in the ranking of the Top 10 Billionaires in the EU in 2025, with a net worth $ 38.2 billion. Giovanni Ferrero is executive chairman of his family's namesake confections business, which posted $18 billion sales in 2023.

4 - How many billionaires are there in Portugal in 2025?

There is only one billionaire in Portugal in 2025, namely Maria Fernanda Amorim & family, whose net worth is 5.9 billion USD. The source of wealth of Maria Fernanda Amorim & family is in the energy sector and in numerous investments. Maria Fernanda Amorim is the widow of Americo Amorim, who died in July 2017, and she and her three daughters inherited his fortune.