Forbes' 39th annual list of the richest people on the planet includes top Greek shipowners and businessmen, with the first, for yet another year, being Maria Angelikousis, who inherited the huge ship owning company of her father, Yannis Angelikousis. She is followed by businessman and shipowner Evangelos Marinakis.
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In particular, 43-year-old Maria Angelikousis, with a fortune of $7.6 billion, is ranked No. 418 in the overall Forbes ranking (up from No. 432 in 2024) and is the highest ranking among Greek tycoons. The Greek shipowner's fortune in 2023 was $5.6 billion, in 2024 it increased to $6.4 billion and in 2025 it reached $6.5 billion.
Evangelos Marinakis follows with a fortune of $4.9 billion in position 734 and the Greek holdings in the list are completed by: Anna Angelikousis & family, founder of the Alpha Bulkers, Pantheon Tankers and Alpha Gas Group of Companies at No. 1,462 on the list with $2.5 billion, Konstantinos Martinos & family ($2.2 billion and position 1626).
Marianna Latsis & family ($2.1 billion and position 1688), Andreas Martinos & family and Athanasios Martinos & family ($1.8 billion tied at position 1947).
Evangelos Mytilineos is ranked 2479 with assets of 1.3 billion dollars and Diamantis Diamantidis & family is ranked 2933 with assets of 1 billion dollars.
The list of Greek billionaires for 2025
- Maria Angelikousi is the first with a fortune of $7.6 billion at position 418
- The President of Olympiacos FC Evangelos Marinakis and his family follow with a fortune of 4.9 billion dollars in position 734.
- George Economou with a fortune of 4.5 billion dollars in position 801
- George Prokopiou and his family with a fortune of USD 3,7 billion at position 979
- Aristotelis Mystakidis with a $3 billion fortune is in position 1,219
- Philip Niarchos follows with a fortune of 2.8 billion dollars at position 1.305
- Spyros Latsis and his family with a fortune of 2.7 billion dollars is in position 1.362
- Anna Angelikoussis and her family with a fortune of 2.5 billion dollars in position 1.462
- Konstantinos Martinos and his family with a fortune of USD 2.2 billion at position 1.626
- Marianna Latsis and her family with a fortune of USD 2,1 billion in position 1.688
- Andreas Martinos and his family with a fortune of USD 1,8 billion at position 1,947
- Athanasios Martinos and his family with a fortune of $1.8 billion is tied with Andreas Martinos in the 1,947th position.
- Yannis Papalecas is also in position 1.947 with a fortune of 1.8 billion dollars
- Evangelos Mytilineos with a fortune of 1.3 billion dollars who is in 2,479th place
- Margarita Latsis Katsiapi and her family with a fortune of $1.2 billion in 2,623rd place
- Diamantis Diamantidis and his family with a fortune of $1 billion in 2,933rd place.
It is worth noting that Greek-born billionaire Vicky Safra and her family rank 98th in Brazil with a fortune of $20.7 billion, making her the richest Greek woman in the world.
Cypriot-born Stelios Hadjiioannou, is ranked 2,479th with a fortune of $1.3 billion and his sister Celia Hadjiioannou is ranked 2,623rd with a fortune of $1.2 billion.
And of course let's not forget the 6 businessmen of Greek origin who are included in the 400 richest people in America based on the Forbes list.
The Greek-American billionaires on the "Forbes" list:
-108: Tom Gors (Tewfiq Georgious his original name). He has a fortune of $8.1 billion. He oversees more than 40 companies with assets of about $47 billion through his Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity. Born in Nazareth in 1964 to a Greek father and Lebanese mother
-215: Jim Davis. He owns a $5.1 billion fortune. He bought a small Boston shoe factory in 1972 and turned it into the well-known $4.4 billion (in sales) New Balance. He is the son of Greek immigrants
-267: John Katsimatidis. He owns a $4.3 billion fortune. He is the Greek-American businessman, a supermarket billionaire, who is recently rumored to want to buy CNN. A decade ago, he also ran for mayor of New York City
-366: George Argyros. Along with his family, he and his family, according to the Forbes list, own a $3.1 billion fortune.The now 86-year-old businessman is the grandson of Greek immigrants and worked in high school and college in Southern California as a newspaper vendor and grocery clerk.He oversees more than 40 companies with assets of about $47 billion through his Los Angeles-based private equity firm Platinum Equity
-379: John Paul DeJoria. He owns a $3 billion fortune. The 79-year-old Greek-Italian businessman is the founder of tequila producer Patron Spirits Co. and co-founder of hair care company John Paul Mitchell Systems. He was recently seen in Kavala, where he has roots, with popular actor Pierce Brosnan
-395: Dean Mitropoulos. He owns a $2.9 billion fortune. The 77-year-old businessman, the son of a farmer from Tripoli, is known, according to Forbes, for bailing out iconic brands Twinkies and Hostess.
