Hungary's Richest See €5bn Surge in Wealth, with Orban Allies Among Biggest Gainers

Hungary's richest see €5bn surge in wealth, with Orban allies among biggest gainers

Hungary’s 100 wealthiest individuals saw their combined fortunes surge by a record HUF2tn (€5bn) over the past year, lifting the total above HUF11tn for the first time, according to the 24th annual edition of the 100 Richest Hungarians ranking.

The publication listing Hungarian billionaires has been released, and Lőrinc Mészáros is still in first place, with an unfathomable fortune.

The wealth of the 100 richest Hungarians has exceeded 10 trillion forints for the first time, which is almost as much as the entire amount of Hungarians' bank deposits. The wealthiest businessmen have become richer in one year by enough to cover two-thirds of households' pension fund savings. We looked at what could be paid out of the wealth of Lőrinc Mészáros or Sándor Csányi.

New list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians: PM Orbán's son-in-law, friend at the top

Lőrinc Mészáros, a Hungarian businessman who was a mediocre entrepreneur until the 2010s, sits on top of the list of the wealthiest Hungarians with a wealth reaching 1.6% of the entire Hungarian GDP. István Tiborcz, who married the prime minister’s eldest daughter, Ráhel (active in the tourism sector), is the 11th wealthiest Hungarian with HUF 188 billion (EUR 465 million). New list of the wealthiest Hungarians According to Blikk, a Hungarian ta…

Here is the latest list of the Hungarian super-rich, with Lőrinc Mészáros increasingly taking the lead.

He already has 1400 billion, he owns 1.6% of the Hungarian GDP. Tiborcz is already 11th among the hundred richest Hungarians, but there is a brighter comet in the sky of the NER than him.