The following is a list of Greek billionaires. It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in March every year.
2025 Source: 2025 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth1 479 Maria Angelicoussis $7.6 billion Daughter of John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) 2 793 Evangelos Marinakis & family $5.1 billion owns shipping group Capital Maritime Trading Corp.3 903 George Economou $4.5 billion Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately held firms under his TMS Group, DryShips, and Ocean Rig4 1097 George Prokopiou & Family $3.7 billion Shipping owner of Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders and Dynagas5 1189 Spiro Latsis & Family $3.4 billion Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece)6 1224 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis $3.3 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank)7 1411 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 8 1566 Panagiotis Tsakos & family $2.5 billion Founder of Tsakos Group, an Athens-based shipping company9 1587 Anna Angelicoussis & family $2.5 billion Owns Greek shipping firms Alpha Bulkers, Alpha Gas and Pantheon Tankers Management10 1723 Ioannis Papalekas $2.3 billion Greek real estate investor and the largest shareholder Yoda Group 11 1738 Marianna Latsis & Family $2.3 billion Daughter of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of Latsco Shipping, major real estate investments with GEK Terna 12 1752 Constantinos Martinos & Family $2.2 billion Shipping13 1962 Evangelos Mytilineos $2 billion CEO of Metlen Energy & Metals14 2073 Athanasios Martinos & Family $1.9 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Eastern Mediterranean Maritime15 2153 Andreas Martinos & Family $1.8 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Minerva Marine16 2492 Margarita Latsis Catsiapis & family $1.5 billion fortune from her late father, Greek shipping tycoon John S. Latsis alongside siblings Marianna and Spiro.17 3051 Diamantis Diamantides & Family $1.1 billion owns Greek shipping firms Delta Tankers and Marmaras Navigation
2024 Source: 2024 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth1 513 Maria Angelicoussis $6.4 billion Daughter of John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) 2 717 George Economou $4.8 billion Greek shipping tycoon who owns several privately held firms under his TMS Group and Dryships3 928 Evangelos Marinakis & family $3.8 billion owns shipping group Capital Maritime Trading Corp.4 997 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis $3.5 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank)5 1235 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 6 1340 George Prokopiou & Family $2.6 billion Shipping owner of Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders and Dynagas7 1442 Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family $2.4 billion Oil and gas (Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza8 1472 Constantinos Martinos & Family $2.3 billion Shipping9 1569 Spiro Latsis & Family $2.2 billion Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece)10 1896 Andreas Martinos & Family $1.8 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Minerva Marine11 1908 Marianna Latsis & Family $1.8 billion Daughter of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of Latsco Shipping, major real estate investments with GEK Terna 12 2153 Athanasios Martinos & Family $1.5 billion owner of Greek shipping firm Eastern Mediterranean Maritime13 2395 Ioannis Papalekas $1.3 billion Greek real estate investor and the largest shareholder Yoda Group 14 2542 Diamantis Diamantides & Family $1.2 billion owns Greek shipping firms Delta Tankers and Marmaras Navigation
2023 Source: 2023 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in Greece World position Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth1 455 Maria Angelicoussis 5.6 billion Daughter of John Angelicoussis CEO of the Angelicoussis Group (shipping) 2 905 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis 3.2 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank)3 1067 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 4 1575 Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family 1.9 billion Oil and gas (Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza5 1804 Marianna Latsis & Family 1.6 billion Daughter of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of Latsco Shipping, major real estate investments with GEK Terna 6 1905 Spiro Latsis & Family 1.5 billion Son of Yiannis "John Spyridon" Latsis, owner of EFG International (investment banking), major shareholder in Lamda Development (real estate developer in Greece)
2022 Source: 2022 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth and occupation 1 381 Vicky Safra $7.2 billion Inherited from her late husband, Brazilian banker Joseph Safra 2 1125 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis $2.9 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) 3 1163 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 4 2128 Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family $1.4 billion Oil and gas (Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza
2021 Source: 2021 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth and occupation 1 365 Vicky Safra $7.5 billion Inherited from her late husband, Brazilian banker Joseph Safra 2 1147 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis $2.9 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore), banking (owns 5% Piraeus Bank) 3 1206 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 4 2092 Vardis Vardinoyannis & Family $1.5 billion Oil and gas (Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas), owns Star Channel and Alpha TV, banking (owns Optima Bank, Vista Bank), owns NJV Athens Plaza
2021 Greek Nationals List of Greek-American, Greek-Cypriots and Greek-Russian Billionaires
List Ranking Ranking World Ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth and Occupation1 373 Jim Davis $6.9 billion Owner of New Balance, Major League Lacrosse2 458 Tom Gores $5.9 billion CEO of Platinum Equity Owner Palace Sports and Entertainment Detroit Pistons3 1064 John Catsimatidis $2.8 billion Owner of Gristedes (Supermarket)3 1478 George Argyros & family $2.1 billion Owner of Arnel & Affiliates (real estate)4 1758 Ivan Savvidis $1.7 billion Agrokom Group (Atlantis-PAK, ТАВР, AKVA DON, BETTEX, Radisson Blu Rostov) Belterra Investments (Owns 44% Port of Thessaloniki and Makedonia Palace) Owner of Dimera Group (owns OPEN TV, PAOK FC)(owns Porto Carras, Souroti, Don Plaza Rostov Hotel, Hyatt Regency Rostov Hotel)5 2124 Filaret "Filaretos Kaltsidis" Galchev $1 billion Chairman of Eurocement group
2020 Source: 2020 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth 1 743 Philip Niarchos $2.8 billion Art collection (Stavros Niarchos Foundation) 2 1851 Aristotelis "Telis" Mistakidis $1.1 billion Mining, commodities (owns 3% Glencore) 3 1990 Vardis Vardinoyannis & family $1.0 billion Oil and gas (Motor Oil Hellas and Vegas Oil and Gas)
2019 Source: 2019 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Sources of wealth Net worth (USD) 1 804 Philip Niarchos Art collection $2.8 billion 2 838 Spiros Latsis Banking, shipping $2.7 billion 3 1116 Aristotelis Mistakidis Mining, commodities $2.1 billion 4 1349 Vardis Vardinoyannis Oil and gas $1.7 billion
2018 Source: 2018 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Sources of wealth Net worth (USD) 1 729 Spiros Latsis Banking, shipping $3.2 billion 2 859 Philip Niarchos Art collection $2.8 billion 3 965 Aristotelis Mistakidis Mining, commodities $2.5 billion 4 1999 Vardis Vardinoyannis Oil and gas $1.1 billion
2013 Source: 2013 The World's Billionaires Greece Ranking World Ranking Name Sources of wealth Net worth (USD) 1 412 Spiros Latsis & family Banking, shipping $3.3 billion 2 527 Aristotelis Mistakidis Glencore International $2.7 billion 3 554 Philip Niarchos Art collection $2.6 billion
Other millionaires Source: The Ultra Rich Greeks Name Sources of wealth Net worth (USD) Georgios Vernicos & Family Grandfather of pop singer Victor Vernicos & former CEO of Vernicos Shipping$1.3 billionDimitris MelissanidisOil, shipping$3.4 billion (2015)Dinos Martinos and familyShipping$3.2 billion (2015)Minos KiriakouShipping, media $3 billion (2015)Evangelos Marinakismedia, shipping$3.1 billionJohn Angelicoussis and family Shipping$2.4 billion (2015)Chryss GoulandrisShipping$2.4 billion (2015)George Prokopiou and familyShipping$2 billion (2015)Sokratis KokkalisTelecommunications, construction$1.9 billion (2015)Evangelos Mytilineossteel$1.7 billionGeorge Economou and family Shipping, art collector $1.5 billion (2015)Nikos Pateras and family Shipping $1.1 billion (2014)Sklavenitis and familyShipping, retail$1 billionTheodore VassilakisAirline$1 billionPavlos Giannakopoulos and family Pharmaceutical $975 millionKostas MakrisReal estate $850 millionTheodore Angelopoulos and family Steel, shipping, banking $819 millionTheodoropoulos familyGood$800 millionAthina OnassisShipping$800 millionCanellopoulos Papalexopoulos and familyCement$771 millionApostels VakakisRetail$580 millionNikos & Evangelos StasinopoulosSteel$514 millionYannis CostopoulosFinance$425.5 millionDimitris Copelouzos Real estate, energy, lotteryAndreas VgenopoulosBanking, shipping George BobolasMedia, constructions$290 millionVasilis FourlisRetail$212 millionAngeliki FrangouShipping$192 millionSfakianakis family Gypsum Quarries $175 millionGeorge GerardosComputers$ 114.3 million
See also Economy of Greece List of countries by number of billionaires List of companies of Greece List of wealthiest families List of Cypriot billionaires by net worth
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