The richest people in Portugal are, for the most part, men over 60, according to the list of Forbes Portugal.
But in the new ranking there are two ‘unicorns’ and five women - including the head of the richest family in the country- that of Maria Fernanda Amorim whose wealth weighs in at €5.45 billion held as shares in Galp Energia and the original cork business, Corticeira Amorim.
In the second position comes Alexandre Soares dos Santos and family, with assets of €3.4 billion held primarily in Jerónimo Martins and Walk'in Clinics stock.
Vítor Manuel da Silva Ribeiro and family, struggle by with €1.4 billion, a fortune derived from the family construction business Alves Ribeiro Construcción, Banco Invest and Mundicenter.
Vasco de Mello and his family, hold €1.2 billion in José de Mello Saúde and road company, Brisa.
Closing the top five is Pedro Queiroz Pereira, whose main assets are Semapa and the Hotel Ritz, a value of €1.13 billion.
Forbes Portugal has for the first time drawn up a national ‘rich list’ showing the top 45 families have assets equivalent to 13% of the country’s GDP, around €24 billion.
