Lőrinc Mészáros presents a medal, but he won the competition to get rich – Photo: Tamás Vasvári / MTI
This year, the ten and twenty are the richest Hungarians also included one fewer billionaires close to NER than last year, but the fortunes of financiers close to Fidesz at the top of the list increased by HUF 270 billion despite the decrease in numbers – it turns out The 100 richest Hungarians from the publication (Playback can be paused and resumed with the icon in the lower left corner.)
- First in the ranking still Lőrinc Mészáros stands. The childhood friend of the outgoing prime minister increased his fortune by HUF 182 billion in one year, which is now more than two hundred times larger than in 2014, when he was first featured in the publication.
- In the top 20 officially there are two new characters, but in fact only one. Everyone already knew that the Barabás brothers, who own the Hell energy drink manufacturer, would be at the top of the list, but for years they managed to prevent them from appearing in similar rankings through legal means.
- Tibor Pavelka however, it is really an absolute newcomer to the list. The businessman with a physics degree is a The majority owner of Semilab Zrt. For a long time, the company was hardly in the press at all, but last year, its materials analysis business was bought for $545 million. made an offer the American Onto Innovation.
- At the very top of the leaderboard Apart from the debut of Tibor Pavelka, there were no significant changes, but around the twentieth place we could already see bigger movements.
- Dropped out of the top 20 for example, Mária Schmidt and her family. They were still in 17th place last year with an estimated fortune of HUF 133 billion. However, more than 50 billion of this has evaporated by 2026, so they slipped back to 42nd place.
- He also slipped out among the twenty richest, one of the defining figures of the NER construction industry, a He also does business with István Tiborcz WHB Group owner, Attila Paár. Although his wealth only decreased by HUF 3.6 billion, he also lost six places.
