Hungary's Lőrinc Mészáros almost makes the world's 1000 richest list
Every year, the US magazine Forbes publishes a list of people worth more than $1 billion, and this year it included 3,000 people with a combined wealth of $16,000 billion. Four Hungarians are on this year's list:
- Lőrinc Mészáros, a childhood friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from his hometown Felcsút, is ranked 1,015th with an estimated wealth of USD 3.6 billion,
- Sándor Csányi, Chairman-CEO of OTP, is ranked 1,947th with USD 1.8 billion,
- Zsolt Felcsuti, CEO of MPF Holding, is ranked 2,356th with USD 1.4 billion, and
- Tibor Veres, CEO of Wallis, is also ranked 2,356th with USD 1.4 billion.
Lőrinc Mészáros doubled his wealth in a year,
and the global ranking is topped by President Donald Trump's right-hand man, Elon Musk.
Csányi's wealth grew 4.66-fold between 2014 and 2024, while the fortune of Mészáros multiplied 161.3 times.
How much is HUF 1,242 billion? Let's put it into context! Local business daily Napi.hu also publishes annual lists of the richest Hungarians, with the next one due in May. Comparing Mészáros' wealth in forint according to Forbes with his wealth in 2024 according to Napi.hu, we get an annual growth of HUF 252 billion.
This increase alone means that Mészáros made
- HUF 690 million a day, or
- HUF 28.77 million per hour, or
- HUF 479,500 every minute.
In USD terms, and according to Forbes data, his wealth grew by USD 1.9 billion compared to last year. This increase means that Mészáros made
- USD 5.2 million a day, or
- USD 217,000 per hour, or
- USD 3,615 every minute.
Cover photo: MTI Photo/Tamás Vasvári
