According to ForbesPerez is the 9th richest person in Spain and ranks 1,072nd globally. The 78-year-old businessman is currently the chairman of ACS, a company specializing in residential and non-residential construction, transport infrastructure, environmental services, industrial services and logistics.
ACS was founded in 1983 when a group of engineers acquired Construcciones Padros SA, a financially troubled construction company. Through a series of mergers, ACS gradually grew, with Perez serving as vice president in 1993 and becoming president in 1997.
Perez is perhaps best known for his role as president of Real Madrid. During his two terms in office (2000–2006 and 2009–present), he led the club to win seven Champions League titles, making him the most successful president in the club’s history. In January 2025, Perez was re-elected for a new term, which will run until 2029.
The club, which holds the record for 15 European championships, are a money-making machine, generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. In the past four years, Real Madrid has spent minimally on the transfer market yet still won two Champions League titles and two La Liga trophies.
Following Perez on the list of Spain’s richest people is multi-sector investor Juan Abello, with a net worth of $3.3 billion. Juan Roig, the head of the Mercadona supermarket chain and his wife Hortensia Herrero, ranked fourth and eighth with fortunes of $6.3 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively. Rafael Del Pino and Maria Del Pino, sisters who inherited the transport infrastructure group Ferrovial, ranked third and seventh with fortunes of $6.9 billion and $3.6 billion.
Hotel magnate Miquel Fluxa Rossello ranks sixth with $3.9 billion, while shopping mall tycoon Tomas Olivo Lopez holds the fifth spot with $4.8 billion.
The top two positions are held by Amancio Ortega and his daughter Sandra Ortega, the largest shareholders of the Inditex clothing empire. Amancio, with a fortune of $120 billion, is the 12th richest person in the world, while Sandra has $10.8 billion.
