Two Greek women have made the Bloomberg Billionaires Index top 500, with a combined fortune of roughly $39.4 billion. Vi...

Two Greek women have made the Bloomberg Billionaires Index top 500, with a combined fortune of roughly $39.4 billion. Vicky Safra and her family rank 95th globally with about $26 billion, while shipping heiress Maria Angelicoussis comes in at 248th with $13.4 billion, according to Bloomberg data published on October 23. Angelicoussis, 44, has had a remarkable year. Her fortune has risen by about $4 billion, a gain of over 40% in 2026 alone. Forbes placed her slightly lower at $7.5 billion as of October 25, a reminder that rich list valuations differ depending on methodology, but every index puts her trajectory firmly upward. She leads the Athens-based Angelicoussis Group, which Bloomberg identifies as Greece's largest shipowner. The group, founded by her grandfather Antonis in 1947, operates roughly 160 vessels across its Maran Tankers, Maran Gas, and Anangel divisions. Most of those ships sail under the Greek flag, crewed largely by Greek seafarers. Angelicoussis trained as a doctor at Cambridge and spent two years working in the NHS before joining the family business in 2008. She took over as CEO after her father John died in 2021. The group currently has 29 ships under construction, with 13 set to join the fleet before the end of 2026. Those include six dual-fuel Suezmax tankers, six LNG carriers, and one DP2 shuttle tanker. Safra, 74, was born in Greece in 1952 and holds both Greek and Brazilian citizenship. She and her four children inherited their fortune from banker Joseph Safra, who died in 2020. The J. Safra Group's assets include Banco Safra, the private bank J. Safra Sarasin, and London's Gherkin skyscraper. #Greece #Greek #Shipping