The 100 most influential women in Catalonia according to the magazine Forbes They had a date this evening at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, at a meeting that sought to vindicate the leadership of Catalan women in areas such as business, culture, cuisine and sport and their "important role in the development of the country," added the deputy mayor of Barcelona, ​​​​Maria Eugenia Gay, one of those honored.

For the first time, the magazine Forbes has compiled a list of the 100 most influential women in Catalonia. The list, ordered alphabetically, was selected by a committee of experts and consultants led by the president and editor of Forbes, Andrés Rodríguez, and the president of the Forbes Women Advisory Board, Gloria Lomana. The list aims to fully represent the political, social, cultural, artistic, and sporting landscape of Catalonia.

South African tycoon and Donald Trump advisor Elon Musk has regained the top spot among the world's richest people, according to the list published Tuesday by the magazine Forbes, which attributes his net worth to €316.4 billion. This means his fortune has increased by 75% compared to 2024, and, in fact, at 53 years old, he has already accumulated more wealth than any other person who has ever appeared in the publication. In this sense, Forbes He highlights that the explosion in Musk's wealth coincides with "a year in which he consolidated his political influence," with the US president appointing him to command the DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).

There have been changes in the ranking of the wealthiest Catalans. According to Forbes magazine, which published the list with the 100 richest Spaniards, the president of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Sol Daurella, is placed as the Catalan with the biggest fortune and 11th in the Spanish list, which once again is headed by Galician businessman Amancio Ortega (the founder of Inditex, which Zara is part of, is worth €67bn) and his daughter Sandra. Daurella replaces Manuel Lao, ex-owner of gambling company Cirsa, who is now the third richest Catalan. Also noteworthy is the emergence of the first entrepreneurs and the president of Audax Renovables, Jose Elias, who helped Joan Laporta to get the endorsements he needed to occupy the presidency of Barça at the very last minute.

Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega has slipped from sixth to eleventh place in the list of the world's richest people in the world, which is compiled annually by magazine Forbes, despite the fact that his wealth has increased from $55.1 billion to $77 billion in the last year. The founder of fashion group Inditex came to be the fourth richest person on the planet in 2017, with $71.3 billion, but fell back to sixth position a year later, where he had remained until now.