The billionaire club includes known figures like Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault or Mark Zuckerberg. But, in the shadows, we must also count on the discreet Mark Mateschitz …
More than $ 42 billion: this is what the millennial (person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s) weighs the richest in the magazine weigh Forbes. Very discreet, he has long lived in the shadow of his father, himself very little present on the media scene despite his substantial wallet.
Who is Mark Mateschitz, the richest millennial in Europe?
To believe ForbesMark Mateschitz is therefore the richest young man on the European continent. He is also the richest man in his country, Austria. And, in November 2022, Bloomberg had appointed him as the richest 93rd man in the world. Just that! He is the only son of Dietrich Mateschitz, the co -founder of the firm who holds the most famous energy drink in the world, Redbull. On the death of his father, which occurred in October 2022 at the age of 78 following pancreatic cancer, the young man now 32 years old was awarded 49% of the shares of the famous company founded in the 1980s.
Installed in Austria, his native country, Mark Mateschitz is therefore the only son of the Austrian billionaire and his ski teacher at the time, Anita Gerhardter. He studied sciences at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg. In 2018, the Austrian even founded his own brand of beer and lemonade.
If Mark Mateschitz is the richest European millennial with a fortune estimated at around $ 42 billion, he is followed (far behind) by the 34 -year -old Irishman, John Collison, and his fortune of around 10 billion dollars, as well as by his big brother Patrick Collison, 36, who also owns about $ 10 billion.
Mark Mateschitz: couple with an heiress, impressive collection of cars…
But is Mark Mateschitz single? He has never officially communicated on his love life, but rumors relayed by the Mirror Fushed in 2023, indicating that the rich young man would be in a relationship with the heiress of the Swarovski jewelry brand, Victoria Swarovski.
However, the young man stands as far as possible from cameras and other television sets. Last March, he still talked about him by buying the F1 collection of Bernie Ecclestone, made up of 69 cars, for some $ 650 million. A automotive treasure that the heir promised to exhibit.
A passion for F1 which he inherited from his late father who also bequeathed to him two F1 teams. It must be said that, for 20 years, Redbull has been an actor who has in motorsport. The brand even founded its own academy which forms the talents of tomorrow.
