With the youngest billionaire, ranking of the greatest fortunes in the world has 8 names from SC

At 19 years old, Livia Voigt occupies the position of youngest billionaire in the world, but she is not the only representative from Santa Catarina in the ranking of the greatest global fortunes, according to Forbes. Another seven names from the State also appear on the select list, which considers assets in dollars. Together, these wealthy people accumulate nothing more, nothing less than US$13.1 billion – or R$65.5 billion.

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In addition to Livia, the relationship (see below) has four more heirs to WEG, which is known for “producing billionaires”. The giant from Jaraguá do Sul, which has grown seven times in size in the last 16 years and has become one of the world’s largest engine manufacturers, maintains a family shareholder profile, which benefits direct heirs of founders Werner Voigt, Eggon da Silva and Geraldo Werninghaus, the three are now deceased.

Who are the people from Santa Catarina on the list of billionaires — in dollars

Position in the ranking, accumulated fortune and origin of money. Source: Forbes

871st – Alceu Elias Feldmann and family (US$3.7 billion): founder of Fertipar, a Brazilian fertilizer giant with revenue of US$3.9 billion in 2021 (Photo: Disclosure)

1438th – Luciano Hang (US$ 2.3 billion): founder of the Havan department store chain (Photo: Disclosure)

2287th – Eduardo Voigt Schwartz (US$ 1.3 billion): shareholder of WEG and grandson of Werner Voigt, one of the company’s three founders (Photo: Disclosure)

2287th – Mariana Voigt Schwartz Gomes (US$ 1.3 billion): shareholder of WEG and granddaughter of Werner Voigt, one of the three founders of the company (Photo: Personal archive)

2410th – Anne Werninghaus (US$ 1.2 billion): shareholder of WEG and granddaughter of Geraldo Werninghaus, one of the company’s three founders (Photo: Personal archive)

2545th – Itamar Locks and family (US$ 1.1 billion): one of the controllers of the agricultural giant Amaggi (Photo: Reproduction)

2545th – Dora Voigt de Assis (US$ 1.1 billion): shareholder of WEG and granddaughter of Werner Voigt, one of the three founders of the company (Photo: Disclosure)

2545th – Livia Voigt (US$ 1.1 billion): shareholder of WEG and granddaughter of Werner Voigt, one of the three founders of the company (Photo: Disclosure)

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Of these five names linked to the company, four appear for the first time in the ranking. The other three people from Santa Catarina on the list, including the owner of Havan, Luciano Hang, were already included in the previous edition of Forbes.

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Different rankings

In September last year, the column listed the 35 people from Santa Catarina in the ranking of Brazilian billionaires from Forbes. That research, however, considered the wealth accumulated in the national currency, the Real. This one now takes into account assets in dollars and counts 2,781 people around the world (See the full list here).

The fact that the exchange rate for the American currency is practically 1 to 5 (each dollar is equivalent to around 5 reais) explains the smaller number of people from Santa Catarina in the new ranking.