Rank #44
Gianluigi Aponte
Net worth $44.0B
Shipping · Switzerland
- Born
- Jun 27, 1940
- Age
- 85
- Source
- Shipping
- Residence
- Geneva
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela each own a 50% stake in MSC, the world's largest shipping line.
- Gianluigi first met Rafaela on a trip to the Italian island of Capri in the 1960s, when he was a ship captain.
- They entered the shipping industry together in 1970, when they purchased a ship with a $200,000 loan.
- MSC also operates in holiday cruises (MSC Cruises), inland logistics (Medlog) and port operations (Terminal Investment Limited.)
- Gianluigi is MSC's executive chairman; Rafaela is responsible for decorating ships for MSC Cruises and their son, Diego, is MSC's president.
- The second ship that the Apontes bought was named after Rafaela.
- In December 2022, MSC bought Bolloré Africa Logistics, the African transport and logistics arm of the Bolloré Group, for $6 billion.
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