Portrait of Johann Graf

Rank #308

Johann Graf

Net worth $10.8B

Gambling · Austria

Born
Jan 03, 1947
Age
79
Source
Gambling
Residence
Vienna
Citizenship
Austria
Marital status
Divorced
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Johann Graf owns Novomatic Group, which operates casinos worldwide and also sells slot machines, video poker games and electronic table games.
  • Raised by his grandparents in a small flat without running water, he apprenticed as a butcher and was expected to take over his family's butcher shop.
  • Instead Graf began importing American pinball machines to Austria via Belgium, then became an agent for a British slot machine company.
  • In 1980 he stuck out on his own with Novomatic, which he quickly expanded into Switzerland and then the East Bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
  • Graf collects vintage cars, mostly Jaguars.