Evaluating the top of this year’s millionaire lists, it can be seen that, for example, the leading positions of long-time private bankers or gambling entrepreneurs have been replaced by entrepreneurs of other generations and other industries.
The unbeaten leaders of the previous year – SIA Mikrotīkls members Arni Riekstiņa and Johna Martina Tallija – managed to overtake businessman Agris Tamanis, who is the 100% owner of the Draugiem Group holding company, this year. The total profit of the companies owned by Agrim Tamani exceeded 57.8 million euros in the past year.
Not only the owners of holding companies, but also real estate managers and developers, owners of companies working in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, as well as entrepreneurs from the field of woodworking, financial services and IT are ranked in high positions. At the same time, it should be noted that, on the other hand, the representation of the owners of companies in the construction, transport and logistics sector, compared to what was the situation 3-5 years ago, has significantly decreased this year.
This time, it can be seen that the close ties of families and several members of the same family being in the TOP of earners has become a more frequent phenomenon: several examples can be mentioned – the families of Kesenfeld, Lipman, Apši, Sproģi, Bērziņu, whose representatives are among the million earners.
Similar to the previous year, the owners of exporting companies also entered the list of millionaires. They are not only from the manufacturing industry, as we see both exporters of services and producers of products with high added value.
Looking at the TOP of millionaires and evaluating the age of successful entrepreneurs, it can be seen that the generation of young entrepreneurs – thirty-year-olds – is increasingly appearing in this list. In addition, some of them created the companies themselves and did not inherit or acquire them from their parents.
IS Lursoft member of the board Daiga Kiopa points out that the determination of the shareholders of joint stock companies is still an obstacle to the accurate determination of the top earners and millionaires – that is, currently this information is not necessarily registered in the public register. However, already in a year, due to changes in the regulatory acts, the lists of shareholders of joint stock companies will be public information, which in turn will promote transparency and data analysis opportunities in these cases as well.
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