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As it was in 2018, there are 10 Hungarians on the top list of Romania and among them, Zoltán Teszári, a media tycoon, is the wealthiest Hungarian in Romania and the 6th wealthiest in Romania.
1. Zoltán Teszári
His estimated fortune is 640-660 million EUR even though he is just 49 years old. Capital says that he is the Hungarian millionaire whose life could be filmised. Born in Nagyvárad (Oradea) in a poor family, he started his business after he finished his sports career. Today he owns the Digi (RCS&RDS) enterprise which is the biggest in the telecommunications sector having interests not only in the region but also on Italy and Spain. With more than 14 million customers, the capitalisation of the company is around 600 million EUR. According to one of his close acquaintances, Mr Teszári aims to conquer the world in the following decades – transindex.ro reported.
2. The Mudura family (55th in Romania)
Fortune: 99-104 million EUR
They are also from Nagyvárad (Oradea), and they are present in the real estate and the trade sectors. Recently, they have bought the bankrupted Oradea Shopping Centre, and they are the owners of the local Lotus Centre and Lotus Retail Park, as well.
They became famous in the 90s after Sándor Mudura Sr started to sell Ferrero products (Kinder Surprise Eggs, Raffaello, Tic-Tac) in which he was a pioneer in Romania. After his father’s death, Sándor Mudura Jr continued to lead the empire.
3. Miklós Pálfi (76.)
Fortune: 77-79 million EUR
He is 61 years old and is the vice-chair of the Romaqua Group. In the 90s, together with his business partner, Ovtacian Crețu, they wanted to buy ComChim, a pharmaceutical company, but since they were not successful, they changed their minds and bought a mineral water company in Borszék. Today, he is the most significant mineral water producer on the Romanian market with a portfolio ranging from energy drinks to beer and coffee. They have factories in Bucharest, Szászsebes (Sebeș), Bușteni and Stânceni, and they work with the most modern technologies.
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4. István Gadola (149.)
Fortune: 39-41 million EUR
The 66-year-old businessman is from Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca) and has the Energobit together with two business partners, Pál Péter and Ioan Socea. Polish Innova Capital bought shares in the company in 2012 and took the lead of it, too, but they were not successful, so the Godola group returned in 2017, and since then the company’s deficit has been decreasing.