Gianluigi Aponte
Geneva, Switzerland
Switzerland
Shipping, Self Made
$11,200,000,000
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#133 Billionaires 2019
A captain by training, Gianluigi Aponte entered the shipping industry in 1970 together with his wife Rafaela.Their company MSC has become the second-largest container shipping line in the world for vessel capacity, just behind global leader AP Møller Maersk.In 2014, Gianluigi retired as CEO and became Group Chairman while Rafaela is still in charge of the ships' interior design.Their son Diego Aponte took over as CEO while daughter Alexa Aponte Vago is MSC's CFO.MSC also operates in industries such as holiday cruises (MSC Cruises), inland logistics (Medlog) and port operations (Terminal Investment Limited).
Aponte financed the acquisition of his first ship ever, a German vessel named Patricia, with a loan. The second ship he bought was named after his wife, Rafaela.In January 2019, vessel "MSC Zoe" lost 281 containers in a North Sea Storm close to German and Dutch coastlines.
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