Sergio Mantegazza
Lugano, Switzerland
Switzerland
travel, Self Made
$2,500,000,000
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#916 Billionaires 2019
Sergio Mantegazza has built a tour and travel empire from Globus, the company his father Antonio founded in 1928. Today, the travel group includes European river cruises and guided tours in the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia and South Africa.Mantegazza also owns a significant stake in his family's collection of residential and commercial Lugano real estate.In 2014, he sold his flagging Monarch Airlines to Greybull Capital for £75 million.
On his "Lady Marina" yacht, Mantegazza has played host to high profile guests that reportedly have included Tina Turner.Mantegazza's father got his start with a single gondola ferrying tourists around Lake Lugano.
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