List of Cypriot billionaires by net worth


The following is a list of Cypriot billionaires, based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets published by Forbes every April. The vast majority of Cypriot billionaires are not native Cypriots, but are foreign billionaires who acquired Cypriot citizenship to take advantage of the country's tax laws.

2024

Source: 2024 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in CyprusWorld positionNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
163Vinod Adani
26.6 billionAdani Group
2133John Fredriksen14.3 billionSeadrill
3842Yakir Gabay
3.6 billionAroundtown SA
41264Sergey Dmitriev2.5 billionJetBrains
51503Igor Makarov2.1 billionARETI International Group
61689Valentin Kipyatkov1.8 billionJetBrains
72320Polys Haji-Ioannou1.2 billionEasyJet
82430Stelios Haji-Ioannou1.1 billionEasyJet
92481Clelia Haji-Ioannou1.1 billionEasyJet

2023 Cypriot billionaires

source: 2023 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in CyprusWorld positionNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
1130John Fredriksen
13.1 billionSeadrill
2184Vinod Adani
12.4 billionAdani Group
3378Viktor Vekselberg
6.6 billionMetal, energy
4400Dmitry Rybolovlev
6.4 billionFertilizer
5440Alexander Abramov
6 billionSteel
6766Yakir Gabay
3.4 billionAroundtown SA
71579Alexander Ponomarenko
2.6 billionReal estate, airport
81217Sergey Dmitriev2.5 billionJetBrains
91226Oleg Deripaska
2.5 billionAluminium, Utility
101647Valentin Kipyatkov1.8 billionJetBrains
112405Polys Haji-Ioannou1.1 billionEasyJet
122540Clelia Haji-Ioannou1 billionEasyJet
132540Stelios Haji-Ioannou1 billionEasyJet

2022 Cypriot billionaires

source: 2022 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in CyprusWorld positionNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
1202John Fredriksen
10.8 billionSeadrill
2708Yakir Gabay
4.4 billionAroundtown SA
32557Stelios Haji-Ioannou
1.1 billionEasyJet

2021 Cypriot billionaires

source: 2021 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in CyprusWorld positionNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
1230John Fredriksen
10.2 billionSeadrill
2670Yakir Gabay
4.4 billionAroundtown SA
3Yiannakis "John" Christodoulou
2.8 billionYianis Group
41506Suat Günsel2 billionNear East University
52277Stelios Haji-Ioannou
1.1 billionEasyJet
62315Clelia Haji-Ioannou1.1 billionEasyJet

2020 Cypriot billionaires

source: 2020 The World's Billionaires
Ranking in CyprusNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
1John Fredriksen
9.6 billionSeadrill
2Yakir Gabay
3.2 billionAroundtown SA
3Suat Günsel2 billionNear East University

2016 Cypriot billionaires

source: 2016 Cyprus billionaires
Ranking in CyprusNameCitizenshipNet worth (USD)Sources of wealth
1John FredriksenCyprus
Norway
9 billionShipping
2Stelios Haji-IoannouCyprus
Greece
1.46 billionEasyJet and Stelmar shipping
3Polys Haji-IoannouCyprus1.3 billionEasyJet, Polyar Tankers
4Clelia Haji-IoannouCyprus1.09 billionEasyJet, Real Estate
4Suat GunselCyprus1.09 billionNear East University, University of Kyrenia