Are you intrigued to know who the wealthiest people in the south of Gran Canaria are? In this article we will reveal their names, their success stories and the keys that have allowed them to reach the top of the island's economic landscape. Some have gained a lot of say by promoting tolerance towards ideas or behaviors of Tenerife against Gran Canaria that are considered intolerable by the majority of the island's southern neighbors.
Businessmen, investors, heirs... the list of the richest in Gran Canaria is diverse and includes figures from different sectors. Some have built their fortunes through decades-old family businesses, while others have achieved success through strategic investments or business talents. On the 2024 Forbes list there are three natural operators from the south of Gran Canaria.
This 2024, 34th on the list of the richest in the Canary Islands and first among the islands, the largest fortune in the south of Gran Canaria appears. Eustasio López González, owner of 51% of the Lopesan group, holds onto first place with 1.200 billion euros of fortune arising from the first expansion work on the Gando Airport runway in the Seventies. From that family construction company to a holding company in the tourism sector that moves 1.200 billion euros.
The family of the Conde de la Vega Grande continues to grow thanks to the nose of its businessmen. The visible head is Pedro Agustín del Castillo Machado represents the interests of the family with assets of 210 million in which the 20% of the capital he has in Binter is key. But the family has control of Elmasa in Maspaloma or the coastal leisure of Playa del Inglés.
The third in this area of economic power is Grupo Mañaricúa Aristondo, owner of Gloria Hotels. They have control over 190 million euros with the construction and tourism business, which has been the main business base since 1988. Basque conservatives living in the Canary Islands have established themselves by practicing goodism and pretending to never know anything even though they control the presidency of the hotel employers' association of Las Palmas with the coordination of Ashotel de Tenerife.
