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# 50 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 

$36.1B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 10/28/2024
-$9.2M (-0.03%)

# 50 Rafaela Aponte-Diamant 

$36.1B

Real Time Net Worth
as of 10/28/2024
-$9.2M (-0.03%)
OccupationFounder, Mediterranean Shipping Company
Source of WealthMSC, shipping
Age79
ResidenceGeneva, Switzerland
Marital StatusMarried
Children2
Age-Adjusted Net Worth$9.97B
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
Rafaela Aponte-Diamant
Switzerland
Net worth: $36.1B

Self-Made Score 

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Biography

Early Life

Rafaela Diamant was born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine.
During her childhood, she and her parents immigrated to Switzerland.
Her father held a position as an executive banker in Geneva, Switzerland.

Business Involvement

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant is a major shareholder of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group.
MSC is known for its global operations and is one of the largest container shipping companies in the world.
She holds a significant position within the company alongside her husband, Gianluigi Aponte.

Personal Life

Rafaela Diamant is married to Gianluigi Aponte, an Italian businessman.
The couple first met when she was a passenger on a boat captained by Gianluigi Aponte.
They have two children, Diego Aponte and Alexa Aponte Vago.
Diego Aponte serves as the CEO, while Alexa Aponte Vago serves as the CFO of MSC.

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant's Wealth is Equivalent to:

27,759,815 Herman Miller Aeron Chairs

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6,823,084 Gold Bars (50 gram)

24K Solid 50g Gold Ingot

368,542 Tiny Homes

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How long would it take you to become as rich as Rafaela Aponte-Diamant?

If you started with $10,000 and invested an additional $500 each month at a 43.72% CAGR, it would take you 5 years to reach Rafaela Aponte-Diamant's net worth of $36.1B.

Is this realistic? It depends how closely the VIX-TA-Macro Advanced model performs to its history in the future. Since Grizzly Bulls launched on January 1, 2022, it's returned 60.38% compared to 22.68% for the S&P 500 benchmark.

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Rafaela Aponte-Diamant is very wealthy, but what's stopping you from reaching that same level of success? As summarized in our five fundamental rules to wealth building, becoming wealthy in a modern capitalist economy is not complicated. There's actually only three variables:

  1. Your starting capital
  2. Your earnings after expenses
  3. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of your savings

Most people start with zero or very little, so if you weren't born into wealth, don't fret! The majority of the fortunate folks listed in our Grizzly Bulls’ Billionaires Index came from middle class or lower backgrounds. The most distinguishing characteristic of the group is their ability to consistently earn a high CAGR on their savings.

Every billionaire has a unique strategy to achieve high CAGR. For Rafaela Aponte-Diamant, MSC and shipping are the primary sources. Whether you choose to invest your savings in your own businesses or the businesses of others is not as important. The salient piece of the puzzle is ensuring that your hard-earned savings are generating sufficient CAGR to reach your long term goals.

Most people simply invest their money in index funds and call it a day. There's nothing wrong with this approach, but it guarantees relative mediocrity. To achieve greatness, you need to invest your money to earn higher than average returns. In the long run, better investors will always finish ahead of better earners.

Source: Grizzly Bulls reporting

Methodology: Grizzly Bulls' Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world's billionaires and richest people. Grizzly Bulls strives to provide the most accurate net worth calculations available. We pull data from public equity markets, SEC filings, public real estate records, and other reputable sources.

The index is dynamic and updates daily at the close of U.S. stock market trading based on changes in the markets, economy, and updates to Grizzly Bulls' proprietary algorithm of personal wealth calculation. Stakes in public companies are tracked daily based on the relevant closing prices of the underlying securities. Additionally, stakes in private companies, cash, real estate, and other less easily valued assets are updated periodically through careful analysis of insider transactions, comparable public company sales / EBITDA multiples, etc.

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Edited by: Lee Bailey