The Estonian financial newspaper Äripäev recently released its annual rankings of the TOP 500 Richest People in Estonia based on their company holdings and share value. Once again Wise founders Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus are at the top of the list followed by Bolt's Markus Villig. Äripäev notes that Kristo Käärmann set a new record this year - never before has the wealth of the person in first place been this high. Käärman's assets are.believed to be worth €2.19 billion.
Äripäev's list of the top ten wealthiest people in Estonia are:
Kristo Käärmann (Wise)
Taavet Hinrikus (Wise)
Markus Villig (Bolt)
Jaan Tallinn (Ambient Sound Investments, Metaplanet Holdings, Soft Park Investments)
Margus Linnamäe (MM Grupp)
Oliver Leisalu (Bolt)
Raul Kirjanen (Graanul Invest, Biofuel)
Oleg Ossinovski (Skinest Grupp)
Anders Anderson (Graanul Invest, Neoinvesteeringud)
Martin Villig (Bolt)