The fortune of the family behind container ship and cruise giant Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has again become the focus of media attention.
The Aponte clan is now worth as much as $100bn, making it the richest in Switzerland and one of the wealthiest in the world, according to Le Matin Dimanche and Sonntagszeitung.
The report in the two Swiss papers asks: “How did obscure Italian shipowners amass the biggest fortune ever seen in Switzerland?”
The answer plainly lies in the container ship boom following the pandemic, when rates rocketed to record levels and asset prices spiked.
