Rafaela Aponte-Diamant

$36.68B
$25.3M (0.1%)
as of 04/29/25

About Rafaela Aponte-Diamant

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant and her husband Gianluigi each own a 50% stake in MSC, the world's largest shipping line.

Rafaela first met Gianluigi on a trip to the Italian island of Capri in the 1960s, when Gianluigi was a ship captain.

They entered the shipping industry together in 1970, when they purchased a ship with a $200,000 loan.

MSC also operates in holiday cruises (MSC Cruises), inland logistics (Medlog) and port operations (Terminal Investment Limited.)

Rafaela is responsible for decorating ships for MSC Cruises; Gianluigi is MSC's executive chairman and their son, Diego, is MSC's president.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Switzerland

Source of wealth

Shipping

Residence

Geneva, Switzerland

Marital status

Married

Birth date

03/26/45 (age 80)

Number of children

2

Self-made

self-made

Rafaela Aponte-Diamant’s fortune is worth

611K

troy ounces of gold

564K

median U.S. household

367K

median U.S. income

0.734%

U.S. credit card volume

0.147%

GDP of the United States

0.108%

United States debt

Net worth history

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Did you know?

The second ship that the Apontes bought was named after Rafaela.

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Financial assets

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