Novomatic president Johann Graf is among the list of billionaires which has just been issued by the American Forbes business magazines.
Graf, 67 (pictured), is listed at number 204 with a "net worth" of $6.8bn. But he is by no means the wealthiest.
The ninth richest man in the world is gambling titan Sheldon Adelson with a fortune of $37.3bn.
Behind him comes Hong Kong’s Lui Che Woo at number 31, with $20.6bn from casinos. Pansy Ho also from Hong Kong, comes in at number 218 with $6.3bn, again from casinos. The pachinko business is represented at number 308 by Kunio Basujima with $4.9bn from Japan.
Other well known names are Steve Wynn at 428 with $3.7bn, Lawrence Ho with $2.6bn, Elaine Wynn with $2.6bn and Playtech’s Teddy Sagi with $2.3bn.
Well known in the Spanish gaming machine business is Manuel Lao, who is at number 864 with $2.1bn and Australia’s Lennie Ainsworth is at position 1241 with $1.4bn.
