Austria’s media has already written about the duel between the richest men in the country: Dietrich Mateschitz, worth 18.9 billion US dollars, versus René Benko, 4.9 billion. The latter had sued Addendum, a research platform that Red Bull founder Mateschitz financed from his private coffers, at the Salzburg regional court. The real estate and department store entrepreneur Benko was angered by several detailed reports in which Addendum researchers examined his business in detail. It was about the deals at Signa, Benko’s real estate and trading empire. And about his personal finances. Traces had led to three private foundations – as well as to the usual, secretive tax havens: Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and the US state of Delaware.
Signa bankruptcy: Benko’s assets are safe for now – economy
