Ernesto Bertarelli is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion and noted an increase of £1.72 billion since the previous year.[3] Swiss's magazine BILANZ estimated the family fortune at CHF13.5 billion. According to Forbes, Bertarelli has an estimated net worth of $8.5 billion, as of June 2018.