More than Gusenbauer

Which Benko advisors collected over 100 million

Doing well in the Benko universe: TPA tax consultant Karin Fuhrmann, former chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer(Bild: Krone KREATIV/R.Wiedergut picturedesk.com Christian Forcher, EXPA / APA / picturedesk.com Stock Adobe)

Until shortly before the collapse of the Signa Group at the end of 2023, milk and honey flowed in the real estate juggler René Benko's empire. Especially for a considerable number of consultants who helped to keep the big wheel turning in the background.

René Benko, the founder of Signa Holding, generated considerable income even without being an official board member until the company's insolvency: Between 2015 and 2021, his total gross income amounted to around 78 million euros. In 2019 alone, what is now the country's best-known U-prisoner collected an annual salary of almost 26 million euros.