Sunday Times Rich List 1989

This article is about the Rich List published in 1989. For general information about the list, see Sunday Times Rich List.

The Sunday Times Rich List 1989 is the 1st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 2 April 1989. ^[1]

In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200, ^[1] (approximately £94 million in today's value). ^[2]

The list at the time reported Queen Elizabeth II as the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with a wealth of £5.2 billion, which included state assets that were not hers personally, ^[3] (approximately £16.3 billion in today's value). ^[2]

Top 10 fortunes

1989		Name	Citizenship	Source of wealth
Rank	Net worth £ bn
1	£5.2	The Queen	United Kingdom	Landowner
2	£3.2	The Duke of Westminster	United Kingdom	Landowner
3	£1.97	Lord Sainsbury & family	United Kingdom	Retail
4	£1.9	Gad and Hans Rausing	Sweden	Packaging
5	£1.7	Sir John Moores	United Kingdom	Retail
5	£1.7	Garfield Weston	Canada	Retail
7	£1.2	John Paul Getty II	United Kingdom	Oil
7	£1.2	Lord Vestey & Edmund Vestey	United Kingdom	Food
9	£1	Octav Botnar	Romania	Cars
10	£0.75	Sir James Goldsmith	France &   United Kingdom	Finance

See also

• List of billionaires (2007)

References

1. "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
2. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved 7 May 2024.
3. "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.