Sunday Times Rich List 2009

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2009 was published on 26 April 2009. [1]

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Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times (sister paper to The Times ) has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List . The list is based on an estimate of the minimum wealth of the richest 1,000 people or families in the United Kingdom as of January of that year, and is compiled by Dr Philip Beresford.

A separate section lists the 250 richest Irish, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

As in previous years, the List was widely previewed in the UK media and extensively covered on the day of its publication. [2] [3]

The top three places in the List were unchanged from the previous year. The Hinduja brothers, ranked 4th in 2008, and Leonard Blavatnik, ranked 11th in 2008, were removed from the list. Among the most notable changes were the loss of £155 billion from the collective fortunes of Britain's richest 1,000 people, equivalent to more than a third of their estimated wealth, as a consequence of the recession. [1]

Top 25 fortunes

2009 [4] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2008 [5]
Rank Net worth
£ bn
RankNet worth
£ bn
1Steady2.svg£10.80 Decrease2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyFlag of India.svg  India Steel1£27.70
2Steady2.svg£7.00 Decrease2.svg Roman Abramovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Oil, industry, owner of Chelsea FC 2£11.70
3Steady2.svg£6.50 Decrease2.svg The Duke of Westminster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property (Grosvenor Group)3£7.00
4Increase2.svg£5.00 Decrease2.svg Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli Pharmaceuticals6£5.65
5Increase2.svg£4.00 Decrease2.svg Hans Rausing Packaging7£5.40
6Increase2.svg£3.83 Decrease2.svg Sir Philip Green and Lady GreenFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retailing9£4.33
7Increase2.svg£2.96 Decrease2.svg Charlene Carvalho and Michel CarvalhoFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Inheritance, brewing, banking (Heineken)13£3.63
8Increase2.svg£2.68 Decrease2.svg Sammy Ofer and Eyal Ofer Shipping, Property15£3.34
9Decrease2.svg£2,50 Decrease2.svg John Fredriksen Shipping8£4.65
9Increase2.svg£2.50 Decrease2.svg Joe Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Foreign exchange, investment19£2.80
9Increase2.svg£2.50 Decrease2.svg Kirsten Rausing and Jorn RausingInheritance, investment (Tetra Pak)14£3.50
9Increase2.svg£2.50 Decrease2.svg David and Simon Reuben Property10£4.30
13Decrease2.svg£2.30 Decrease2.svg Seán Quinn and familyQuarrying, property, insurance12£3.73
14Increase2.svg£2.00 Decrease2.svg Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan and familyProperty (Cadogan Estates)17£2.93
15Increase2.svg£1.80 Decrease2.svg Alan Parker Duty-free shopping 28£2.09
16Increase2.svg£1.61 Increase2.svg Sir Ken Morrison and familySupermarket52£1.45
17Increase2.svg£1.55 Decrease2.svg Roddie Fleming and familyFinance35£1.90
18Decrease2.svg£1.50 Decrease2.svg Alisher Usmanov Steel, Mines5£5.73
18Increase2.svg£1.50 Steady2.svg Eddie and Sol Zakay Property47£1.50
18Increase2.svg£1.50 Decrease2.svg Mahdi Al Tajir Metals, oil, water26£2.20
18Increase2.svg£1.50 Steady2.svg Mark Pears and familyProperty47£1.50
18Steady2.svg£1.50 Decrease2.svg Nicky Oppenheimer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Diamonds, mining (De Beers)18£2.87
18Increase2.svg£1.50 Decrease2.svg Poju Zabludowicz Property, hotels31£2.00
24Steady2.svg£1.47 Decrease2.svg Bernie Ecclestone Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Motor racing24£2.40
25Increase2.svg£1.40 Decrease2.svg John Caudwell Mobile phones44£1.60
25Increase2.svg£1.40 Decrease2.svg Ian and Richard Livingstone Property38£1.88

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Beresford, Philip, ed. (April 26, 2009). "Sunday Times Rich List 2009: Bonfire of the billionaires wipes out £155bn fortune". The Sunday Times . Archived from the original on 2009-05-02.
  2. "Sunday Times Rich List 2009". Daily Telegraph . United Kingdom. 25 April 2009.
  3. "UK super-rich 'hit in downturn'". BBC News . 25 April 2009.
  4. Beresford, Philip, ed. (25 April 2010). "2009 Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  5. "Rich List reveals wealthy reap profits under Labour". The Sunday Times . 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18.