Sunday Times Rich List 2017

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2017 is the 29th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 7 May 2017. [1]

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The List was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford this year.

The list was previewed in the previous week's Sunday Times and widely reported by other media. [2]

Top 15 fortunes

2017 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2016 [3]
Rank Net worth
GB£ bn 		RankNet worth
GB£ bn
01 Increase2.svg£16.20 Increase2.svg Sri and Gopi Hinduja Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry and Finance2£13.00
02 Increase2.svg£15.98 Increase2.svg Leonard Blavatnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States Investment, music and media3£11.59
03 Decrease2.svg£14.00 Increase2.svg David and Simon Reuben Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property and Internet1£13.10
04 Increase2.svg£13.22 Increase2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyFlag of India.svg  India Steel11£7.12
05 Increase2.svg£11.79 Increase2.svg Alisher Usmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mining and Investment10£7.58
06 Decrease2.svg£11.50 Increase2.svg Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals5£9.78
07 Decrease2.svg£10.50 Decrease2.svg Galen Weston and George G. Weston and familyFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retailing4£11.00
08 Steady2.svg£9.66 Increase2.svg Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)8£8.70
09 Decrease2.svg£9.52 Increase2.svg The Duke of Westminster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property6£9.35
10 Decrease2.svg£9.30 Increase2.svg Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)7£9.15
11 Decrease2.svg£9.25 Increase2.svg Hans Rausing and familyFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Packaging (Tetra Pak)9£8.60
12 Increase2.svg£8.06 Increase2.svg John Fredriksen and familyFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus & Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Shipping and oil services14£6.30
13 Steady2.svg£8.05 Increase2.svg Roman Abramovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Oil and industry13£6.40
14 Increase2.svg£7.80 Increase2.svg Sir James Dyson and familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry (Dyson)17£5.00
15 Decrease2.svg£7.20 Increase2.svg Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property, media, internet retailing12£7.00

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References

  1. 1 2 Watts, Robert, ed. (7 May 2017). "Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Independent: "Sunday Times Rich List: UK's 10 richest couples revealed"
  3. ↑ Beresford, Philip; Watts, Robert, eds. (24 April 2016). "Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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