Sunday Times Rich List 2019

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2019 is the 31st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 12 May 2019. [1]

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The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford in 2017.

The list was previewed in the previous week's Sunday Times and widely reported by other media. [2] [3]

Top 15 fortunes

2019 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2018 [4]
Rank Net worth
£ bn
RankNet worth
£ bn
01 Increase2.svg£22.00 Increase2.svg Sri and Gopi Hinduja Flag of India.svg  India Industry and finance2£20.64
02 Increase2.svg£18.66 Increase2.svg David and Simon Reuben Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property and Internet4£15.09
03 Decrease2.svg£18.15 Decrease2.svg Sir Jim Ratcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry (Ineos)1£21.05
04 Decrease2.svg£14.37 Decrease2.svg Sir Len Blavatnik Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Investment, music and media3£15.26
05 Increase2.svg£12.60 Increase2.svg Sir James Dyson and familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry (Dyson)12£9.50
06 Increase2.svg£12.26 Increase2.svg Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)7£10.85
07 Decrease2.svg£12.00 Increase2.svg Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)6£11.10
08 Steady2.svg£11.34 Increase2.svg Alisher Usmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mining and investment8£10.56
09 Increase2.svg11.22 Increase2.svg Roman Abramovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia & Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Oil and industry13£9.33
10 Steady2.svg£10.90 Steady2.svg Mikhail Fridman Flag of Russia.svg  Russia & Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Banking13£10.90
11 Decrease2.svg£10.67 Decrease2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyFlag of India.svg  India Steel5£14.66
12 Increase2.svg£10.57 Increase2.svg Anil Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India Mining74£1.85
13 Decrease2.svg£10.50 Increase2.svg Guy Weston, Galen Weston Jr., George G. Weston and familyFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retailing9£10.05
14 Decrease2.svg£10.10 Increase2.svg The 7th Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Inheritance and property10£9.96
15 Decrease2.svg£9.71 Increase2.svg Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals11£9.66

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Watts, Robert, ed. (12 May 2019). "The Rich List: Rich prepare to flee Corbyn's Britain". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  2. "Ed Sheeran leapfrogs Adele in Rich List". BBC News. 9 May 2019.
  3. Sweney, Mark (10 May 2019). "Rory McIlroy tops UK's richest young sports star list for third year running" via www.theguardian.com.
  4. Watts, Robert, ed. (13 May 2018). "The Rich List: At last, the self-made triumph over old money". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 May 2018.