Sunday Times Rich List 2019

Last updated

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]

Contents

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

Related Research Articles

The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom ranked by net wealth. The list is updated annually in April and has been published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. The editorial decisions governing the compilation of the Rich List are published in the newspaper and online as its "Rules of engagement".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Dyson</span> British inventor, industrial designer, farmer and business magnate (born 1947)

James Dyson is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2024, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.4 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lakshmi Mittal</span> Indian steel magnate

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well as chairman of stainless steel manufacturer Aperam. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds a 3% stake in EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gopichand Hinduja</span> Indian businessman (born 1940)

Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja is an Indian-British billionaire businessman controlling the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group. For many years he was co-chairman with his brother Srichand "S. P." Hinduja who died in May 2023. He and his brother were frequently named among the wealthiest people in the UK and Asia, and in the Sunday Times Rich List 2024 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed first with an estimated family fortune of £37 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester</span> British peer and Labour politician

Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester, is a British peer and Labour politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Weston family</span> Business family in Canada, Ireland and UK

The Weston family is a prominent family of businesspeople that was founded in Canada and eventually developed global business interests, primarily in the food and retail sectors. The family operations began with the purchase of a bakery in 1884 by American-born Canadian George Weston in Toronto, Ontario. Over the course of subsequent decades, his descendants also established themselves in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Ratcliffe</span> British engineer and businessman (born 1952)

Sir James Arthur Ratcliffe is a British billionaire, chemical engineer, and businessman. Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the INEOS chemicals group, which he founded in 1998.

Sir Ian Clark Wood, is a Scottish billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is best known for his work in the North Sea oil industry with Wood Group, which he was largely responsible for transforming from a company of modest size, serving a primarily local market, to a large corporation with operations in over 50 countries. He served as Wood Group's chief executive from 1967 to 2006, and as chairman until 2012. Wood is one of Scotland's wealthiest people, with an estimated net worth of around £1.7 billion (2020).

Robert Stephen Rubin, is a British billionaire businessman. He is the chairman, and co-owner of Pentland Group, the holding company for a number of sporting goods companies, based in Finchley, north London. As of May 2021, his net worth was estimated at £6.4 billion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">O. D. Kobo</span> Israeli businessman

Oded DavidKobo, better known as O. D.Kobo, is a Hong Kong-born businessman in the technology sector.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2016 is the 28th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 24 April 2016. Long-term compiler Philip Beresford was joined by Robert Watts for the 2016 list.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia</span> British-Indian businessman

Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia is a British-Indian businessman and entrepreneur based in London.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2018 is the 30th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 13 May 2018.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2020 is the 32nd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 17 May 2020.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2021 is the 33rd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times online on 21 May 2021.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2022 is the 34th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times online on 20 May 2022 and in print on 22 May 2022.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2023 is the 35th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times online on 19 May 2023 and in print on 21 May 2023.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2024 is the 36th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times online on 17 May 2023 and in print on 19 May 2024.

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.