Sunday Times Rich List 2020

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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. [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]

Top 20 fortunes

2020 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2019 [3]
Rank Net worth
£ bn
RankNet worth
£ bn
01 Increase2.svg£16.20 Increase2.svg Sir James Dyson and familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry (Dyson)5£12.50
02= Decrease2.svg£16.00 Decrease2.svg Sri and Gopi Hinduja Flag of India.svg  India Industry and finance1£22.00
02= Decrease2.svg£16.00 Decrease2.svg David and Simon Reuben Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property and Internet3£18.66
04 Steady2.svg£15.781 Increase2.svg Sir Len Blavatnik Flag of the United States.svg  United States & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Investment, music and media4£14.37
05 Decrease2.svg£12.15 Decrease2.svg Sir Jim Ratcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry (Ineos)3£18.15
06 Steady2.svg£12.10 Decrease2.svg Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)6£12.26
07 Increase2.svg£11.68 Increase2.svg Alisher Usmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mining and investment8£11.34
08 Increase2.svg£10.53 Increase2.svg Guy Weston, Galen Weston Jr., George G. Weston and Weston family Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retailing13£10.05
09 Decrease2.svg£10.30 Decrease2.svg Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)7£12.00
10 Increase2.svg£10.295 Increase2.svg The 7th Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Inheritance and property14£10.10
11 Decrease2.svg£10.234 Decrease2.svg Mikhail Fridman Flag of Russia.svg  Russia & Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Banking10£10.90
12 Decrease2.svg10.156 Decrease2.svg Roman Abramovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia & Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Oil and industry9£11.221
13 Increase2.svg£9.59 Decrease2.svg Marit Rausing and familyFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)16£9.606
14 Increase2.svg£9.2 Decrease2.svg Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals15£9.711
15 Decrease2.svg£8.5 Decrease2.svg Anil Agarwal Flag of India.svg  India Mining12£10.57
16 Increase2.svg£7.166 Increase2.svg Denise Coates and Peter Coates Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Gambling19£6.856
17 Steady2.svg£7.00 Decrease2.svg Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property, media, internet retailing17£7.20
18 Increase2.svg£6.817 Decrease2.svg Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan and familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property20£6.85
19 Decrease2.svg£6.781 Decrease2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyFlag of India.svg  India Steel11£10.669
20 Decrease2.svg£6.625 Decrease2.svg John Fredriksen and familyFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus & Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Shipping and oil services18£7.543

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References

  1. 1 2 Watts, Robert, ed. (17 May 2020). "The Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "Women of means: UK now home to 25 female billionaires. Kirsten Rausing of Tetra Pak family tops 2020 Sunday Times Rich List with £12.1bn fortune". The Guardian. 16 May 2020.
  3. Watts, Robert, ed. (12 May 2019). "The Rich List: Rich prepare to flee Corbyn's Britain". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.