Sunday Times Rich List 2023

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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. [1]

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The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford in 2017. He noted of the 2023 list: "This year's Sunday Times Rich List shows a golden period for the super rich is over. For the first time in 14 years we've seen the number of UK billionaires fall."

The List was widely reported by other media. [2] [3] [4]

Top 12 fortunes

2023 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2022 [5]
Rank Net worth
£ bn
RankNet worth
£ bn
01 Steady2.svg£35.00 Increase2.svg Gopi Hinduja Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Industry and finance1£28.472
02 Increase2.svg£29.688 Increase2.svg Sir Jim Ratcliffe United KingdomIndustry (Ineos)12£6.075
03 Increase2.svg£28.625 Increase2.svg Sir Len Blavatnik United States & United KingdomInvestment, music and media4£20.00
04 Decrease2.svg£24.399 Increase2.svg David and Simon Reuben and familyUnited KingdomProperty and Internet3£22.265
05 Decrease2.svg£23.00 Steady2.svg Sir James Dyson and familyUnited KingdomIndustry (Dyson)2£23.00
06 Decrease2.svg£16.00 Decrease2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyIndiaSteel5£17.00
07 Increase2.svg£14.50 Increase2.svg Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family Canada & United KingdomRetailing8£13.50
08 Increase2.svg£13.122 Increase2.svg Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho NetherlandsInheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)9£11.421
09 Steady2.svg£12.00 Steady2.svg Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing SwedenInheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)8£12.00
10 Increase2.svg£11.50 Increase2.svg Michael Platt United KingdomHedge fund (BlueCrest Capital Management)11£10.00
11 Increase2.svg£9.878 Increase2.svg Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Inheritance and property13£9.726
12 Increase2.svg£9.348 Decrease2.svg Märit Rausing, Lisbet Rausing, Sigrid Rausing and Hans Kristian Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)15£9.49

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References

  1. 1 2 Watts, Robert, ed. (19 May 2023). "The Sunday Times Rich List 2023". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. "Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty's fortune plummets by £200m in a year: Couple's wealth estimated at around £529 million in latest Sunday Times Rich List". The Independent. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  3. "Rishi Sunak's family fortune falls by £200m in Sunday Times rich list". The Guardian. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  4. "Sunday Times Rich List 2023: Preston-born hedge fund manager Michael Platt second in North West behind Sir Jim Ratcliffe". Lancashire Post. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. Watts, Robert, ed. (21 May 2022). "The Sunday Times Rich List 2022". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 May 2022.