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 2024 and in print on 19 May 2024. [1] [2]
The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford in 2017. He noted that "this year's edition records the largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide's 36-year history, from a peak of 177 in 2022 to 165 this year. It seems the tide is going out and the world's wealthy are starting to leave." [1]
2024 [1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2023 [6] | ||
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Rank | Net worth £ bn | Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
01 | £37.196 | Gopi Hinduja | United Kingdom | Industry and finance | 01 | £35 |
02 | £29.246 | Sir Len Blavatnik | United States & United Kingdom | Investment, music and media | 03 | £28.625 |
03 | £24.977 | David and Simon Reuben and family | United Kingdom | Property and Internet | 04 | £24.399 |
04 | £23.519 | Sir Jim Ratcliffe | United Kingdom | Industry (Ineos) | 02 | £29.688 |
05 | £20.8 | Sir James Dyson and family | United Kingdom | Industry (Dyson) | 05 | £23.00 |
06 | £17.2 | Barnaby Swire, Merlin Swire and family | United Kingdom | Industry (Swire Group) | 18 | £8.38 |
07 | £14.96 | Idan Ofer | Israel | Shipping and industry (Israel Corp) | 22 | £8.00 |
08 | £14.921 | Lakshmi Mittal and family | India | Steel | 06 | £16.00 |
09 | £14.493 | Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family | Canada & United Kingdom | Retailing | 07 | £14.50 |
10 | £12.867 | John Fredriksen and family | Cyprus & Norway | Shipping and oil services | 19 | £4.556 |
11 | £12.634 | Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing | Sweden | Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) | 09 | £12.00 |
12 | £12.055 | Alex Gerko | United Kingdom | Finance (XTX Markets) | 15 | £9.129 |
13 | £12 | Michael Platt | United Kingdom | Hedge fund (BlueCrest Capital Management) | 10 | £11.50 |
14 | £11.751 | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho | Netherlands | Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) | 08 | £13.122 |
15 | £10.127 | Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor family | United Kingdom | Inheritance and property | 11 | £9.878 |
16 | £9.188 | Marit Rausing, Lisbet Rausing, Sigrid Rausing,Hans Rausing | Sweden | Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) | 12 | £9.348 |
17 | £19.168 | Carrie Perrodo, François Perrodo and family | France / United Kingdom | Oil, gas, wine (Perenco) | 26 | £7.0 |
18 | £7.937 | Nicky Oppenheimer and family | United Kingdom / South Africa | Diamonds (De Beers) | 25 | £7.096 |
19 | £7.65 | Lord Bamford and family | United Kingdom | Industry (JCB) | 32 | £5.9 |
20 | £7.467 | Denise Coates and Peter Coates | United Kingdom | Gambling | 16 | £8.795 |
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