Sunday Times Rich List 2015

This article is about the Rich List published in 2015. For general information about the list, see Sunday Times Rich List.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2015 is the 27th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 26 April 2015.[1]

The Guardian reported that the collective wealth of Britain’s 1,000 richest people had more than doubled in the last 10 years with a combined fortune of just over £547bn and a fortune of £100m was now required to qualify for the list.[2]

Top 15 fortunes

2015[1] Name Citizenship Source of wealth 2014[3]
Rank Net worth
GB£ bn
Rank Net worth
GB£ bn
1 Increase £13.17 Increase Leonard Blavatnik  United States Industry 4 £11.00
2 Decrease £13.00 Increase Sri and Gopi Hinduja  India Industry and finance 1 £11.90
3 Increase £11.00 Increase Galen Weston and George G. Weston and family  Canada Retailing 11 £7.30
4 Decrease £9.80 Decrease Alisher Usmanov  Russia Mining and investment 2 £10.65
5 Increase £9.70 Increase David and Simon Reuben  United Kingdom Property and internet 7 £9.00
6 Decrease £9.45 Decrease Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli   Switzerland &  United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals 5 £9.75
7 Decrease £9.20 Decrease Lakshmi Mittal and family  India Steel 3 £10.25
8 Steady £8.70 Decrease Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing  Sweden Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) 8 £8.80
9 Increase £8.56 Increase The Duke of Westminster  United Kingdom Property 10 £8.50
10 Decrease £7.29 Decrease Roman Abramovich  Russia Oil and industry 9 £8.52
11 Decrease £7.24 Decrease John Fredriksen and family  Cyprus Shipping and oil services 6 £9.25
12 Steady £7.15 Increase Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho  Netherlands[4] Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) 12 £6.36
13 Increase £6.50 Increase Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay  United Kingdom Property, media, retailing 16 £6.00
14 Increase £6.40 Increase Hans Rausing and family  Sweden Packaging (Tetra Pak) 17 £5.90
15 Decrease £5.94 Decrease Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family  Saudi Arabia Property, hotels (MBI Group) 13 £6.16

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Beresford, Philip, ed. (26 April 2015). "2015 Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. "Richest Double wealth". The Guardian. United Kingdom. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  3. Beresford, Philip, ed. (18 May 2014). "2014 Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved October 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. Fontevecchia, Agustino. "Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken". Forbes. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

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