The Sunday Times Rich List 1989 is the 1st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 2 April 1989.[1]
In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200,[1] (approximately £94 million in today's value).[2]
The list at the time reported Queen Elizabeth II as the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with a wealth of £5.2 billion, which included state assets that were not hers personally,[3] (approximately £16.3 billion in today's value).[2]
Top 10 fortunes
edit| 1989 | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
| 1 | £5.2 | The Queen |  United Kingdom
|
Landowner |
| 2 | £3.2 | The Duke of Westminster | United Kingdom
|
Landowner |
| 3 | £1.97 | Lord Sainsbury & family | United Kingdom
|
Retail |
| 4 | £1.9 | Gad and Hans Rausing |  Sweden
|
Packaging |
| 5 | £1.7 | Sir John Moores | United Kingdom
|
Retail |
| 5 | £1.7 | Garfield Weston |  Canada
|
Retail |
| 7 | £1.2 | John Paul Getty II | United Kingdom
|
Oil |
| 7 | £1.2 | Lord Vestey & Edmund Vestey | United Kingdom
|
Food |
| 9 | £1 | Octav Botnar |  Romania
|
Cars |
| 10 | £0.75 | Sir James Goldsmith |  France & United Kingdom
|
Finance |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.