The Sunday Times Rich List 2019 is the 31st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 12 May 2019.[1]
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][3]
Top 15 fortunes
edit| 2019[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2018[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth £ bn |
Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
01 
|
£22.00
|
Sri and Gopi Hinduja |  India
|
Industry and finance | 2 | £20.64 |
| 02
|
£18.66
|
David and Simon Reuben |  United Kingdom
|
Property and Internet | 4 | £15.09 |
03 
|
£18.15
|
Sir Jim Ratcliffe | United Kingdom
|
Industry (Ineos) | 1 | £21.05 |
| 04
|
£14.37
|
Sir Len Blavatnik |  United States & United Kingdom
|
Investment, music and media | 3 | £15.26 |
| 05
|
£12.60
|
Sir James Dyson and family | United Kingdom
|
Industry (Dyson) | 12 | £9.50 |
| 06
|
£12.26
|
Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing |  Sweden
|
Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) | 7 | £10.85 |
| 07
|
£12.00
|
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho |  Netherlands
|
Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) | 6 | £11.10 |
08 
|
£11.34
|
Alisher Usmanov |  Russia
|
Mining and investment | 8 | £10.56 |
| 09
|
11.22
|
Roman Abramovich | Russia &  Israel
|
Oil and industry | 13 | £9.33 |
| 10
|
£10.90
|
Mikhail Fridman | Russia & Israel
|
Banking | 13 | £10.90 |
| 11
|
£10.67
|
Lakshmi Mittal and family | India
|
Steel | 5 | £14.66 |
| 12
|
£10.57
|
Anil Agarwal | India
|
Mining | 74 | £1.85 |
| 13
|
£10.50
|
Guy Weston, Galen Weston Jr., George G. Weston and family |  Canada & United Kingdom
|
Retailing | 9 | £10.05 |
| 14
|
£10.10
|
The 7th Duke of Westminster and Grosvenor family | United Kingdom
|
Inheritance and property | 10 | £9.96 |
| 15
|
£9.71
|
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli |  Switzerland & United Kingdom
|
Pharmaceuticals | 11 | £9.66 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Watts, Robert, ed. (12 May 2019). "The Rich List: Rich prepare to flee Corbyn's Britain". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Ed Sheeran leapfrogs Adele in Rich List". BBC News. 9 May 2019.
- ^ Sweney, Mark (10 May 2019). "Rory McIlroy tops UK's richest young sports star list for third year running" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Watts, Robert, ed. (13 May 2018). "The Rich List: At last, the self-made triumph over old money". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 13 May 2018.