Sunday Times Rich List 2011

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 is the 23rd annual survey of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 8 May 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231113409/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 31, 2010 |title=2011 Sunday Times Rich List |work=The Sunday Times |location=United Kingdom |date=8 May 2011 |accessdate=8 May 2011 |editor=Beresford, Philip |editor-link=Philip Beresford }} Since its earliest inception, the Rich List has been widely previewed in the UK media and extensively covered on the day of publication.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13321462 |title=Rich list suggests UK richest seeing funds recovering |work=BBC News |date=8 May 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2011}}{{cite news|last=Swinford |first=Steven |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/8498759/Sunday-Times-Rich-List-2011-Fortunes-of-super-rich-soar.html |title=Sunday Times Rich List 2011: Fortunes of super-rich soar |publisher=Telegraph |date=7 May 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2011 |location=London}}

Every year since 1989, the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times (sister paper to The Times) has published a magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List.

Evaluation criteria

The list is based on an estimate of the net worth of the richest 1,000 people or families in the United Kingdom as of January of that year. Analysis encompasses measuring identifiable wealth, to include land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. The Sunday Times staff do not have access to personal bank accounts. Therefore, analysis excludes this financial data, along with small shareholdings in private equity portfolios. Once analysis is complete, the list is compiled by Dr Philip Beresford, with Tristian Davies serving as the executive editor.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13325887 |title=Wealthiest UK people revealed in Sunday Times Rich List |work=BBC News |date=8 May 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2011}}

In addition to the main list, smaller lists are compiled based on miscellaneous sets of criteria. These criteria include the source of their wealth, ethnicity, gender, aristocracy, profession, region, land value, charitable giving, age, and astrological signs.{{cite web|url=http://features.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist/live/richlist/view/group40#list |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017202820/http://features.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist/live/richlist/view/group40#list |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2017 |title=Features: Rich Lst |work=The Sunday Times |location=United Kingdom |accessdate=9 May 2011 }} A separate section lists the 250 richest Irish, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Notable changes

The highest new entries to the Rich List in 2011 were Gopi and Sri Hinduja, whose share of their family business was estimated at {{GBP}}6 billion.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/want-to-be-a-billionaire-you-should-have-founded-specsavers-2281156.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/want-to-be-a-billionaire-you-should-have-founded-specsavers-2281156.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |location=United Kingdom |title=Want to be a billionaire? You should have founded Specsavers |date=2011 }} Another high ranked new entrant was Ravi Ruia of India's Essar with a fortune estimated at £4.9 billion, placing him 12th. The highest new entry among the women was China's Xiuli Hawken, wife of a London teacher, with an estimated property fortune of £1.066 billion.{{cn|date=July 2020}}

Top 12 fortunes

class="wikitable sortable"
" !colspan=2\|2011 !rowspan=2\|Name !rowspan=2\|Citizenship !rowspan=2\|Source of wealth !colspan=2\|2010{{cite news\|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231113409/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=December 31, 2010\|title=2010 Rich List\|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk\|accessdate=June 11, 2016 \|editor1=Beresford, Philip \|editor1-link=Philip Beresford \|date=25 April 2010}}
Rank !Net worth {{GBP}} bn ! Rank ! Net worth {{GBP}} bn
align=center\|1 {{steady}} \|align=right\|£17.50 {{loss}} \| Lakshmi Mittal and family \| {{IND}} \| Steel, co-owner of QPR FC \|align=center\|1 \|align=right\|£22.45
align=center\|2 {{profit}} \|align=right\|£12.40 {{profit}} \| Alisher Usmanov \| {{RUS}} \| Steel, mining and co-owner of Arsenal FC \|align=center\|6 \|align=right\|£4.70
align=center\|3 {{loss}} \|align=right\|£10.00 {{profit}} \| Roman Abramovich \| {{RUS}} \| Oil, industry, owner of Chelsea FC \|align=center\|2 \|align=right\|£7.40
align=center\|4 {{loss}} \|align=right\|£7.00 {{profit}} \| The Duke of Westminster \| {{GBR}} \| Inheritance, land, property \|align=center\|3 \|align=right\|£6.70
align=center\|5 {{loss}} \|align=right\|£6.80 {{profit}} \| Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli \| {{SUI}} & {{GBR}} \| Pharmaceuticals \|align=center\|4 \|align=right\|£5.95
align=center\|6 {{profit}} \|align=right\|£6.24 {{profit}} \| Leonard Blavatnik \| {{USA}} \| Industry \|align=center\|15 \|align=right\|£3.00
align=center\|7 {{profit}} \|align=right\|£6.20 {{profit}} \| John Fredriksen and family \| {{CYP}} \| Shipping \|align=center\|16 \|align=right\|£2.75
align=center\|8 {{loss}} \|align=right\|£6.18 {{profit}} \| David and Simon Reuben \| {{GBR}} \| Property \|align=center\|5 \|align=right\|£5.53
align=center\|9 \|align=right\|£6.00 {{profit}} \| Gopi and Sri Hinduja \| {{IND}} \| Industry and finance \|align=center\|n/a \|align=right\|unlisted
align=center\|9 {{loss}} \|align=right\|£6.00 {{profit}} \| Galen Weston, George Weston and family \| {{CAN}} \| Retailing (George Weston Limited) \|align=center\|7 \|align=right\|£4.50
align=center\|11{{loss}} \|align=right\|£5.40 {{profit}} \| Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel Carvalho \| {{NED}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/charlene-de-carvalho-heineken/\|title=Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken\|author=Fontevecchia, Agustino\|work=Forbes\|accessdate=9 October 2015}} \| Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) \|align=center\|8 \|align=right\|£5.53
align=center\|12 \|align=right\|£4.90 \| Ravi Ruia \| {{IND}} \| Energy (Essar Group) \|align=center\|n/a \|align=right\|unlisted

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!colspan=2|2011

!rowspan=2|Name

!rowspan=2|Citizenship

!rowspan=2|Source of wealth

!colspan=2|2010{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231113409/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2010|title=2010 Rich List|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk|accessdate=June 11, 2016 |editor1=Beresford, Philip |editor1-link=Philip Beresford |date=25 April 2010}}

Rank

!Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

! Rank

! Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

align=center|1 {{steady}}

|align=right|£17.50 {{loss}}

| Lakshmi Mittal and family

| {{IND}}

| Steel, co-owner of QPR FC

|align=center|1

|align=right|£22.45

align=center|2 {{profit}}

|align=right|£12.40 {{profit}}

| Alisher Usmanov

| {{RUS}}

| Steel, mining and co-owner of Arsenal FC

|align=center|6

|align=right|£4.70

align=center|3 {{loss}}

|align=right|£10.00 {{profit}}

| Roman Abramovich

| {{RUS}}

| Oil, industry, owner of Chelsea FC

|align=center|2

|align=right|£7.40

align=center|4 {{loss}}

|align=right|£7.00 {{profit}}

| The Duke of Westminster

| {{GBR}}

| Inheritance, land, property

|align=center|3

|align=right|£6.70

align=center|5 {{loss}}

|align=right|£6.80 {{profit}}

| Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli

| {{SUI}} & {{GBR}}

| Pharmaceuticals

|align=center|4

|align=right|£5.95

align=center|6 {{profit}}

|align=right|£6.24 {{profit}}

| Leonard Blavatnik

| {{USA}}

| Industry

|align=center|15

|align=right|£3.00

align=center|7 {{profit}}

|align=right|£6.20 {{profit}}

| John Fredriksen and family

| {{CYP}}

| Shipping

|align=center|16

|align=right|£2.75

align=center|8 {{loss}}

|align=right|£6.18 {{profit}}

| David and Simon Reuben

| {{GBR}}

| Property

|align=center|5

|align=right|£5.53

align=center|9

|align=right|£6.00 {{profit}}

| Gopi and Sri Hinduja

| {{IND}}

| Industry and finance

|align=center|n/a

|align=right|unlisted

align=center|9 {{loss}}

|align=right|£6.00 {{profit}}

| Galen Weston, George Weston and family

| {{CAN}}

| Retailing (George Weston Limited)

|align=center|7

|align=right|£4.50

align=center|11{{loss}}

|align=right|£5.40 {{profit}}

| Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel Carvalho

| {{NED}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/charlene-de-carvalho-heineken/|title=Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken|author=Fontevecchia, Agustino|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 October 2015}}

| Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)

|align=center|8

|align=right|£5.53

align=center|12

|align=right|£4.90

| Ravi Ruia

| {{IND}}

| Energy (Essar Group)

|align=center|n/a

|align=right|unlisted