Sunday Times Rich List 2016

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2016 is the 28th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 24 April 2016.{{cite web|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=Rich List|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk|accessdate=24 April 2016|editor1=Beresford, Philip |editor1-link=Philip Beresford |editor2=Watts, Robert |date=24 April 2016 }} Long-term compiler Philip Beresford was joined by Robert Watts for the 2016 list.

An estimated wealth of £103 million is required for entry in the 2016 list. Newly added to the list for the first time, and ranked in the top 100, are John Grayken, Christo Wiese, Sunil Vaswani & family, and Martin Moller.

Top 20 fortunes

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!colspan=2|2016

!rowspan=2|Name

!rowspan=2|Citizenship

!rowspan=2|Source of wealth

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Rank

!Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

! Rank

! Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

align=center|1 {{profit}}

|align=right|£13.10 {{profit}}

| David and Simon Reuben

| {{GBR}}

| Property and Internet

|align=center|5

|align=right|£9.70

align=center|2 {{steady}}

|align=right|£13.00 {{steady}}

| Sri and Gopi Hinduja

| {{IND}}

| Industry and Finance

|align=center|2

|align=right|£13.00

align=center|3 {{loss}}

|align=right|£11.59 {{loss}}

| Leonard Blavatnik

| {{US}}

| Investment, music and media

|align=center|1

|align=right|£13.17

align=center|4 {{loss}}

|align=right|£11.00 {{steady}}

| Galen Weston and George G. Weston and family

| {{CAN}} & {{GBR}}

| Retailing

|align=center|3

|align=right|£11.00

align=center|5 {{profit}}

|align=right|£9.78 {{profit}}

| Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli

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

| Pharmaceuticals

|align=center|6

|align=right|£9.45

align=center|6 {{profit}}

|align=right|£9.35 {{profit}}

| The Duke of Westminster

| {{GBR}}

| Property

|align=center|9

|align=right|£8.56

align=center|7 {{profit}}

|align=right|£9.15 {{profit}}

| Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho

| {{NED}}{{cite news|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|12

|align=right|£7.15

align=center|8 {{steady}}

|align=right|£8.70 {{steady}}

| Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing

| {{SWE}}

| Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak)

|align=center|8

|align=right|£8.70

align=center|9 {{profit}}

|align=right|£8.60 {{profit}}

| Hans Rausing and family

| {{SWE}}

| Packaging (Tetra Pak)

|align=center|14

|align=right|£6.40

align=center|10 {{loss}}

|align=right|£7.58 {{loss}}

| Alisher Usmanov

| {{RUS}}

| Mining and Investment

|align=center|4

|align=right|£9.80

align=center|11 {{loss}}

|align=right|£7.12 {{loss}}

| Lakshmi Mittal and family

| {{IND}}

| Steel

|align=center|7

|align=right|£9.20

align=center|12 {{profit}}

|align=right|£7.00 {{profit}}

| Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay

| {{GBR}}

| Property, media, internet retailing

|align=center|13

|align=right|£6.50

align=center|13 {{loss}}

|align=right|£6.40 {{loss}}

| Roman Abramovich

| {{RUS}}

| Oil and industry

|align=center|10

|align=right|£7.29

align=center|14 {{loss}}

|align=right|£6.30 {{loss}}

| John Fredriksen and family

| {{CYP}} & {{NOR}}

| Shipping and oil services

|align=center|11

|align=right|£7.24

align=center|15 {{steady}}

|align=right|£5.84 {{loss}}

| Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family

| {{SAU}}

| Hotels, food and industry (MBI Group)

|align=center|15

|align=right|£5.94

align=center|16 {{gain}}

|align=right|£5.70 {{gain}}

| Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan and family

| {{GBR}}

| Property

|align=center|18

|align=right|£4.80

align=center|17 {{gain}}

|align=right|£5.00 {{gain}}

| Sir James Dyson

| {{GBR}}

| Industry (Dyson)

|align=center|22

|align=right|£3.50

align=center|18 {{gain}}

|align=right|£4.83 {{gain}}

| Nicky Oppenheimer

| {{ZAF}}

| Diamonds (De Beers)

|align=center|19

|align=right|£4.55

align=center|19 {{gain}}

|align=right|£4.52 {{gain}}

| Sir Richard Branson

| {{GBR}}

| Industry (Virgin Group)

|align=center|20

|align=right|£4.10

align=center|20

|align=right|£4.41

| John Grayken

| {{IRL}}

| Property and Investment (Lone Star Funds)

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See also

References

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