Sunday Times Rich List 2017
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The Sunday Times Rich List 2017 is the 29th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 7 May 2017.{{cite web|url=http://features.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist/live/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629051558/http://features.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist/live/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2017|title=Rich List|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017|editor1=Watts, Robert |date=7 May 2017 }}
The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford this year.
The list was previewed in the previous week's Sunday Times and widely reported by other media.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sunday-times-rich-list-huband-and-wives-uk-billionaires-sir-philip-lady-green-ernesto-kirsty-a7712091.html Independent: "Sunday Times Rich List: UK's 10 richest couples revealed"]
Top 15 fortunes
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| "
!rowspan=2|Name !rowspan=2|Citizenship !rowspan=2|Source of wealth |
| Rank
! Rank ! Net worth |
|---|
| align=center|01 {{increase}}
|align=right|£16.20 {{increase}} | {{GBR}} | Industry and Finance |align=center|2 |align=right|£13.00 |
| align=center|02 {{increase}}
|align=right|£15.98 {{increase}} | {{US}} | Investment, music and media |align=center|3 |align=right|£11.59 |
| align=center|03 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£14.00 {{increase}} | {{GBR}} | Property and Internet |align=center|1 |align=right|£13.10 |
| align=center|04 {{increase}}
|align=right|£13.22 {{increase}} | Lakshmi Mittal and family | {{IND}} | Steel |align=center|11 |align=right|£7.12 |
| align=center|05 {{increase}}
|align=right|£11.79 {{increase}} | {{RUS}} | Mining and Investment |align=center|10 |align=right|£7.58 |
| align=center|06 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£11.50 {{increase}} | Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli | {{SUI}} & {{GBR}} | Pharmaceuticals |align=center|5 |align=right|£9.78 |
| align=center|07 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£10.50 {{decrease}} | Galen Weston and George G. Weston and family | {{CAN}} & {{GBR}} | Retailing |align=center|4 |align=right|£11.00 |
| align=center|08 {{steady}}
|align=right|£9.66 {{increase}} | Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing | {{SWE}} | Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) |align=center|8 |align=right|£8.70 |
| align=center|09 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£9.52 {{increase}} | {{GBR}} | Property |align=center|6 |align=right|£9.35 |
| align=center|10 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£9.30 {{increase}} | Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho | {{NED}} | Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) |align=center|7 |align=right|£9.15 |
| align=center|11 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£9.25 {{increase}} | Hans Rausing and family | {{SWE}} | Packaging (Tetra Pak) |align=center|9 |align=right|£8.60 |
| align=center|12 {{increase}}
|align=right|£8.06 {{increase}} | John Fredriksen and family | {{CYP}} & {{NOR}} | Shipping and oil services |align=center|14 |align=right|£6.30 |
| align=center|13 {{steady}}
|align=right|£8.05 {{increase}} | {{RUS}} | Oil and industry |align=center|13 |align=right|£6.40 |
| align=center|14 {{increase}}
|align=right|£7.80 {{increase}} | Sir James Dyson and family | {{GBR}} | Industry (Dyson) |align=center|17 |align=right|£5.00 |
| align=center|15 {{decrease}}
|align=right|£7.20 {{increase}} | Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay | {{GBR}} | Property, media, internet retailing |align=center|12 |align=right|£7.00 |
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629051558/http://features.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist/live/ Sunday Times Rich List]
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