Sunday Times Rich List 2018

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2018 is the 30th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 13 May 2018.{{cite news|title=The Rich List: At last, the self-made triumph over old money|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2018-at-last-the-self-made-triumph-over-old-money-0qx8tqvjp|date=13 May 2018|work=The Sunday Times|editor1=Watts, Robert|access-date=13 May 2018}}

The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford last year.

The list was previewed in the previous week's Sunday Times and widely reported by other media.[https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/11/britains-richest-hedge-fund-manager-mike-platt-sunday-times-rich-list The Guardian: "Sunday Times Rich List: UK's wealthiest hedge fund manager now worth £3bn"]

Top 12 fortunes

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Rank !Net worth {{GBP}} bn ! Rank ! Net worth {{GBP}} bn
align=center\|01 {{increase}} \|align=right\|£21.05 {{increase}} \| Sir Jim Ratcliffe \| {{GBR}} \| Industry (Ineos) \|align=center\|18 \|align=right\|£5.75
align=center\|02 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£20.64 {{increase}} \| Sri and Gopi Hinduja \| {{GBR}} \| Industry and finance \|align=center\|1 \|align=right\|£16.20
align=center\|03 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£15.26 {{decrease}} \| Sir Len Blavatnik \| {{US}} \| Investment, music and media \|align=center\|2 \|align=right\|£15.98
align=center\|04 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£15.09 {{increase}} \| David and Simon Reuben \| {{GBR}} \| Property and Internet \|align=center\|3 \|align=right\|£14.00
align=center\|05 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£14.66 {{increase}} \| Lakshmi Mittal and family \| {{IND}} \| Steel \|align=center\|4 \|align=right\|£13.22
align=center\|06 {{increase}} \|align=right\|£11.10 {{increase}} \| Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho \| {{NED}} \| Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) \|align=center\|10 \|align=right\|£9.30
align=center\|07 {{increase}} \|align=right\|£10.84 {{increase}} \| Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing \| {{SWE}} \| Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) \|align=center\|8 \|align=right\|£9.66
align=center\|08 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£10.55 {{decrease}} \| Alisher Usmanov \| {{RUS}} \| Mining and investment \|align=center\|5 \|align=right\|£11.79
align=center\|09 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£10.05 {{decrease}} \| Galen Weston and George G. Weston and family \| {{CAN}} & {{GBR}} \| Retailing \|align=center\|7 \|align=right\|£10.50
align=center\|10 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£9.96 {{increase}} \| The 7th Duke of Westminster \| {{GBR}} \| Inheritance and property \|align=center\|9 \|align=right\|£9.52
align=center\|11 {{decrease}} \|align=right\|£9.66 {{decrease}} \| Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli \| {{SUI}} & {{GBR}} \| Pharmaceuticals \|align=center\|6 \|align=right\|£11.50
align=center\|12 {{increase}} \|align=right\|£9.50 {{increase}} \| Sir James Dyson and family \| {{GBR}} \| Industry (Dyson) \|align=center\|14 \|align=right\|£7.80

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!rowspan=2|Name

!rowspan=2|Citizenship

!rowspan=2|Source of wealth

!colspan=2|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=29 June 2017|title=Rich List|work=thesundaytimes.co.uk|accessdate=7 May 2017|editor1=Watts, Robert |date=7 May 2017 }}

Rank

!Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

! Rank

! Net worth
{{GBP}} bn

align=center|01 {{increase}}

|align=right|£21.05 {{increase}}

| Sir Jim Ratcliffe

| {{GBR}}

| Industry (Ineos)

|align=center|18

|align=right|£5.75

align=center|02 {{decrease}}