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.[1]
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.[2]
Top 15 fortunes
edit| 2017[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2016[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth £ bn |
Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
01 
|
£16.20
|
Sri and Gopi Hinduja |  United Kingdom
|
Industry and Finance | 2 | £13.00 |
| 02
|
£15.98
|
Leonard Blavatnik |  United States
|
Investment, music and media | 3 | £11.59 |
03 
|
£14.00
|
David and Simon Reuben | United Kingdom
|
Property and Internet | 1 | £13.10 |
| 04
|
£13.22
|
Lakshmi Mittal and family |  India
|
Steel | 11 | £7.12 |
| 05
|
£11.79
|
Alisher Usmanov |  Russia
|
Mining and Investment | 10 | £7.58 |
| 06
|
£11.50
|
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli |  Switzerland & United Kingdom
|
Pharmaceuticals | 5 | £9.78 |
| 07
|
£10.50
|
Galen Weston and George G. Weston and family |  Canada & United Kingdom
|
Retailing | 4 | £11.00 |
08 
|
£9.66
|
Kirsten Rausing and Jörn Rausing |  Sweden
|
Inheritance and investment (Tetra Pak) | 8 | £8.70 |
| 09
|
£9.52
|
The Duke of Westminster | United Kingdom
|
Property | 6 | £9.35 |
| 10
|
£9.30
|
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho |  Netherlands
|
Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) | 7 | £9.15 |
| 11
|
£9.25
|
Hans Rausing and family | Sweden
|
Packaging (Tetra Pak) | 9 | £8.60 |
| 12
|
£8.06
|
John Fredriksen and family |  Cyprus &  Norway
|
Shipping and oil services | 14 | £6.30 |
| 13
|
£8.05
|
Roman Abramovich | Russia
|
Oil and industry | 13 | £6.40 |
| 14
|
£7.80
|
Sir James Dyson and family | United Kingdom
|
Industry (Dyson) | 17 | £5.00 |
| 15
|
£7.20
|
Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay | United Kingdom
|
Property, media, internet retailing | 12 | £7.00 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Watts, Robert, ed. (7 May 2017). "Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 29, 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ Independent: "Sunday Times Rich List: UK's 10 richest couples revealed"
- ^ Beresford, Philip; Watts, Robert, eds. (24 April 2016). "Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2016.