Rich List 2008 Top 150

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Rank 2007 Rank Name Worth Source of 1 1 and family £27,700m Steel 2 2 £11,700m Oil 3 3 The Duke of Westminster £7,000m Property 4 4 Sri and Gopi Hinduja £6,200m Industry 5 £5,726m Steel 6 Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli £5,650m Pharmaceuticals 7 6 Hans Rausing and family £5,400m Packaging 8 8 John Fredriksen £4,650m Shipping 9 7 Sir Philip and Lady Green £4,330m Retailing 10 9 £4,300m Property 11 Leonard Blavatnik £3,974m Industry 12 12= Sean Quinn and family £3,730m Property 13 12= Charlene and Michel de Carvalho £3,630m 14 15 Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £3,500m Inheritance 15 Sammy and Eyal Ofer £3,336m Shipping 16 19 Vladimir Kim £2,987m Mining 17 17 Earl Cadogan and family £2,930m Property 18 Nicky Oppenheimer £2,870m Diamonds 19 16 Joe Lewis £2,800m Foreign exchange 20 11 Sir Richard Branson £2,700m Transport 21= 5 David Khalili £2,500m Art 21= Lev Leviev £2,500m Property 23 42 Anil Agarwal £2,450m Mining 24 20 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone £2,400m Motor racing 25 10 Jim Ratcliffe £2,300m Chemicals 26 21 Mahdi al-Tajir £2,200m Metals 27 18 Nadhmi Auchi £2,150m Finance 28 51= Alan Parker £2,086m Duty-free shopping 29 23 Thor Bjorgolfsson £2,070m Pharmaceuticals 30 £2,015m Industry 31= 36= Laurence Graff £2,000m Diamonds 31= 14 Simon Halabi £2,000m Property 31= 24 Poju Zabludowicz £2,000m Property 34 46= Sir Anthony Bamford and family £1,950m Construction equipment 35= 25= Richard Desmond £1,900m Media 35= 25= Roddie Fleming and family £1,900m Finance 35= 25= Eddie and Malcolm Healey £1,900m Property 38 29 Ian and Richard Livingstone £1,880m Property 39 Benny Steinmetz £1,800m Diamonds 40= 30 Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £1,700m Property 40= 106= Peter Cullum £1,700m Insurance 42 50 £1,664m Oil 43 41 Bernard Lewis and family £1,620m Fashion 44= 31= John Caudwell £1,600m Mobile phones 44= 31= Baroness Howard de Walden and family £1,600m Property 44= 31= Sir Adrian and Sir John Swire and family £1,600m Transport 47= Alki David and the Leventis family £1,500m Industry 47= 36= Lord Paul and family £1,500m Industry 47= 36= Mark Pears and family £1,500m Property 47= 36= John Whittaker £1,500m Property 47= 36 Eddie and Sol Zakay £1,500m Property 52 35 Sir Ken Morrison and family £1,450m Supermarkets 53 46= Lord and Nat Rothschild £1,400m Finance 54 25= Mike Ashley £1,398m Sports goods 55 43 Viscount Portman and family £1,315m Property 56= 46= Clive Calder £1,300m Music 56= 22 Lord Sainsbury and family £1,300m Supermarkets 58 31= Bruno Schroder and family £1,275m Finance 59 51= The Aga Khan £1,250m Leader of Ismaili people 60= 65= Peter Cruddas and family £1,200m Finance Lady Grantchester and David Moores and 60= 53= family £1,200m Retailing 62 88 Michael Spencer £1,150m Finance 63 70 Eduard Shifrin £1,112m Industry 64 56 Philippe Foriel-Destezet £1,111m Recruitment services 65= 89= Lord Ashcroft £1,100m Business services 65= 57= The Jatania brothers £1,100m Toiletries 65= 57= Michael Lemos £1,100m Inheritance 68 60= Sir Tom Hunter £1,050m Sports goods 69 Jean Claude Gandur £1,046m Industry 70 69 Trevor Hemmings £1,030m Property 71= Gerald Hines £1,000m Property 71= The Juffali family £1,000m Commerce 71= Hourieh Peramaa £1,000m Property 71= 65= Wafic Said £1,000m Finance 71= 64 George Weston and family £1,000m Retailing 76 55 Sir Donald Gordon and family £995m Property 77= 60= Mark Coombs £970m Finance 77= 45 Benzion Freshwater and family £970m Property 79 63 Sir Terry Matthews £950m Computers 80 136= Jack Petchey £940m Property 81 71 Kevin and Michael Lagan £928m Construction 82 131 Alexander Knaster £908m Finance 83 74 Charles Dunstone £904m Mobile phones 84 60= Yong Keu Cha £900m Mining 85 114= Sir Ian Wood and family £890m Oil services 86 75= The Grant and Gordon family £878m Spirit 87 75= David Ross £873m Mobile phones 88 82= Urs Schwarzenbach £852m Finance 89= 78= Roger and Peter De Haan £850m Leisure 89= 78= Robert Miller £850m Duty-free shopping 89= Philippe Niarchos £850m Inheritance 92= 84= The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness family £830m Brewing 92= 84= Sir Alan Sugar £830m Consumer electronics 94= 72= Anurag Dikshit £812m Internet gambling 94= 49 Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and family £812m Airline 96 118= Phillip Sheppard and family £780m Scrap metal 97 77 Russell De Leon and Ruth Parasol £763m Internet gambling 98= 59 Sir James Dyson and family £760m Household appliances 98= 93 Simon Keswick and family £760m Finance 100 94 David Bromilow £755m Sports goods 101= 145 Louis Bacon £750m Finance 101= 95= Felix Dennis £750m Media 101= 95= Lord Lloyd-Webber £750m Entertainment 101= 95= Leo Noe £750m Property 101= 65= Derrick Smith £750m Finance 101= 78= Lord Vestey and family £750m Meat 101= 95= The Walker family £750m Aviation 108 Eduardo Hochschild £749m Mining 109 44 Chris Lazari £743m Property 110= 100 Lord Laidlaw £730m Conferences 110= 87 Keith Miller and family £730m Construction 112 101 David Wilson and family £729m Construction 113= 91 Viscount Cowdray and the Pearson family £720m Media 113= 95= Sir David Murray £720m Property 113= 92 Brian Souter and Ann Gloag £720m Transport 116 138 Sir Anwar Pervez and family £717m Cash and carry 117= 118= Jim Mellon £700m Property 117= 106= Jonathan and David Rowland £700m Finance 119 124 Peter Jones and family £695m Property 120 116 Peter Buckley and the Cayzer family £690m Finance 121 114= The Thomson family £670m Media 122 65= Harold Goddijn and Corinne Goddijn-Vigreux £668m Navigation devices 123 151= Boris Berezovsky £667m Finance 124 105 Jon Hunt £662m Estate agency 125 132 Michael Moritz £651m Computers 126= 109= Peter Green and family £650m Mining 126= 109= Albert Gubay £650m Property 126= 126 Jorgen Philip-Sorensen £650m Security services 126= 253= Fred and Peter Done £640m Bookmaking 126= Thaksin Shinawatra £640m Mobile phones 131 103 Michael Cornish and family £637m Packaging 132 113 Jacques Gaston Murray and family £631m Plant hire 133 Richard Elman £630m Commodities 134= 118= Lev Chernoi £620m Metals 134= 118= Michael Tabor £620m Leisure 136 117 Paddy McNally £610m Sports advertising 137 Carl Hirschmann £605m Aviation 138= John Chandris £600m Shipping 138= 72= Viscount Rothermere and family £600m Media 138= 84= Antonio Luiz Seabra £600m Cosmetics 138= 125 Peter Simon and family £600m Fashion 142 118= Jack Dellal £580m Property 143 151= Lord Ballyedmond £570m Pharmaceuticals 144 136= Joanne Rowling £560m Novels 145 149 Mohamed al-Fayed and family £555m Retailing 146= 133= Fred Koch £550m Inheritance 146= 143= Paul Sykes £550m Property 148 139 Stefan Olsson £534m Shipping 149 177= Hamish Ogston £530m Business services 150 129= Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild £527m Finance