Sunday Times Rich List 2007
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The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 was published on 29 April 2007. The online edition was published on 30 April 2007.
Since 1989 the UK
national Sunday newspaper
The Sunday Times
(sister paper to The Times
) has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List
. The list is based on an estimate of the minimum wealth of the richest 1,000 people or families in the United Kingdom
as of January of that year.
This article is concerned with the 2007 list only. For discussion of the lists generally, see Sunday Times Rich List
.
A separate section lists the 250 richest Irish, including both Northern Ireland
and the Republic of Ireland
.
The top three places in the List were unchanged from the previous year. One of the most notable changes was the newspaper's revaluation of property developer Nasser David Khalili
, placed 5th with an estimated fortune of £5,800 million. This included an estimated value of £4,500 million for his art collection (up from £500 million the previous year) which was questioned by other sources.
Since 1989 the UK
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national Sunday newspaper
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The Sunday Times
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(sister paper to The Times
The Times
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) has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
. The list is based on an estimate of the minimum wealth of the richest 1,000 people or families in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
as of January of that year.
This article is concerned with the 2007 list only. For discussion of the lists generally, see Sunday Times Rich List
Sunday Times Rich List
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
.
A separate section lists the 250 richest Irish, including both Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
and the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
.
The top three places in the List were unchanged from the previous year. One of the most notable changes was the newspaper's revaluation of property developer Nasser David Khalili
Nasser David Khalili
Nasser David Khalili, KCSS, KCFO is a British-Iranian property developer, art collector and philanthropist based in London. He holds [United Kingdom] citizenship....
, placed 5th with an estimated fortune of £5,800 million. This included an estimated value of £4,500 million for his art collection (up from £500 million the previous year) which was questioned by other sources.
Top 12 fortunes
| Rank | Value | Name | Source of wealth | 2006 Rank |
2006 Wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £19250m | Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Mittal Lakshmi Narayan Mittal is an Indian steel magnate. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaking company.... |
Steel | 1 | £14881m |
| 2 | £10800m | Roman Abramovich Roman Abramovich Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian businessman and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.In 2003, Abramovich was named Person of the Year by Expert, a Russian business magazine. He shared this title with Mikhail Khodorkovsky... |
Oil, industry | 2 | £10800m |
| 3 | £7000m | Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster Major-General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, , is the son of Robert George Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Hon. Viola Maud Lyttelton. He is the owner of property company Grosvenor Group... |
Property | 3 | £6600m |
| 4 | £6200m | Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja | Industry and finance | 7 | £3600m |
| 5 | £5800m | Nasser David Khalili Nasser David Khalili Nasser David Khalili, KCSS, KCFO is a British-Iranian property developer, art collector and philanthropist based in London. He holds [United Kingdom] citizenship.... |
Art and property | 99 | £610m |
| 6 | £5400m | Hans Rausing Hans Rausing Hans Rausing, KBE, is a Swedish businessman based in the United Kingdom. He made his fortune from his co-inheritance of Tetra Pak , a company founded by his father Ruben Rausing and currently the largest food packaging company in the world... and family |
Food packaging | 4 | £4950m |
| 7 | £4900m | Sir Philip Philip Green Sir Philip Green is a British businessman. Green was born into a Jewish family in 1952, beginning as a businessman at the age of 15. The first and last quoted company Green took lead of was "Amber Day", from which he stepped down as CEO and Chairman in 1992... and Lady Green |
Retailing | 5 | £4900m |
| 8 | £3500m | John Fredriksen John Fredriksen John Fredriksen, is a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping tycoon, owner of the world's largest oil tanker fleet, and was Norway's richest man until he chose to abandon his Norwegian citizenship and take up a Cypriot passport. Norwegian magazine Kapital listed Fredriksen in 2010 with a... |
Shipping | 10 | £2856m |
| 9 | £3490m | David and Simon Reuben David and Simon Reuben David and Simon Reuben are well known British businessmen and philanthropists. In the Forbes magazine List of billionaires 2011, ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK, the brothers were placed second with an estimated fortune of £5.5 billion... |
Property | 8 | £3250m |
| 10 | £3300m | Jim Ratcliffe Jim Ratcliffe James Arthur Ratcliffe is a chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist. According to the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List, he is one of the richest people in the United Kingdom.... |
Chemicals | 45 | £1100m |
| 11 | £3100m | Richard Branson Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies.... |
Transport, music, mobile phones, media | 9 | £3065m |
| 12 = | £3050m | Charlene and Michel de Carvalho Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken is the owner of a controlling interest in the world's third-largest brewer, Heineken International.... |
Brewing (Heineken Heineken Heineken is a Dutch beer which has been brewed by Heineken International since 1873. It is available in a 4.6% alcohol variety in countries such as Ireland. It is the flagship product of the Heineken company and is made of purified water, malted barley, hops, and yeast. In 1886 H... ) |
11 | £2600m |
| 12 = | £3050m | Seán Quinn Seán Quinn Seán Quinn is an Irish businessman and conglomerateur, now bankrupt. In 2008 he was the richest person in Ireland, but he now has debts... and family |
Quarrying, property, insurance | 18 | £2800m |
See also
- List of billionaires (2007)
- Sunday Times Rich List 2008Sunday Times Rich List 2008The Sunday Times Rich List 2008 was published on 27 April 2008.Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List...
- Sunday Times Rich List 2009Sunday Times Rich List 2009The Sunday Times Rich List 2009 was published on 26 April 2009.Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List...
- Sunday Times Rich List 2010Sunday Times Rich List 2010The Sunday Times Rich List 2010 was published on 25 April 2010.Since 1989 the UK national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List...
- Sunday Times Rich List 2011Sunday Times Rich List 2011The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 is the 23rd annual survey of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 8 May 2011...
External links
- Sunday Times Rich List 2007 online edition
- Chat lines boss enters Sunday Times Rich List Times Online, 26 April 2007
- Ratcliffe in richest top 10 Times Online, 26 April 2007