Top 10 Richest People In UK (2022)

In spite of millions of households in the United Kingdom seeing the sharpest rise in the cost of living for the last forty years, in just a year, Britain’s super-wealthy have seen a record increase in their total wealth of £710 billion. The article reported that a “record 177 UK billionaires are named in the 34th edition of the yearly rankings Top 10 richest people in UK,” which is six more than in 2021, proving that the country’s wealthy are indeed getting richer despite the UK’s billionaires’ fortunes being relatively small compared to countries like the USA. It was revealed that the top 250 richest persons now possess more wealth than the whole 1,000 entrants of the 2018 list as a result of the surge. The top 10 richest people in UK are listed below:

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Top 10 Richest People In UK

The top 10 richest people in UK are shown in the table below along with their names, ages, net worths, and sources of wealth.

1.  Sri and Gopi Hinduja 

For the fourth time in the list’s 34-year existence,  Sri, 86 years old, and Gopi, 82 years old of the Hinduja family, are among the Top 10 richest people in UK. Though the Hinduja family may not be in perfect harmony, they had a prosperous year for their commercial empire. Their family’s multinational corporation has invested in banking, oil, automobile, and other industries which make up the Hinduja Group.

Gopi Hinduja, who resides in London is Leading the family’s foray into electric vehicles. His 50-year-old son, Dheeraj is in charge of their Leeds-based Switch Mobility, which is creating a new line of zero-emission trucks, vans, and buses. The startup, which intends to create 4,000 employment in the UK and India, is receiving funding in the amount of £300 million.

2. James Dyson

Money was quite unimportant when it came to James Dyson’s boyhood, he once remarked this in an interview. But now, he is one of the Top 10 richest people in UK with a net worth of £23 billion. With his most recent invention; “the Dyson Zone”, the multibillionaire inventor hopes to bring some fresh air to millions of city people. The Dyson Zone is a pair of over-ear noise-canceling headphones with an air-purifying mask that gives the wearer a more than passing resemblance to a cyberman; when it was introduced at the end of March, there were rumors that it was an April Fool’s joke. After six years of research, Sir James’s son Jake, 49, is in charge of Dyson’s first step into wearable technology. The product is scheduled to be released for sale in the fall.

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3. David and Simon Reuben     

wealthy Indian-born British businessmen have a net worth of £22.265 billion, which they have accumulated through their vast real estate and internet empires. In order to purchase Newcastle United from Mike Ashley last year, David and Simon Reuben teamed up with Saudi investors and the British businesswoman Amanda Staveley. The Reubens, together with David’s son, owns 10% of the Magpies, making them one of the Top 10 richest people in UK.  David and Simon Reuben attended state-run schools together, but Simon never finished his formal education. He began his career in the carpet industry and later acquired J Holdsworth, the oldest carpet manufacturer in England, from the receivers, earning enough money to begin investing in real estate.

4. Leonard Blavatnik

Leonard Blavatnik, a media, music, and investment tycoon has a net worth of £20 billion, down £3 billion from the previous year when he topped the list of the Top 10 richest people in UK. He owns numerous “glamourous firms,” such as the record company Warner Music and the sports streaming service Dazn. However, “energy and metals corporations” established following the dissolution of the Soviet Union were the initial source of his fortune.

The Texan chemicals and plastics major LyondellBasell and Calpine, which operates gas-fired power plants, were among the heavy industrial firms that the billionaire of Ukrainian descent purchased.

5. Guillaume Pousaz

We unknowingly use Pousaz’s massive payments company in our millions. Checkout.com, which powers Netflix subscriptions and Deliveroo deliveries, was founded by the 41-year-old former beach bum who is now topping Top 10 richest people in UK with an estimated net worth of £19.259bn. The London-based company of the Swiss-born entrepreneur was valued at $40 billion (£29.6 billion) in fundraising earlier this year. A holding of roughly £19.529 billion, or about 65% of the shares, is owned by him.

6. Lakshmi Mittal

The Indian steel tycoon has amassed £17 billion through his positions as executive chair of ArcelorMittal, the largest steel and mining firm in the world, and chair of stainless steel producer Aperam. Due to having to “stop production at his facility in the country’s central city of Kryvyi Rih for six weeks due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” his wealth was negatively impacted. Even if the facility reopened in April, Vladimir Putin’s most recent incursions in the nation’s east may still have an impact on output. Mittal was born into a steel-making family in India. Prior to setting up his own company and going to Indonesia in 1976, he first worked for his family’s firm.

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7. Christoph Henkel

Shortly after his father passed away in 1999, Henkel, who is now ranking 7th position in the Top 10 richest people in UK with an estimated net worth of £15 billion, inherited a $1 billion interest in the family’s multinational chemical corporation. He is wed to Katrin Bellinger, an Old Master drawing specialist and art trader who also resides in London.

8. The Weston family

The Weston family, who run Wittington Investments in the UK, are the only retailers to rank among Top 10 richest people in UK with a net worth of £13.5 billion. The family sold the upscale department store chain Selfridges in December of last year, shortly after Galen Weston passed away at the age of 80. However, the family still controls Fortnum & Mason and the furnishings business Heal’s. Additionally, Wittington Investments owns a sizable portion of AB Foods, the parent company of Primark.

9. Kirsten and Jorn Rausing

With a combined wealth of £12 billion, Kirsten and her brother Jorn each control a third of Tetra Laval, the Swiss packaging company started by their Swedish ancestor Ruben Rausing. The remaining shares are owned by Finn, a third sibling who is 66 and lives in Sweden. Kirsten is an avid horseracing fan who owns two stud farms in Suffolk and the Staffordstown Stud in Co. Meath, Ireland. She is also a member of the Jockey Club.

10. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

This British-Dutch couple, who are worth a combined £11.421 billion, has businesses in banking and brewing. Charlene is the wealthiest person in the Netherlands and also in theTop 10 richest people in UK and holds a 25% controlling stake in Heineken, the second-largest brewer in the world. Michel, a former Olympic luger, and child actor, eventually transitioned into banking, rising to the position of director at Citigroup and serving as chairman of London-based Capital Generation Partners. The couple, who have five children, got to know one another while on a skiing vacation in Switzerland.

Summary

Here is a brief list of the Top 10 richest people in UK

1. Sri and Gopi Hinduja
2. James Dyson
3. David and Simon Reuben
4. Leonard Blavatnik
5. Guillaume Pousaz
6. Lakshmi Mittal
7. Christoph Henkel
8. The Weston family
9. Kirsten and Jorn Rausing
10. Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken