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Sunday Times Rich List 2025
The ''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2025 is the 37th annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by ''The Sunday Times'' online on 16 May 2025 and in print on 18 May 2025. The list was edited by Robert Watts who succeeded long-term compiler Philip Beresford Philip Beresford was the compiler of the '' Sunday Times Rich List'', which is compiled in January every year featuring the richest 1,000 people in the United Kingdom. He retired in 2016. Beresford also does interviews and news stories with influe ... in 2017. He noted that "The Sunday Times's annual examination of the finances of Britain's most affluent individuals and families has been one of the toughest to compile due to Trump's tariffs and the ensuing stock market turbulence. The result is a stark reflection of the state of UK wealth. Falling fortunes have led many to drop off the list and others are no longer eligible, having fled Britain after Labour's non-dom crackdown." The list wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK (formerly News International), which is owned by News Corp. Times Newspapers also publishes ''The Times''. The two papers, founded separately and independently, have been under the same ownership since 1966. They were bought by News International in 1981. In March 2020, ''The Sunday Times'' had a circulation of 647,622, exceeding that of its main rivals, '' The Sunday Telegraph'' and '' The Observer'', combined. While some other national newspapers moved to a tabloid format in the early 2000s, ''The Sunday Times'' retained the larger broadsheet format and has said that it intends to continue to do so. As of December 2019, it sold 75% more copies than its sister paper, ''The Times'', which is published from Monday to Saturday. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Bukhman
Dmitry Bukhman (, ; born 27 May 1985) is a Russian-born Israeli entrepreneur. Together with his brother Igor Bukhman, they founded online gaming company Playrix, best known for its mobile-app games such as ''Township'', ''Homescapes'' and '' Fishdom''. Early life Bukhman and his brother Igor were born in the Soviet city of Vologda. As a child, Bukhman was engaged in programming. He started selling games online with his brother while still in high school. They founded Playrix in 2004 while studying at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics at the . By 2004, the brothers had released three games and around 30 screensavers; by 2007, the number of games increased to 16, and the company's monthly income constituted around $300,000. Soon the company released such games as ''Homescapes'', '' Gardenscapes'', '' Fishdom'' and ''Township''. Career In 2018, the brothers personally invested in video and social network games developer Nexters Global and in Belarusian Vizor Games. In 2019, Playr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes List Of Billionaires
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The company is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey. Sherry Phillips is the current CEO of Forbes as of January 1, 2025. Published eight times per year, ''Forbes'' feature articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. It also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics, and law. It has an international edition in Asia as well as editions produced under license in 27 countries and regions worldwide. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans (the ''Forbes'' 400), of 30 notable people under the age of 30 (the ''Forbes'' 30 under 30), of America's wealthiest celebrities, of the world's top companies (the ''Forbes'' Global 2000), of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JCB (heavy Equipment Manufacturer)
J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB) is a British multinational corporation, multinational manufacturer of equipment for construction, agriculture, Global waste trade, waste handling, and demolition. It was founded in 1945 and is based in Rocester, Staffordshire, England. The word "wikt:JCB, JCB" is also often used colloquially as a genericized trademark, generic description for mechanical diggers and Excavator, excavators, and the word appears in the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', although it is still held as a trademark. History Joseph Cyril Bamford Excavators Ltd. was founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England. He rented a lock-up garage . In it, using a welding set which he bought second-hand for £1 from English Electric, he made his first vehicle, a tipping trailer from war-surplus materials. The trailer's sides and floor were made from steel sheet that had been part of air raid shelters. On the same day as his son Anthony wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Bamford
Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford (born 23 October 1945), is a British billionaire Businessperson, businessman who is the chairman of JCB (heavy equipment manufacturer), J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted in 1990. Bamford has appeared in the ''Sunday Times Rich List'', and in 2021 his net worth was estimated at US$9.48billion. Bamford is a car collector whose collection includes two examples of the rare Ferrari 250 GTO, valued upwards of $70 million each. Early life and education Bamford was born on 23 October 1945 to Joseph Bamford and Marjorie Bamford (née Griffin). He was educated at Ampleforth College, then an all-boys Catholic school, Roman Catholic Public school (United Kingdom), public school (i.e. Independent school (UK), independent boarding school). He then studied at the University of Grenoble. Business car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke Of Westminster
Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster, (born 29 January 1991), is a British aristocrat and inherited trust manager. He inherited his title and control of the Grosvenor Estate, then worth an estimated £9 billion, from his father in 2016 now worth a estimated £10.6 billion ($13.5 billion) making him one of the wealthiest men in Britain. In 2025, Bloomberg estimated that he had a net worth of approximately £9.56 billion ($12.7 billion). He ranked 14th on the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2025 with an estimated fortune of £9.884 billion ($13.13 billion) a slight decrease from 2024. Early life and education Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor was born on 29 January 1991 in London as the third child and only son of Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and his wife Natalia (née Phillips). His baptism on 23 June 1991 was attended by Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III), who was named one of his godparents. He was styled as Earl Grosvenor from his birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heineken
Heineken Lager Beer (), or simply Heineken (), is a Dutch pale lager beer with 5% alcohol by volume produced by the Dutch brewing company Heineken N.V. Heineken beer is sold in a green bottle with a red star. History On 15 February 1864, Gerard Adriaan Heineken (1841–1893) bought De Hooiberg (The Haystack) brewery on the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal canal in Amsterdam, a popular working class brand founded in 1592. In 1873 after hiring a Dr. Elion (student of French chemist Louis Pasteur) to develop Heineken a yeast for Bavarian bottom fermentation, the HBM (Heineken's Bierbrouwerij Maatschappij) was established, and the first Heineken brand beer was brewed. In 1875 Heineken won the Medaille D'Or at the International Maritime Exposition in Paris and it began to be shipped there regularly, after which Heineken sales topped 64,000 hectolitres (1.7 million U.S. gallons), making them the biggest beer exporter to France. In Heineken's early years, the beer won four awards: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel De Carvalho
Michel Ray de Carvalho (born Michel Ray Popper; 21 July 1944) is a British financier, private banker, former Olympic skier and luger, and former child actor in films such as '' The Brave One'', '' The Tin Star'', and '' Lawrence of Arabia'' (under the name Michel Ray). Early life Born Michel Ray Popper in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire on 21 July 1944. De Carvalho's father was a Brazilian diplomat and his mother was British. His legal father was Heino Popper (b. 1906/7), leather merchant (son of Alfred Popper (8 March 1882 - Burlington, New Jersey, January 1968?), leather merchant in Berlin, and his wife), married in Marylebone, London, on 25 May 1937 to Anne "Annie" Lisser (b. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1905/6), who was married firstly to and divorced Max Pam. His maternal grandparents were Alfred Lisser, banker in Hamburg ( Lisser & Rosenkranz), Chairman of the Representatives' Council of the German-Israelite Community of Hamburg, and his wife Elsa Philip. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlene De Carvalho-Heineken
Charlene Lucille de Carvalho-Heineken (born 30 June 1954) is a Dutch billionaire businesswoman, and the owner of a 25% controlling interest in the world's second-largest brewer, Heineken N.V. As of July 2024, ''Forbes'' estimated her net worth at US$14.1 billion. Early life Charlene Heineken was born on 30 June 1954, the daughter of Freddy Heineken, a Dutch industrialist, and Lucille Cummins, an American from a Kentucky family of bourbon whiskey distillers. She was educated at Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar, followed by a law degree from Leiden University. Career She owns a 25% controlling stake in Dutch brewer Heineken, of which she is also an executive director. The biannual Heineken Prize for cognitive science is named after her. Personal life She married in Perroy in 1983 Michel de Carvalho, a British financier and private banker, director of Citigroup and a former Olympic skier, whom she met on a ski holiday in St. Moritz, Switzerland. He is known for portraying T. E. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BlueCrest Capital Management
BlueCrest Capital Management is a British-American investment management firm which was founded by British billionaire Michael Platt and American William Reeves in 2000. The firm has office locations in London, Jersey, Singapore and New York. History Bluecrest was founded in 2000 as a hedge fund by Michael Platt and William Reeves who were both previously senior proprietary traders at JPMorgan Chase. In 2014, Bluecrest spun off $8.2 billion worth of assets into a new company, Systematica Investments, run by Bluecrest employee, Leda Braga. ''CNBC'' has referred to Braga as "the most powerful woman in Hedge Funds", earning in excess of $50 million annually. Transformed to family office In 2015, Bluecrest returned all outside capital to investors and transitioned into a family office A family office is a privately held company that handles investment management and wealth management for a wealthy family, generally one with at least $50–100 million in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Platt (financier)
Michael Edward Platt (born 18 March 1968) is a British billionaire hedge fund manager. He is the co-founder and managing director of BlueCrest Capital Management, Europe's third-largest hedge-fund firm which he co-founded in 2000. He is Britain's wealthiest hedge fund manager according to ''Forbes'', with an estimated wealth of US$18 billion as of December 2024. Early life Platt was born in Preston, Lancashire, England in 1968. His father taught civil engineering at the University of Manchester. His mother was a university administrator. His grandmother, whom he has described as "a serious equity trader," introduced him to investment. She "helped him buy stock in trust savings banks that were selling shares to the public." At 14, he invested £500 in a shipping line, Common Brothers, that soon tripled in price. Some of his first investments were in Britain's newly privatised utilities. He studied civil engineering at Imperial College London, but after a year, switched to mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak is a Swedish multinational food packaging and processing company headquartered in Switzerland. The company offers packaging, filling machines and processing for dairy, beverages, cheese, ice cream and prepared food, including distribution tools like accumulators, cap applicators, conveyors, crate packers, film wrappers, line controllers and straw applicators.Tetra Pak International Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved 29 November 2011 Tetra Pak was founded by Ruben Rausing and built on Erik Wallenberg's innovation, a |
