The self-made billionaire was born in Cromer and went to Gresham's School in Holt aged nine, attending the school from 1956 to 1965. Sir James made his fortune with the invention of the bag-less vacuum cleaner, which went on sale in 1993. He previously held the top spot in 2020 but was beaten this year by Indian-born businessmen Sri and Gopi Hinduja and family, who have a net worth of £28.472bn. Who Are Richest People In The U.K - Top 10Īside from familiar names of the famous billionaires that we already know such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg. The family, who prefer to operate out of the public gaze, now operates in multiple sectors including transport, communications and banking.ĭyson vacuum entrepreneur James Dyson and his family moved up to second in the list after a £6.7 billion increase to £23 billion. The home, almost equidistant from Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street, consists of four interconnected Regency houses and is home to the entire family, as well as 30 other relatives. The incredible 60-room building is the former head office of the Crown Estate and was bought from the Queen, according to Forbes. They also own an incredible home on Carlton House Terrace in London near Buckingham Palace - which was priced at £66.5 million in 2006 - have spent another £40million restoring it. The annual list showed that the pair, who run the Mumbai-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, saw their fortune jump by more than £11 billion to £28.47 billion. The 2022 Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that billionaire brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja are the wealthiest people in the UK.

Overall, the richest 250 in the UK this year are worth £710.723 billion, compared to £658.089 billion in 2021, an 8 per cent rise on last year. The combined wealth of the UK billionaires is £653.122 billion, up £55.853 billion – 9.4 per cent – on the total wealth of the billionaires in 2021’s Rich List. There are a record 177 billionaires in the UK in 2022, up six from 2021. How many billionaires in the UK? How much do they own?

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