Sunday Times Rich List
| List of 1,000 UK residents, ranked in order of net worth | |
| Publication details | |
|---|---|
| Publication | The Sunday Times |
| First published | 1989 |
| Latest publication | May 7, 2017 |
| Current list details (2017)[1] | |
| Wealthiest | Sri and Gopi Hinduja |
| Net worth (1st) |
 GB£16.20 billion |
| Sunday Times Rich List website | |
The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom ranked by net wealth. The list is updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. The editorial decisions governing the compilation of the Rich List are published in the newspaper and online as its "Rules of engagement".[2]
The Rich List is not limited to British citizens and it includes individuals and families born overseas but who predominantly work and/or live in Britain. This excludes some individuals with prominent financial assets in Britain.
The editors estimate subjects' wealth from a range of public information, based on values in January each year. They typically explain their actions by stating: "We measure identifiable wealth, whether land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. We exclude bank accounts—to which we have no access... We try to give due consideration to liabilities."
The 2015 list marked the first year Queen Elizabeth II was not among the list's top 300 most wealthy since the list began in 1989.[3] She was number one on the list when it began in 1989.[3]
The most recent list was published on 7 May 2017.[4]
Book version
A fuller version of the Rich List is also published in a reference book edition, edited by Philip Beresford. This list covers the top 5,000 richest people, rather than the top 1,000, and includes their business addresses:
- Sunday Times Rich List 2006-2007 was published by A & C Black in December 2006 (ISBN 978-0713679410).
- Sunday Times Rich List 2007-2008 was due to be published by A & C Black in November 2007 (ISBN 978-0713685152) but no book appeared due to a deadlock between the publishers and The Sunday Times. The publisher was keen to carry on but only if a CD version was attached to the book. The Sunday Times would not allow this as it would give competitors a chance to develop their own database and launch rival rich lists.[5]
Lists by year
- Sunday Times Rich List 2007
- Sunday Times Rich List 2008
- Sunday Times Rich List 2009
- Sunday Times Rich List 2010
- Sunday Times Rich List 2011
- Sunday Times Rich List 2012
- Sunday Times Rich List 2013
- Sunday Times Rich List 2014
- Sunday Times Rich List 2015
- Sunday Times Rich List 2016
- Sunday Times Rich List 2017
See also
References
- ↑ Watts, Robert, ed. (7 May 2017). "Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ↑ The Sunday Times
- 1 2 Helen Nianias (26 April 2015). "The Queen drops off the top end of the Sunday Times Rich List for the first time since its inception". The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ↑ Times Online
- ↑ Thinkresource.org Resource talks to Philip Beresford