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Wealthiest person in the UK revealed in Sunday Times Rich List 2024

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Updated 09:45 17 May 2024 GMT+1Published 09:32 17 May 2024 GMT+1

Wealthiest person in the UK revealed in Sunday Times Rich List 2024

His fortune has increased by £2 billion.

Joe Harker

Joe Harker

The Sunday Times have released the latest annual edition of their rich list - with a certain billionaire family topping the leader board for a third year in a row.

The list is essentially a long succession of people you've never heard of who appear to have far too much money, occasionally punctuated by names you do recognise.

The individuals on it are collectively worth hundreds of billions, but even with everyone here basically having enough wonga to last for a staggering amount of lifetimes someone has to have top spot - and you've probably never heard of him.

Before we get there, let's run through the top five of the Sunday Times Rich List 2024, and there are some names you might recognise.

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Do you even know who this guy is? He's the wealthiest person in the UK. (PA)
Do you even know who this guy is? He's the wealthiest person in the UK. (PA)

Fifth on the list is Sir James Dyson, the guy responsible for that vacuum cleaner you probably have and those airblade hand dryers you find in some toilets.

It turns out a lot of people buy his stuff, because he's worth £20.8 billion.

Coming in at number four is the new broom at Manchester United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

The Ineos founder is worth around £23.52 billion, though last year he had around six billion more in net worth and was second on the list.

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Number three on the list are brothers David and Simon Reuben, whose Reuben Brothers investment makes them worth a combined £24.98 billion.

I can't really think of any fun pieces of trivia about them, so let's move onto number two on the list and Sir Leonard Blavatnik, who made his fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union and now owns the Warner Music Group, which makes him worth £29.25 billion.

However, they're all some way off the man at the top spot who takes the cake for the wealthiest person in the UK, who keeps his top spot from last year.

With a net worth of £37.2 billion, Indian-British billionaire Gopi Hinduja, whose Hinduja Group conglomerate has its fingers in all sorts of pies - ranging from banking, finance to media and entertainment.

The Hinduja family has been top of the UK's rich list for the past three years now. (David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
The Hinduja family has been top of the UK's rich list for the past three years now. (David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

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You've probably never even heard of him, but that's the thing about some of these monstrously wealthy individuals, they just sort of look a bit normal.

It might help if they walked around in a suit made of gold while sporting a top hat constructed entirely out of money.

However, according to The Independent, the family's fortune is the largest to have ever existed on the list.

One of the other names on the list, Michael Platt, managed to not be recognised by the secretary at his own London office.

In the Sunday Times Rich List 2024, he occupies the unlucky number 13 spot, though with a worth of £12 billion he's probably not feeling all that unlucky.

Featured Image Credit: PA / David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images

Topics: UK News, Money, Business

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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