Sunday Times Rich List 1989

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TheSunday Times Rich List 1989 is the 1st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 2 April 1989. [1]

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In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200, [1] (approximately £75 million in today's value). [2]

The list at the time reported the Queen as the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with a wealth of £5.2 billion, which included state assets that were not hers personally, [3] (approximately £13 billion in today's value). [2]

Top 10 fortunes

1989NameCitizenshipSource of wealth
Rank Net worth
GB£ bn
1£5.2 The Queen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Landowner
2£3.2 The Duke of Westminster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Landowner
3£1.97 Lord Sainsbury & familyFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retail
4£1.9 Gad and Hans Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Packaging
5£1.7 Sir John Moores Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retail
5£1.7 Garfield Weston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Retail
7£1.2 John Paul Getty II Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Oil
7£1.2 Lord Vestey & Edmund Vestey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Food
9£1 Octav Botnar Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Cars
10£0.75 Sir James Goldsmith Flag of France.svg  France & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Finance

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.