The top 10 wealthiest people in the South East revealed

By Stephen Emerson

20 May 2022

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The Sunday Times rich list has revealed the wealth of richest people in the South East.

The owners of Waltham Place, pictured, in Berkshire, Nicky Oppenheimer, saw the wealth and that of his family rise increase by £659m in a year thanks to his interest in the diamond trade.

The list was published online today and will be published in print in the Sunday Times this weekend.

The data released for encompasses a wide definition for the South East encompassing London, East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Thames Valley and large swathes of the South Coast.

The richest people overall in the UK this year are Sri and Gopi Hinduja who made their money in industry and finance and whose total wealth is £28.47bn.

The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the UK ranked by net wealth. The list is updated annually and has been published by the newspaper since 1989.

There are 177 billionaires in the UK recorded this year, up six from 2021 which is a new record.

Rank	Name	Source of Wealth	2022 Wealth	Rise/Fall
1	Kirsten and Jorn Rausing	Inheritance and investment	£12bn	Down £1bn
2	Marit, Lisbet, Sigrid and Hans Rausing	Inheritance: Tetra Laval	£9.49bn	No change
3	Nicky Oppenheimer and family	Diamonds and mining	£6.456bn	Up £659m
4	John Grayken	Property and investment	£5.366bn	Down £504m
5	Sir Richard Branson and family	Transport, finance and fitness clubs: Virgin	£4.2bn	Up £410m
6	Mike Ashley	Sports equipment and fashion	£2.995bn	Up £277m
7	Inna Gudavadze	Inheritance	£2.65bn	No change
8	Wafic Said	Finance and property	£1.985bn	No change
9	Peter Harris and family	Hotels and caravan parks	£1.596bn	Up £62m
10	Denis Sverdlov	Electric vehicles: Arrival	£1.397bn	Down £4.776bn

By Stephen Emerson

Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset.

Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users.

He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.