Sunday Times Rich List 1989

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This article is about the Rich List published in 1989. For general information about the list, see Sunday Times Rich List.

The Sunday 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]

In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200,[1] (approximately £76 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 £13.2 billion in today's value).[2]

Top 10 fortunes[]

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

See also[]

  • List of billionaires (2007)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b 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 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
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