Sunday Times Rich List 1989

Summary

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 £79 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 £13.8 billion in today's value).[2]

Top 10 fortunes edit

1989 Name Citizenship Source of wealth
Rank Net worth
£ 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 edit

References edit

  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 11 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.