557= £ 205 m ■
SIR COLIN GILTRAP
Car sales 2016: £168m, 622=SIR PETER HARRISON AND FAMILY
ComputersAfter leaving school at 16 Harrison qualified as a chartered
accountant and joined the Crest Nicholson Group in 1971. Eight
years later he bought Chernikeeff, an ailing marine computer-
network-integration company, for £133,000 , selling the business
20 years later for £300m in two tranches. Harrison, 80, is a
generous supporter of charities via two eponymous Reigate-
based foundations, with £49m net assets between them, and is a
vice-president of Chelsea football club. 2016: £205m, 505=MAYANK PATEL
Foreign exchange 2016: £192m, 553=ROBERT AND MICHAEL SLOWE AND FAMILY
Property 2016: £178m, 594=561= £ 202 m ■
ROBERT BARNETT AND FAMILY
Food distribution and packaging 2016: £182m, 577=DAVID CLOWES
PropertyFormer airline pilot Clowes, 48, became chairman of Derbyshire
property developer CWC after the death of his father, Charles,
in 2015. It is the parent of Clowes Developments, which is now
owned by a family trust. Profits at the operation fell by more than
30% to £18 m on £4 7m sales in 2015-16. 2016: £252m, 417NICK RODWELL AND FANNY VLAMYNCK
BooksThe Adventures of Tintin were the work of Belgian artist Hergé,
whose second wife was Fanny Vlamynck, a studio colourist 27
years his junior. Ten years after Hergé died in 1983 Vlamynck
married London-born Rodwell , 64. Based in Switzerland, the
couple promote and protect Hergé’s legacy via their Brussels-
headquartered Moulinsart enterprise. 2016: £168m, 622=ELISABETH SALINA AMORINI
Business servicesHertfordshire resident Salina Amorini, 62 later this month, is the
granddaughter of the founder of Geneva-based multinational
SGS, which provides equipment to help businesses ensure their
production lines are safe and efficient. She served on the board
of the company for almost 20 years. 2016: £150m, 685=565= £ 201 m ■
MATTI AND MIRIAM KRAUS
Property 2016: £175m, 598=VIPUL THAKRAR AND FAMILY
FoodThe Dishoom chain of restaurants in London and Edinburgh is the
latest venture from the Thakrars, who found themselves expelled
from Uganda by Idi Amin’s regime in 1972. Known as the “rice
kings of Britain”, with more than half the market, the family,
represented here by Thakrar, 60, brought basmati rice to the
UK’s fast-growing Asian community. From this emerged its
Rainham-based operation Tilda Rice, which was sold in early
2014 for £220m, with the family owning it all. 2016: £191m, 556567= £ 200 m ■
STEVEN BLAKEY
Finance 2016: £200m, 515=BAKIR COLA AND FAMILY
HotelsKurdish-born Cola fled Iraq when Saddam Hussein came to
power and runs luxury hotels in London including the five-starWestbury in Mayfair. His Cola Holdings made £72 m profit in 2015,
largely derived from the sale of the 170-bedroom Kingsway Hall
hotel in Covent Garden. Cola, 74, took a £110m dividend in the
same year. There are other interests. 2016: £180m, 582=DAVID CROSSLAND AND FAMILY
Travel and investment 2016: £200m, 515=DAME JANET DE BOTTON AND FAMILY
Art and inheritanceDe Botton, 65, was once listed by magazine ARTnews as among
the world’s top 200 art collectors. Her second husband was
London-based Swiss financier Gilbert de Botton, who sold his
Global Asset Management operation for £234m in 1999, a year
before his death. We stick with a £200m valuation after £28 m in
charitable donations, including the £12.1m Quantum Foundations
research cluster at Wolfson College, Oxford. 2016: £200m, 515=JAYNE ELLIS
Inheritance 2016: £200m, 515=SIR CHRIS EVANS
BiotechnologyPort Talbot-born Evans, 59, has floated 20 biotech start-ups. Arix
Bioscience went public this year and has a market cap of £200m,
a year after he set up the medical investment firm. His Arthurian
Life Sciences fund in Cardiff has 10 companies worth more than
£600m, with returns of 28% in the past year. 2016: £170m, 612=MICHAEL FLATLEY
EntertainmentFancy footwork has made a fortune for Flatley, 58. Now a year
into retirement but still choreographing his Lord of the Dance
extravaganza, he is packing theatres more than 20 years since
his Riverdance heyday. The Chicago-born former construction
worker has also sold at least 15m dance DVDs. He has homes in
London, Monaco, Barbados and Ireland. 2016: £198m, 545LORD GLENDONBROOK
AviationGlendonbrook — also known as Michael Bishop — is a former
chairman of Midlands-based airline bmi and was one of the first
openly gay senior executives in corporate Britain. He sold his
stake for £223m in 2008 and he also made £32m from the sale
of British Regional Airlines. Cheshire-born Glendonbrook, 75, has
given more than £1m to the Conservatives. 2016: £200m, 515=ROGER GUY
Finance 2016: £200m, 515=BARRIE HAIGH
Pharmaceuticals and farming 2016: £200m, 515=ARTHUR LANDON
InheritanceLondon-born Landon, 35, is the film-maker son of the late
Brigadier Tim Landon, who played a key role in the 1970 coup
that deposed the Sultan of Oman and was rewarded handsomely.
His assets included lavish homes, yachts and Faccombe Estates,
a £30m Hampshire farming operation. The officer’s fortune was
estimated at £500m but we cut his son’s inheritance to £200m,
allowing for tax and charitable donations. 2016: £200m, 515=GRAHAM PEACOCK
Fuel distribution 2016: £200m, 515=BERNARD REES SMITH
Healthcare 2016: £115m, 862=JONATHAN REEVES
ComputersUS-based technology expert Reeves, who was born in Dorset, set
up an operation last October developing commercial uses for
augmented and mixed reality. After moving to America in 1984
Reeves, 57, sold his first telecommunications business, Sahara
Networks, for $212m in 1997. He then built Sirocco Systems,
which was sold in 2000 for $2.9bn. 2016: £200m, 515=IN NUMBERSCHARLES
ROLLS
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