Rich List 2017 751-1,000
789= £ 141 m ■
TIM MEAD AND FAMILY
FoodSomerset organic dairy Yeo Valley produces more than 2,000
tons of yoghurt, butter, ice cream and milk each week and was
founded in 1992 by the Mead s. The brand name and £34m net
assets underpin a value of at least £120m for the operation and
we add £21.3m for the separate Holt Farms. 2016: £112m, 874=MARK SHEPPARD AND FAMILY
Financial servicesSheppard, 46, runs M&M Investment, a family-owned financial
services firm founded by his former stockbroker father, Brian.
Based in Manchester, it had net assets of £66.7m in 2015-16 and
is worth £100m. Other interests include a £38.1m stake in the
quoted Manchester & London Investment Trust.^ New entry793= £ 140 m ■
ROBIN BARR AND FAMILY
DrinksCumbernauld drinks business AG Barr is famed for its Irn- Bru
brand. The share price has struggled since 2016, when then
chancellor George Osborne unveiled a sugar tax on soft drinks,
with the 19.4% stake held by former chairman Barr, 79, and his
family now worth £11 4m. More than £19m of past dividends and
other interests take the Barrs to £140m. 2016: £161m, 639JOHN BIGWOOD AND FAMILY
Food 2016: £130m, 766=JIM CLARKE AND FAMILY
EnergyLiverpool-based Clarke Energy installs clean-energy power
generators in hospitals, mines and large commercial premises. In
December The Sunday Times reported that Scots entrepreneur
Clarke, 66, had netted £150m for his stake. 2016: £107m, 930SIMON DOLAN
Business servicesFormer kickboxing champion Dolan, 47, started his career selling
eggs and cheese in Chelmsford market. Now he has interests in
accountancy, employment services, publishing and an airline. His
Hemel Hempstead-based SJD Group was sold in 2014 for £80m.
He owns the Jota Sport motor-racing team. 2016: £140m, 734=LORD FARMER
Hedge fund 2016: £140m, 734=DARYL FOSTER
TransportThe late Lenny Foster co-founded London minicab operation
Addison Lee in 1975 with John Griffin (qv). His son Daryl, 57,
owned half the business until its £300m takeover in 2013 by
private equity group Carlyle. Monaco-based Foster retains a
small stake and owns a Miami apartment. 2016: £140m, 734=MOHAMMED GALADARI
Property and hotelsLondon-based entrepreneur Galadari, 51, spent more than £80m
acquiring the City’s Crowne Plaza hotel in 2008. He had run the
Dubai-based conglomerate Galadari Brothers Group but sold his
stake to invest in British property. He owns Blackfriars Hotels ,
which showed £33 m net assets in 2015. 2016: £130m, 766=BRYAN GLASTONBURY AND FAMILY
Engineering servicesIntegral provides maintenance for commercial and public sector
organisations. In June 2016 the Bristol-based firm was taken over
in a £228m deal but Glastonbury, 63, still leads the operation. He
and his family owned 75% and received about £170m. New entryJOHN JAKES
Lifts 2016: £105m, 936=RUPERT MARTIN
Lighting 2016: £130m, 766=STEWART MILNE AND FAMILY
ConstructionThe Stewart Milne housebuilding group in Aberdeen made £4.9m
profit on £253m sales in 2014-15. Started in 1975 by Milne, 66, a
former apprentice electrician, it is worth its £107m assets and is
family-owned. Other interests, including Scottish Premiership
football club Aberdeen, add another £33 m. 2016: £136m, 752=CHRIS AND GAEL MORLING
InternetMorling set up a website in 2000 to catalogue savings accounts
and personal loans, and by 2006 he was running 50 of them. Two
years later he built £130m comparison site Money.co.uk , which
employs 50 people in Cirencester and Fleet Street in London. It is
owned by Morling, 47, and his wife, Gael, 46. 2016: £150m, 685=PHILIP NOBLE AND FAMILY
Leisure and propertyGateshead-based leisure and property empire the Noble
Organisation is headed by Noble, 61. It owned Brighton pier
until selling it last April for £18m to a business chaired by Luke
Johnson (qv). The main family company is Red Poppy (UK),
which showed £32.3m net assets in 2014. It paid a £109m
dividend in 2011 to its parent, Red Poppy (Gibraltar), where Noble
is listed as “the ultimate controlling party”. 2016: £130m, 766=THE DUKE OF RUTLAND
Land and artRutland, 58 tomorrow, owns Leicestershire’s Belvoir Castle and
its 15,000 acres. The commercial activities of the property are
managed by his wife, Emma Manners, 53, from whom he is
separated. He also owns Haddon Hall, a Derbyshire mansion
used in Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley. His Terrace
Hill Farms had £32 m net assets in 2015-16. 2016: £140m, 734=STELIO STEFANOU
Business services 2016: £140m, 734=SIR MIKE UREN
RecyclingUren’s £40m record donation to Imperial College London came
after the £30m he pledged to a London hospital. He sold the Kent
slag-cement maker Civil & Marine for £110m in 1990 and bought
the firm back two years later. In 2006 he sold it again, this time for
£245m. Uren, 93, was knighted last year. 2016: £170m, 612=JUDITH AND FERGUS WILSON
PropertyJudith, 67 later this month, and husband Fergus , 68 , became
known for their empire of buy-to-let homes in Kent. It came close
to collapse during the 2008 financial crisis but it survived and last
September they sold half of their 900 properties, netting £65m.
The couple met while training as teachers in the late 1960s at the
former Goldsmiths College in south London. 2016: £105m, 936=JULIAN AND MARC WORTH
Internet and fashion 2016: £130m, 766=812= £ 138 m ■
GARY DUTTON
Windows and conservatories 2016: £125m, 799=ANDREW HILL AND FAMILY
Construction 2016: £113m, 872=NIELS STOLT-NIELSEN
Shipping and fi sheriesNorwegian chemicals shipping and fish farming giant Stolt-
Nielsen is the core of the family’s wealth, which has slipped to
£555m, according to Kapital’s 2016 Norwegian rich list. We
ascribe less than 25% of its stake to the company’s London-
based chief executive, Stolt-Nielsen, 52. 2016: £137m, 751ROBIN BARR AND FAMILY
Entry 793=, £140mIN NUMBERSOZZY AND
SHARON
OSBOURNE
Entry 793=, £140m
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