Rich List 2017 751-1,000
NICK GREY AND FAMILY
TechnologySales of Grey’s ebikes are making a strong contribution to the
success of his Gtech range of cordless vacuum cleaners, hedge
trimmers and lawnmowers, which has shifted 22m products.
Grey, 48, joined floor-care specialist Vax and became the senior
manager in charge of new products and strategy. He struck out
on his own at 32. His first cordless sweeper launched in 2003. In
2015 Worcestershire-based Grey Technology, which he owns
with his wife, Louise, made £12.9m profit on nearly £66m sales.
With assets of £15.7m, it should be worth £120m. New entry896= £ 122 m ■
RICHARD BIFFA
Waste servicesBiffa revolutionised waste disposal with its purpose-built
containers. The High Wycombe family operation was eventually
sold to Slough-based Shanks. In 1985 Monaco resident Biffa, 77,
bought out the Rechem waste business for £1.8m and six years
later it was taken over in a £171m deal. 2016: £122m, 825=GORDON CRAWFORD
Software 2016: £122m, 825=DAVID DUNSDON AND FAMILY
PropertyAmateur jockey Dunsdon, 34, is managing director of the
Esher-based property company Coldunell. Profits there fell to
£4.6m in 2015-16, but net assets rose to £91.5m. It was run until
2012 by Dunsdon’s late father, John, one of the shrewdest
operators in the property auction market. 2016: £140m, 734=LEONARD RUSSELL AND FAMILY
SpiritsRussell, 55, is the third generation of his family to run Ian Macleod
Distillers in West Lothian, the 10th largest Scotch whisky firm. It
shifts more than 15m bottles a year and now produces Edinburgh
Gin after the acquisition of the Spencerfield Spirit Company in
Fife in September. The £120m business made £10.5m profit on
£60.5m sales in 2015 and has net assets of £43.4m. New entryBENZIE AND AMANDA WALKER AND FAMILY
Timber 2016: £110m, 885=901= £ 121 m ■
CON FOLKES AND FAMILY
Property 2016: £120m, 831=NORMAN GRUNDON AND FAMILY
Waste services 2016: £109m, 926=EOIN MCCANN AND FAMILY
Construction 2016: £110m, 885=MIKE WAINWRIGHT
CommoditiesWorcester-born Wainwright, 43, is chief operating officer at
Trafigura, the giant Swiss-headquartered oil and metal trader. He
owns and drives for the Gulf Racing motor sport team and is the
owner of Milton Keynes-based Position One Motorsports, which
gives clients the chance to get behind the wheel of racing cars.
The 2016 Swiss rich list in Bilan valued him at £121m. New entry905= £ 120 m ■
ELLIOTT BERNERD
Property 2016: £120m, 831=RICHARD CHENEVIX-TRENCH
Hedge fund 2016: £120m, 831=YEVGENY CHICHVARKIN
Mobile phones 2016: £120m, 831=BRIAN DE ZILLE AND FAMILY
Clothing 2016: £120m, 831=LORD DULVERTON
Construction equipment and landThe “dumper truck peer” owns Thwaites, which manufactures
top-of-the-range haulage machinery in Leamington Spa. The
business made £12.8m profit on sales of £77.8m in 2014-15 and is
worth £80m. Dulverton, 73 last Tuesday, owns the Batsford Estate
in Gloucestershire, home to a 56-acre arboretum. New entryDANIEL DURKAN AND FAMILY
Construction New entryJOHN ELKINGTON
Property 2016: £115m, 862=CALVIN HARRIS
MusicDJ Harris, 33, put his break-up with US singer Taylor Swift behind
him last year to play 35 lucrative sets at Las Vegas’s $100m-
revamped Omnia nightclub. He writes, sings, records, remixes
and produces music. His recent releases include This Is What
You Came For, featuring Rihanna, the fifth biggest-selling track of- Born Adam Wiles in Dumfries, he has a music consultancy
with the Hakkasan restaurant and nightclub group, and the
fashion label Emporio Armani. He is worth £120m. New entry
JOE HEMANI
Business services 2016: £110m, 885=When a prime minister resigns, as David Cameron did last
year, they do not just lose power and office — they lose
the roof over their heads. Cue Sir Alan Parker, 61 last
Wednesday, who is a close enough friend of Cameron to
hand him the keys to a seven-bedroom £16.8m house in
Holland Park, west London, for a five-day sleepover.
Cameron is godfather to Parker’s son William and the pair
had gone on holiday in 2008 to South Africa, when pictures
of them as surf buddies did the rounds. But the tycoon, who
likes to kick off his shoes in meetings and call people “boss”,
is more than a friend in n eed to the powerful.
Parker, who once worked as a rock group manager and as
an oil rig labourer, is the chairman of Brunswick, a City PR
firm that advises more than a quarter of the companies on
the FTSE 100. He retains 50% of the £180m partnership. In
2015-16 there were assets of £33m in various Brunswick
enterprises and other operations belonging to Parker, who
was knighted three years ago for services to business and
philanthropy. 2016: £125m, 799=858= £ 128 m £ 3 m ▲
SIR ALAN PARKER
MediaBRIAN MAY
Entry 875=, £125mEARL SPENCER
Entry 875=, £125mLong walk to freedom: the
Camerons, with children
Elwen, Nancy and Florence,
leave No 10 in July last yearGETTY; REX; ALAMY
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