Rich List 2017 Young 50
15= £ 40 m £ 7 m ▲
SERGIO AGUERO
Football Manchester CityDespite Aguero scoring two goals for every three appearances
in a Manchester City shirt since he joined the club in 2011, there is
speculation the Argentine striker , 28, might find himself surplus to
requirements this summer. Once endorsements are added to his
wage, he earns at least £14m a year. 2016: £33m, 18=15= £ 40 m £ 7 m ▲
NIALL HORAN
MusicWith boyband One Direction on a n extended hiatus, guitarist
Horan released his first solo single last October. The 23-year-old
from Mullingar, Co Westmeath, has also turned his attention to his
love of golf. A friend of Rory McIlroy (qv), he has launched
Modest! Golf Management. The band, originally composed of
Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles
(all qv), rose to fame on T he X Factor in 2010. 2016: £33m, 18=15= £ 40 m £ 7 m ▲
LIAM PAYNE
MusicThe Wolverhampton-born One Direction star recently became a
father when his TV personality girlfriend Cheryl , the former GirlsAloud singer, gave birth to their first child in March. Payne, 23, is
said to be close to releasing his debut solo album after signing a
recording deal with Capitol Records last year. 2016: £33m, 18=15= £ 40 m £ 7 m ▲
HARRY STYLES
MusicThe best-known member of One Direction, Styles last month
released his first solo single, Sign of the Times, with a video that
sees the 23-year-old singer dangling from a helicopter. It topped
the charts in 84 countries on its first day and his album is due out
this week. The former bakery worker from Cheshire, famed for
dalliances with stars such as Taylor Swift and Kendall Jenner, will
make his acting debut in the Christopher Nolan (qv) blockbuster
Dunkirk this summer. One Direction’s company, 1D Media,
showed assets of £70m in 2015, a £30m rise. It paid the members
£38.3m in the two years to December 2013. 2016: £33m, 18=15= £ 40 m £ 7 m ▲
LOUIS TOMLINSON
MusicTomlinson, 25, released his debut single Just Hold On , a
collaboration with American dance music DJ Steve Aoki, last
December, dedicated to his mother, who had just died aged 43.
It reached No 2. Keen footballer Tomlinson went to acting school
in Barnsley and worked as a waiter at Doncaster Rovers, his
home-town team, before joining One Direction. 2016: £33m, 18=21= £ 35 m £ 6 m ▲
CESC FABREGAS
Football ChelseaFabregas, 30 last Thursday, made his debut for Arsenal in 2003.
His career since then has taken in Barcelona and now Chelsea,
for wh ich he signed in 2014 on a £156,000-a-week deal. After a
season of struggle last year, midfielder Fabregas is once more
integral to the side’s success and looks likely to make it two
Premier League titles in three seasons. 2016: £29m, 25=21= £ 35 m £ 5 m ▲
ZAYN MALIK
MusicBradford-born Malik, who quit One Direction two years ago , is
becoming as well known for his romantic life — he is dating the
American supermodel Gigi Hadid — as for his music. His first
solo album, Mind of Mine, was among the UK’s bestselling debut
LPs of 2016. Because Malik missed the last tour , we put his fortune
a little lower than his former bandmates. 2016: £30m, 2423 £ 28 m £ 2 m ▲
RUPERT GRINT
FilmsThe Harry Potter star did not initially invest his earnings well,
buying what he described as a series of “ridiculous things”
including an ice-cream van. He and his father have recently
invested in property. Grint, 28, who played Ron Weasley, is still
acting, landing roles in Sick Note and Snatch, a TV series spun off
from the Guy Ritchie film. Born in Harlow, he had acted only in
school plays before landing the Weasley role. His company Clay
10 showed £10.4m net assets in 2014-15. 2016: £26m, 2724 £ 27 m New entry ★
ALEX LOVEN
Sports equipmentLoven, 29, is building one of Britain’s fastest-growing companies
from an industrial estate in Wrexham. He attributes his creativity
to dyslexia, describing it as “an asset, not a weakness”, and was
inspired to launch Net World Sports after buying a cricket bat on
eBay and writing to the supplier to find out the wholesale price.
Eight years on, the firm sells 100,000 football goalposts a year to
clubs and schools worldwide and it also covers cricket, tennis
and golf. Profits were almost £3m on nearly £12m of sales in 2016.NEW DIRECTION WITH
CHERYL : LIAM PAYNE
Entry 15=, £40mWatson continues to captivate the nation
both on and off screen. The 26-year-old
has been United Nations women’s
goodwill ambassador since 2014, but her
commitment to feminist campaigning
was called into question in February when
she posed for a revealing photograph in
an interview for Vanity Fair magazine.
Her activism has brought her as much
attention as her acting and two years ago
she made it onto Time magazine’s list of
the world’s 100 most influential people.
She is not doing too badly from the
day job, either. Watson is expected to earn
handsomely from her portrayal of Belle
in this year’s Disney live-action film of
Beauty and the Beast. Although shereportedly accepted a £1.6m appearance
fee, she also took a cut of the production’s
takings, which have far exceeded
expectations. In its opening weekend it
took £18.4m, making it the fifth
highest-grossing three-day opening for
a movie.
Watson found fame and fortune as the
studious Hermione Granger in the eight
Harry Potter films, based on the books
by JK Rowling (qv), which made $7.7bn
at the box office. She has also secured a
portfolio of modelling deals, including
make-up specialist Lancôme as well as
the fashion labels Burberry and Chanel.
Not an ostentatious spender, she rises to
£39m this year. 2016: £35m, 1620 £ 39 m £ 4 m ▲
EMMA WATSON
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