The Sunday Times Magazine – 7 May 2017

Rich List 2017 751-1,000

MICHAEL LOUGHRAN AND FAMILY

Fuel distribution 2016: £112m, 874=

RAJ MANAK

Construction New entry

936= £ 116 m ■

EDELIN DAVIS AND FAMILY

Construction 2016: £110m, 885=

HAROLD MARTIN AND FAMILY

Business services 2016: £115m, 862=

938= £ 115 m ■

STEVE AND SARAH BENNETT

Jewellery

Bennett, 51, set up the jewellery home shopping channel and

internet company Gemporia. He focuses on ethical gem-hunting

while his wife, Sarah, 40, concentrates on the design side of the

operation. Their glittering wares have adorned actresses

Nicole Kidman and Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams, as well

as the singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. In 2015-16 the Redditch-based

business made a profit of £11.6m on £101.6m sales. It had net

assets of £14m and paid dividends of more than £7m. New entry

FRANK BURKE AND FAMILY

Construction 2016: £115m, 862=

GREGORY DARLING AND FAMILY

Marine services 2016: £120m, 831=

PETER DUBENS

Internet and fi nance

Dubens, 50, began his career driving for billionaire Joe Lewis (qv).

His Oakley Capital private equity group in Chelsea has sold 11

businesses for more than £1bn since 2002. In September he sold

more than half of an 86% stake in German dating website Parship

for £108m, doubling his holding’s value. 2016: £110m, 885=

MARCUS MARGULIES AND FAMILY

Watches 2016: £110m, 885=

ROBERT AND JONATHAN MOULD

Furniture 2016: £105m, 936=

DAVID SHELTON

Car sales

Motorpoint, the UK’s largest independent car retailer, has given

investors a smooth ride since it floated last May. Shelton, 64, set

up the Derby-based business in 1998 after 10 years at a rival

dealer, making £100m from its stock market debut. It is worth

£125.7m and his 23.4% stake is valued at £29.5m. New entry

GREG STANLEY AND FAMILY

DIY 2016: £115m, 862=

946= £ 114 m ■

MICHAEL DWAN

Finance

Stockport-based Dwan, 57, runs Equity Solutions Asset

Management, which provides infrastructure services, principally

for health and education bodies. Dwan is also active in school

academy development through the Bright Tribe trust, which runs

seven schools. His main operation is worth £110m. New entry

ANDERS HEDLUND AND FAMILY

Stationery and property

Hedlund, 60, left Sweden in 1979 to set up a gift-wrap firm in a

Welsh village. Now based in Bedfordshire, International Greetings

employs more than 3,000 people globally, and Hedlund and his

family own a 38% stake in the £157m listed business. New entry

ALEX PUSCO

Financial services New entry

949= £ 113 m ■

KEITH BLACK AND FAMILY

Clothing

Manchester-based Regatta was founded in 1981 by Black, 57, and

is one of the UK’s most recognised outdoor clothing brands. The

operation, which owns Craghoppers, Dare2b and Hawkshead,

made £4.3m profit on £134.8m sales in 2015-16 and is worth

£70m. Black and his family own 95%. 2016: £110m, 885=

JOHN LAITHWAITE AND FAMILY

Laundry services 2016: £112m, 874=

LEONARD POLONSKY

Finance 2016: £120m, 831=

952= £ 112 m ■

THE BAYLIS FAMILY

Property 2016: £110m, 885=

MAURICE CRITCHLEY AND FAMILY

Engineering

Critchley, 68, runs Severn Glocon Group, which specialises in

producing valves for the oil and gas industry. In 2015 the family

business, based in Gloucester, made £12m profit on £116m sales

and is worth £110m, with other assets adding £2m. New entry

MARTIN DAWES AND FAMILY

Telecoms and software 2016: £112m, 874=

DANNY DESMOND

Property 2016: £110m, 885=

The BBC’s adaptation of John l e Carré’s

The Night Manager had a breakout star

— and it was not Tom Hiddleston’s naked

bottom, or even his wannabe James

Bond six-pack. It was instead Spain’s

most exclusive villa, La Fortaleza, bought

by Lupton in 2011. The 17th-century

Mallorcan fortress has five houses, two

swimming pools and a helipad. It certainly

caught the attention of attendees at a

2015 Tory fundraiser, with a week’s stay

for 24 people fetching £220,000.

Lupton may have charged the BBC to

advertise his holiday house, but it is not

the first time he has shown his generosity

to the Tory party. He has donated more

than £3m and served as co- treasurer until

last year. In 2015 he was made a life peer.

Lupton, 61, established the London

arm of independent US bank Greenhill,

which floated on Wall Street in 2004. His

holding is worth £58.2m. An £8m profit

from the sale of a car insurer in 2014 adds

to his wealth. 2016: £105m, 936=

927= £ 118 m £ 13 m ▲

LORD LUPTON

Finance

WELLINGTON BOOTY:

TOM JOULE AND FAMILY

Entry 929=, £117m

DOREEN LOFTHOUSE

AND FAMILY

Entry 929=, £117m

ALAMY

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