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286= £ 425 m No change ■

TERRY BRAMALL AND FAMILY

Construction

Doncaster construction company Keepmoat, which specialises

in social housing, was sold in 2007 for £783m. Bramall’s father

was a co-founder and his family owned 72%. Bramall, 74, has put

£96m into his charitable foundation. 2016: £425m, 268=

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TONY BUCKINGHAM

Oil and diamonds

Jersey-based Buckingham, 65, is well known in yachting circles

for his vessel Easy Oars, which has competed in the Admiral’s

Cup. He has a stake in oil explorer Heritage Oil, which is worth

£314m after a £924m takeover in 2014. 2016: £425m, 268=

286= £ 425 m £ 75 m ▲

JOHN COULTER AND ANN JONES

Jewellery and property

Coulter, 65, and sister Jones, 63, run Stockport jewellery retailer

Warren James. It built up a 26.1% stake in Pinewood Shepperton

film studios, which was taken over for £323m last year and

renamed Pinewood Group. In 2015-16 the jeweller’s parent

recorded £38m profit on £101.3m sales. 2016: £350m, 313=

286= £ 425 m £ 100 m ▲

JOHN KIRKLAND AND FAMILY

Construction 2016: £325m, 333=

286= £ 425 m No change ■

CHARLOTTE TOWNSHEND

Inheritance

Townshend, 62, affectionately known as “Blot”, is the only person

in the UK other than the Queen (qv) allowed to own swans, at her

Dorset Abbotsbury Swannery. We see nine farming and estate

firms with £67m of net assets in 2015-16. 2016: £425m, 268=

291 £ 424 m £ 11 m ▲

ALASTAIR AND MICHAEL POWELL

Cables and property

Brothers Alastair, 64, and Michael, 59, own Teesside’s Cable

Properties, which has more than 130 buildings in the northeast

and showed £21.5m profits in 2014-15. 2016: £413m, 276

292 £ 421 m £ 11 m▼

SIR DONALD GOSLING

Property

Gosling, 88, started the National Parking Corporation and shared

£580m with co-founder Sir Ronald Hobson (qv) in 1998, when the

NCP parent was sold. In January he gave £1m towards restoring

the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. 2016: £432m, 264=

293= £ 420 m £ 64 m ▲

KULJINDER BAHIA AND FAMILY

Travel

Indian-born Bahia, 44, owns Southall Travel. He recently bought

an office block in Mayfair and will move staff from Southall. In

2015-16 the firm’s parent made £25.5m profit. 2016: £356m, 312

293= £ 420 m £ 90 m▼

YOUNUS SHEIKH AND FAMILY

Cash and carry

A founder of Bestway, the London food and pharmacy business

led by Sir Anwar Pervez (qv), Sheikh, 70, has a new non-executive

role. Profits at Bestway (Holdings) reached £401m on £2.8bn

sales in 2015-16. Adding the separate £200m Bestway Northern,

the companies are worth a combined £5.5bn. The Sheikh family

has a £400m stake and other assets. 2016: £510m, 224=

295 £ 412 m £ 13 m▼

CHARLES GALLAGHER AND FAMILY

Construction

Dublin’s Abbey housebuilding group is valued at £249m.

Gallagher, 57, is head of the family that runs it, with a stake worth

£183m, down £13m on a year ago. The Gallaghers also own

Matthew Homes and a plant hire firm. 2016: £425m, 268=

296 £ 410 m £ 10 m ▲

LEON MAX

Fashion

Russian-born Max, 63, began his career in the Kirov Ballet’s

costume department before launching his Max Studio fashion

business in America in 1979. He bought Easton Neston estate in

Northamptonshire for £15m in 2005. 2016: £400m, 280=

297 £ 408 m £ 8 m ▲

GUY AND ALEX DELLAL AND FAMILY

Property

Alex Dellal, 33, has the eye for a deal of his grandfather “Black

Jack” Dellal, who died in 2012 aged 89. Alex bought the HQ of Sir

Philip Green’s (qv) former BHS business for £31m in 2015 and two

months later sold it for £38.3m. The Dellals, including Jack’s

59-year-old son Guy, are worth £408m. Guy’s daughter Alice, 29,

has modelled for Agent Provocateur. 2016: £400m, 280=

298 £ 406 m £ 36 m ▲

JONATHAN RUFFER

Finance 2016: £370, 301=

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299= £ 400 m £ 50 m ▲

RODERICK EVANS AND FAMILY

Property 2016: £350m, 313=

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DECLAN GANLEY

Telecoms 2016: £400m, 280=

299= £ 400 m £ 25 m ▲

NICK AND PETER GOULD

Property

The Gould brothers’ London property operation Regis Group

made £4.6m profit in 2015-16. Nick, 59, and Peter, 58, also have

property and investments in America. 2016: £375m, 298=

299= £ 400 m £ 35 m ▲

YAN HUO

Hedge fund

London hedge fund Capula Investment Management was

co-founded in 2005 by Huo, 48, a US-born engineer turned

trader. Profits rose to £116.4m in 2015-16. 2016: £365m, 307=

299= £ 400 m New entry ★

BRENDAN KELLY

Exhibitions

London-based events business Allworld Exhibitions was sold to

UBM for £382 m last year. The operation was founded by Kelly’s

father, Leo. Kelly, 55 , a former marine, owned it all before the sale.

299= £ 400 m £ 40 m▼

GREG NASMYTH AND FAMILY

Business services 2016: £440m, 262

FLYING HIGH:

CHARLOTTE TOWNSHEND

Entry 286=, £425m

IN NUMBERS

NICK

WHEELER

AND CHRISSIE

RUCKER

Entry 285, £427m

2016: £400m, 280=

1994

the year Rucker

fou nded The White

Company (TWC)

6,000

pounds legacy from

grandmother used by

Rucker to found TWC

1986

the year Wheeler

founded shirtmaker

Charles Tyrwhitt

1

year when TWC’s

profi ts have been

bigger than Tyrwhitt’s

(2016)

74

UK stores for TWC and

Charles Tyrwhitt

Rich List 2017 251-500

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