The wealthiest people in the South West have been revealed in the latest Sunday Times Rich List.

The newspaper has analysed the wealth of the 250 richest people in the country. There are 177 billionaires recorded in the 海角视频 this year - up six from 2021.

Inventor Sir James Dyson, 75, is now the second-richest person in the 海角视频. His Wiltshire-based company had a record year last year with profits of 拢1.5bn on sales of more than 拢6bn - raising its value from 拢14.5bn to 拢21bn.

Entrepreneur Stephen Fitzpatrick, 44, who became the South West鈥檚 ninth billionaire, is now worth 拢1.3bn. He boosted his personal wealth by 拢665m after the New York float of his Bristol-based flying taxi venture Vertical Aerospace. His wealth includes a 拢603m stake in Ovo Energy, also based in Bristol.

Husband and wife Chris and Sarah Dawson, owner of the Plymouth-based discount store chain The Range, share a fortune of 拢2.25产苍, up 拢200m on last year.

Chris Dawson, founder of The Range retail chain
Chris Dawson, founder of The Range retail chain

The Range saw sales leap by 拢352m during the worst of the Covid pandemic after his stores remained open as 鈥渆ssential retailers鈥. The hike in earnings to 拢1.35bn in 2020 led to after-tax profits for the Plymouth-headquartered company jumping to 拢145m last year - more than three times the 拢47m profit made the previous year.

Elsewhere engineering boss Sir David McMurtry, 82, saw his wealth drop by 拢650m in a year to 拢1.13产苍, after profits slumped at Renishaw, the Gloucestershire engineering business he co-founded.

Earlier this month, the Wotton-under-Edge company cut its annual revenue and profit forecast after pulling its operations in Russia and uncertainty caused by Covid lockdowns in China.

is compiled by Robert Watts and is based on identifiable wealth, including land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. It excludes bank accounts.

The complete list is available to the paper鈥檚 digital subscribers on Friday, May 20, and is in the print edition of the newspaper on Sunday, May 22.

The richest people in the South West in 2022

Rank

Name

Source of Wealth

2022 Wealth

Rise/Fall

1

Sir James Dyson and family

Household goods and technology: Dyson

拢23产苍

Up 拢6.7bn

2

John Christodoulou

Property

拢2.35产苍

Up 拢350m

3

Chris and Sarah Dawson

Discount stores: The Range

拢2.25产苍

Up 拢200m

4

Peter Hargreaves

Finance: Hargreaves Lansdown

拢2.068产苍

Down 拢342m

5

Stephen Fitzpatrick

Transport and energy

拢1.34产苍

Up 拢665m

6

Steve Lansdown

Finance: Hargreaves Lansdown

拢1.237产苍

Down 拢128m

7

Sir David McMurtry

Engineering: Renishaw

拢1.13产苍

Down 拢650m

8

Christina Ong and family

Retailing and hotels

拢1.089产苍

Up 拢89m.

9

Ursula Bechtolsheimer-Kipp and family

Inheritance and hotels: Tschuggen

拢1.007产苍

Up 拢7m

10

Lord Vestey and family

Meat

拢716尘

Down 拢1m

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