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.
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
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