Sunday Times Rich List 1989
The Sunday Times Rich List 1989 is the 1st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 2 April 1989.[1]
In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200,[1] (approximately £79 million in today's value).[2]
The list at the time reported the Queen as the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with a wealth of £5.2 billion, which included state assets that were not hers personally,[3] (approximately £13.8 billion in today's value).[2]
Top 10 fortunes
| 1989 | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
| 1 | £5.2 | The Queen |  United Kingdom
|
Landowner |
| 2 | £3.2 | The Duke of Westminster
|
United Kingdom
|
Landowner |
| 3 | £1.97 | Lord Sainsbury & family
|
United Kingdom
|
Retail |
| 4 | £1.9 | Gad and Hans Rausing |  Sweden
|
Packaging |
| 5 | £1.7 | Sir John Moores
|
United Kingdom
|
Retail |
| 5 | £1.7 | Garfield Weston
|
 Canada
|
Retail |
| 7 | £1.2 | John Paul Getty II
|
United Kingdom
|
Oil |
| 7 | £1.2 | Lord Vestey & Edmund Vestey
|
United Kingdom
|
Food |
| 9 | £1 | Octav Botnar |  Romania
|
Cars |
| 10 | £0.75 | Sir James Goldsmith
|
 France & United Kingdom
|
Finance |
See also
- List of billionaires (2007)
References
- ^ a b "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Rich List: Changing face of wealth". BBC News. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2020.