Tax the Rich List 2026

A 2% wealth tax on just the UK’s 15 richest families could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year. Why isn't the government taxing the richest to help people who are struggling to pay the bills?

Sunday Times Rich List 2026

RankNameWealth2% annual wealth tax could raise
1 Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family £38 billion £759.80 million A 2% wealth tax on the 15 richest families could cut household energy bills by an average of £150 a year.
2 David and Simon Reuben and family £27.971 billion £559.22 million
3 Sir Leonard Blavatnik £26.852 billion £536.84 million
4 Idan Ofer £24.481 billion £489.42 million
5 Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family £18.939 billion £378.58 million
6 Christopher Harborne £18.177 billion £363.34 million
7 Nik Storonsky £16.411 billion £328.02 million
8 Alex Gerko £16.006 billion £319.92 million
9 Sir Jim Ratcliffe £15.194 billion £303.68 million
10 Igor and Dmitry Bukhman £14.26 billion £285.00 million
11 Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £12.6 billion £251.80 million
12 Michael Platt £12.481 billion £249.42 million
13 Sir James Dyson and family £12 billion £239.80 million
14 Lord Bamford and family £10.318 billion £206.16 million
15 Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho £10.215 billion £204.10 million
16 Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family £9.736 billion £194.52 million And that's without counting the rest of the Rich List…
17 Denise, John and Peter Coates £9.728 billion £194.36 million
18 The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family £9.677 billion £193.34 million
19= Moshe Kantor £8.888 billion £177.56 million
19= Marit, Lisbet, Dame Sigrid and Sir Hans Rausing £8.888 billion £177.56 million
21 Stephen Rubin and family £8.75 billion £174.80 million
22Sir Chris Hohn£8.556 billion£170.92 million
23Anders Holch Povlsen£8.287 billion£165.54 million
24Daniel Kretinsky£8.185 billion£163.50 million
25Carrie and François Perrodo and family£8.074 billion£161.28 million
26Tom Morris and family£8.061 billion£161.02 million
27Ben and Adam Keswick and family£6.755 billion£134.90 million
28Sri Prakash Lohia£6.444 billion£128.68 million
29Earl Cadogan and family£6.418 billion£128.16 million
30Hilton Schlosberg£6.36 billion£127.00 million
31Joe Lewis£5.83 billion£116.40 million
32Ian and Richard Livingstone£5.686 billion£113.52 million
33Leonie Schroder and Claire Fitzalan Howard and family£5.611 billion£112.02 million
34Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman£5.481 billion£109.42 million
35=Navin Engineer and family£5 billion£99.80 million
35=Mohsin and Zuber Issa£5 billion£99.80 million
37Mark Scheinberg£4.889 billion£97.58 million
38Andy Currie£4.762 billion£95.04 million
39Glenn Gordon and family£4.745 billion£94.70 million
40John Reece£4.744 billion£94.68 million
41Alki David and the Leventis family£4.587 billion£91.54 million
42Sir Anwar Pervez and family£4.159 billion£82.98 million
43Anil Agarwal£3.852 billion£76.84 million
44Laurence and François Graff£3.75 billion£74.80 million
45Eddie and Sol Zakay£3.7 billion£73.80 million
46Fred and Peter Done£3.612 billion£72.04 million
47Mark Pears and family£3.451 billion£68.82 million
48Mike Ashley£3.437 billion£68.54 million
49Baron Howard de Walden and family£3.357 billion£66.94 million
50Alan Parker and family£3.29 billion£65.60 million
51Clive Calder£3.25 billion£64.80 million
52Sammy Tak Lee and family£3.111 billion£62.02 million
53John Bloor£3.11 billion£62.00 million
54Sir Dennis and Lady Gillings£3.095 billion£61.70 million
55Chris Rokos£3 billion£59.80 million
56Ben Lewis and family£2.851 billion£56.82 million
57Maritsa Lazari and family£2.8 billion£55.80 million
58Alejandro Santo Domingo and Lady Charlotte Wellesley£2.741 billion£54.62 million
59John Christodoulou£2.7 billion£53.80 million
60=Chris and Sarah Dawson£2.65 billion£52.80 million
60=Inna Gudavadze£2.65 billion£52.80 million
62Simon, Bobby and Robin Arora£2.554 billion£50.88 million
63Benzion Freshwater and family£2.547 billion£50.74 million
64Jean-François Decaux and family£2.5 billion£49.80 million
65=Warren Stephens£2.444 billion£48.68 million
65=Alan Howard£2.444 billion£48.68 million
67Sir Richard Branson and family£2.4 billion£47.80 million
68Peter Hargreaves£2.325 billion£46.30 million
69John Gore£2.25 billion£44.80 million
70Henry Moser and family£2.178 billion£43.36 million
71Tony Langley£2.144 billion£42.68 million
72Lord Choudrey and family£2.14 billion£42.60 million
73Geoffrey Warren£2.1 billion£41.80 million
74Georg and Emily von Opel£2.083 billion£41.46 million
75Simon Nixon£2.05 billion£40.80 million
76Viscount Rothermere and family£2.05 billion£40.80 million
77Ranjit and Baljinder Boparan and family£2.03 billion£40.40 million
78Lord Hintze£2.026 billion£40.32 million
79=Bernie Ecclestone and family£2 billion£39.80 million
79=Jeremy Coller£2 billion£39.80 million
79=Farhad Moshiri£2 billion£39.80 million
82Alex Beard£1.93 billion£38.40 million
83Andrey Andreev£1.926 billion£38.32 million
84Viscount Portman and family£1.9 billion£37.80 million
85Sir Ian Wood and family£1.876 billion£37.32 million
86=Suneil Setiya£1.86 billion£37.00 million Keep scrolling…
86=Greg Skinner£1.86 billion£37.00 million
88Mark and Lindy O'Hare£1.836 billion£36.52 million
89Kristo Kaarmann£1.806 billion£35.92 million
90Peter Harris and family£1.787 billion£35.54 million
91Stefan Olsson£1.778 billion£35.36 million
92Jonas and Mathias Kamprad£1.777 billion£35.34 million
93Sir Will Adderley and family£1.754 billion£34.88 million
94Richard Caring£1.75 billion£34.80 million
95Lady (Philomena) Clark and family£1.733 billion£34.46 million
96James and John Martin and family£1.73 billion£34.40 million
97Surinder Arora and family£1.7 billion£33.80 million
98Michael Flacks£1.681 billion£33.42 million
99Caspar MacDonald-Hall and family£1.654 billion£32.88 million
100=Strive Masiyiwa£1.63 billion£32.40 million
100=Jim and Sally Thompson£1.63 billion£32.40 million
102Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and family£1.628 billion£32.36 million
103Sunder Genomal and family£1.607 billion£31.94 million
104John Caudwell£1.569 billion£31.18 million
105Adam Fleming and family£1.559 billion£30.98 million
106Sir Gerald Ronson and family£1.552 billion£30.84 million
107Vlad Yatsenko£1.547 billion£30.74 million
108Lord Ashcroft and family£1.507 billion£29.94 million
109John Whittaker and family£1.5 billion£29.80 million
110Poju and Anita Zabludowicz£1.495 billion£29.70 million
111Robert Miller and Princess Marie-Chantal and family£1.481 billion£29.42 million
112Sandy and James Easdale£1.47 billion£29.20 million
113=Andrew Law£1.45 billion£28.80 million
113=Niklas Zennstrom£1.45 billion£28.80 million
115Jon Hunt£1.447 billion£28.74 million
116Peter Jones and family£1.432 billion£28.44 million
117Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and family£1.409 billion£27.98 million
118Sir Cameron Mackintosh£1.4 billion£27.80 million
119Christopher Thomson and family£1.384 billion£27.48 million
120Richard Desmond£1.363 billion£27.06 million
121The Shepherd family£1.35 billion£26.80 million
122Sir Tony Gallagher£1.345 billion£26.70 million
123=Piotr Dabkowski£1.333 billion£26.46 million
123=Mati Staniszewski£1.333 billion£26.46 million
125Sir Terry Matthews£1.33 billion£26.40 million
126Gary Lubner£1.3 billion£25.80 million
127John Murphy and family£1.292 billion£25.64 million
128Peter Stephenson and family£1.266 billion£25.12 million
129Jasminder Singh and family£1.265 billion£25.10 million
130Anna Margaret Smedvig, Julia Smedvig Hagland and family£1.253 billion£24.86 million
131Steve Lansdown£1.25 billion£24.80 million
132Nadhmi Auchi£1.247 billion£24.74 million
133Christoph Henkel and family£1.234 billion£24.48 million
134Yan Huo£1.225 billion£24.30 million
135Charles Cayzer and family£1.222 billion£24.24 million
136Mark Coombs£1.221 billion£24.22 million
137John Armitage£1.22 billion£24.20 million
138Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi and family£1.204 billion£23.88 million
139=Lord Grantchester£1.2 billion£23.80 million
139=Elisabeth Murdoch£1.2 billion£23.80 million
141David and Victoria Beckham£1.185 billion£23.50 million
142Lord and Lady Cruddas£1.156 billion£22.92 million
143=Lord Kirkham and family£1.14 billion£22.60 million
143=Helene and Marianne Odfjell and family£1.14 billion£22.60 million
145Lord Spencer of Alresford£1.139 billion£22.58 million
146Lord Sugar£1.138 billion£22.56 million
147Howard Shore£1.125 billion£22.30 million
148Henning Conle and family£1.119 billion£22.18 million
149=Eugene Shvidler£1.1 billion£21.80 million
149=David Sullivan and family£1.1 billion£21.80 million
151Paul Hamilton£1.081 billion£21.42 million Keep scrolling…
152Sir Paul and Lady (Nancy) McCartney£1.055 billion£20.90 million
153Sir Peter, James and Steve Rigby£1.041 billion£20.62 million
154Barry and Eddie Hearn£1.035 billion£20.50 million
155Roy Richardson and family£1.03 billion£20.40 million
156Ursula and Till Bechtolsheimer and family£1.02 billion£20.20 million
157Sir Roger and Peter De Haan£1.009 billion£19.98 million
158Paul Coulson and family£996 million£19.72 million
159JK Rowling£975 million£19.30 million
160Matthew Riley£957 million£18.94 million
161=Sir Paul Marshall£950 million£18.80 million
161=Taavet Hinrikus£950 million£18.80 million
161=Ian Wace£950 million£18.80 million
164Luke and Brian Comer£946 million£18.72 million
165=Henry Engelhardt and Diane Briere de l'Isle£935 million£18.50 million
165=Steve Morgan£935 million£18.50 million
167=Mark Dixon£931 million£18.42 million
167=Charles Gallagher and family£931 million£18.42 million
167=The Sir Ken Morrison family£931 million£18.42 million
170John Jakes£926 million£18.32 million
171Philip Gabriel and family£922 million£18.24 million
172The Duke of Devonshire£915 million£18.10 million
173Peter Kelly£913 million£18.06 million
174Sir Philip and Lady Green£905 million£17.90 million
175Patricia Thompson and family£902 million£17.84 million
176Malcolm Healey and family£901 million£17.82 million
177Christopher Whiteside£900 million£17.80 million
178Lady Ballyedmond and family£898 million£17.76 million
179Lord Edmiston£897 million£17.74 million
180Tom Sandell£889 million£17.58 million
181The Duke of Bedford£882 million£17.44 million
182Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag£878 million£17.36 million
183=Bill, Will and Richard Ainscough£877 million£17.34 million
183=The Kirkland family£877 million£17.34 million
185Chris Sheppard and family£869 million£17.18 million
186Edoardo Mercadante£846 million£16.72 million
187Andy Hill and family£845 million£16.70 million
188Sir Mo Ibrahim£815 million£16.10 million
189Tim and Kit Kemp£810 million£16.00 million
190The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness family£807 million£15.94 million
191=Sir Charles Dunstone£800 million£15.80 million
191=Ben Francis£800 million£15.80 million
191=Michael Tabor and family£800 million£15.80 million
194Daren Whitaker£797 million£15.74 million
195Sir Peter Wood£795 million£15.70 million
196Manfred Gorvy and family£789 million£15.58 million
197William Lloyd and family£782 million£15.44 million
198Ruth Parasol and family£780 million£15.40 million
199=Tony Bloom£779 million£15.38 million
199=Oliver and Alexander Kent-Braham£779 million£15.38 million
201=Tim Knowles£775 million£15.30 million Keep scrolling…
201=Paul Sykes£775 million£15.30 million
203Mike Danson£772 million£15.24 million
204Michael Loughran and family£770 million£15.20 million
205Jonathan Warburton and family£762 million£15.04 million
206John Coulter and Ann Jones£754 million£14.88 million
207Donald Mackenzie£750 million£14.80 million
208Thor Bjorgolfsson£741 million£14.62 million
209Lord Vestey and family£739 million£14.58 million
210Richard Harpin and family£735 million£14.50 million
211Laurent Cadji£733 million£14.46 million
212Graham King£726 million£14.32 million
213Lord Laidlaw£725 million£14.30 million
214=Sir Lloyd Dorfman and family£721 million£14.22 million
214=Bhupendra Kansagra and family£721 million£14.22 million
216Freddie Linnett and the Murphy family£720 million£14.20 million
217Martin Hughes£718 million£14.16 million
218=Robert and William Barnett and family£715 million£14.10 million
218=Kirsty Bertarelli£715 million£14.10 million
220Alastair and Michael Powell£713 million£14.06 million
221=Paul Day and family£700 million£13.80 million
221=Sir Tom Hunter£700 million£13.80 million
221=Mike Jatania and family£700 million£13.80 million
221=May Makhzoumi and family£700 million£13.80 million
225Fawn and India Rose James and family£689 million£13.58 million
226Thomas Hartland-Mackie£684 million£13.48 million
227=James Benamor£683 million£13.46 million
227=David Wilson and family£683 million£13.46 million
229Jon and Susie Seaton£681 million£13.42 million
230The King£680 million£13.40 million
231Matt and Jodie Moulding£675 million£13.30 million
232Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour£674 million£13.28 million
233Nigel Spokes and family£663 million£13.06 million
234Christopher Moran£658 million£12.96 million
235Bill Holmes and family£630 million£12.40 million
236Lord Iliffe and family£622 million£12.24 million
237Leo Noé and family£610 million£12.00 million
238Paddy McNally£600 million£11.80 million
239Will Roseff£591 million£11.62 million
240Michael Shanly£590 million£11.60 million
241Alex Kendall£583 million£11.46 million
242Philip Meeson£579 million£11.38 million
243Herman Narula£578 million£11.36 million
244Mahmud Kamani and family£576 million£11.32 million
245Tom Bruce-Jones and family£573 million£11.26 million
246Andrew Nisbet and family£572 million£11.24 million
247The Hoare family£571 million£11.22 million
248Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty£563 million£11.06 million
249Andy Bell£553 million£10.86 million
250=Joe Hemani£550 million£10.80 million
250=David Pearlman£550 million£10.80 million Keep scrolling…
252The Duke of Northumberland and family£544 million£10.68 million
253The Gibbon family£542 million£10.64 million
254Chrissie Rucker and Nick Wheeler£540 million£10.60 million
255Tej Lalvani and family£525 million£10.30 million
256Timothy Goodwin and family£524 million£10.28 million
257Dame Marit Mohn Westlake£520 million£10.20 million
258Lawrence Tomlinson£519 million£10.18 million
259Julian Dunkerton and Jade Holland Cooper£518 million£10.16 million
260Lord Lloyd-Webber£516 million£10.12 million
261Richard Smith and family£513 million£10.06 million
262Martin Kissinger£511 million£10.02 million
263Michael Clarke and family£510 million£10.00 million
264John Deer£509 million£9.98 million
265Charlotte Townshend£507 million£9.94 million
266Nick Capstick-Dale£505 million£9.90 million
267Steve Parkin£503 million£9.86 million
268=Masao Asai£500 million£9.80 million
268=Greg Jackson£500 million£9.80 million
268=Ross Turner£500 million£9.80 million
271Roderick Evans and family£497 million£9.74 million
272Graeme and Yvonne Brooks£491 million£9.62 million
273Dame Irene Hays and family£488 million£9.56 million
274Gordon Sanders and family£485 million£9.50 million
275Chris Oglesby and family£483 million£9.46 million
277Sir Elton John£480 million£9.40 million
278Sir David Harding£477 million£9.34 million
278Mark Fenwick and family£464 million£9.08 million
279Berish Berger and family£463 million£9.06 million
280Eoin McCann and family£462 million£9.04 million
281=Iris Gibbor and family£461 million£9.02 million
281=Lord Sainsbury of Turville£461 million£9.02 million
283Sir John Timpson and family£460 million£9.00 million
284=Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson£450 million£8.80 million
284=Sir Mick Jagger£450 million£8.80 million
284=Keith Richards£450 million£8.80 million
287Tom and Ruth Chapman£445 million£8.70 million
288Tony Matharu£444 million£8.68 million
289Dai and Richard Walters£441 million£8.62 million
290Ross McMahon and family£438 million£8.56 million
291=Iain Anderson and family£437 million£8.54 million
291=Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones£437 million£8.54 million
293Mark Creasy£436 million£8.52 million
294Sir Lewis Hamilton£435 million£8.50 million
295Jeff Smith£434 million£8.48 million
296Sir Michael Gooley£433 million£8.46 million
297Simon Cowell£430 million£8.40 million
298Terry Bramall and family£429 million£8.38 million
299Alex Langsam£428 million£8.36 million
300Andrew Killingsworth£425 million£8.30 million
301Sir Malcolm and Lord Walker of Broxton£424 million£8.28 million Almost there…
302Flure Grossart and family£419 million£8.18 million
303Paul and Johnny Caddick£416 million£8.12 million
304=Jeremy Hitchins and family£415 million£8.10 million
304=James Stephens£415 million£8.10 million
306=Ed Sheeran£410 million£8.00 million
306=Riccardo Zacconi£410 million£8.00 million
308Mark Hunter£406 million£7.92 million
309Chris Woolridge and family£406 million£7.92 million
310Sam and Dan Houser£405 million£7.90 million
311Richard Dick and family£404 million£7.88 million
312Sir Matthew Vaughn and Claudia Schiffer£403 million£7.86 million
313John Guthrie and family£402 million£7.84 million
314=Emily Eavis and family£400 million£7.80 million
314=Andrew Staley£400 million£7.80 million
316Stephen Griggs and family£398 million£7.76 million
317Andrei Borodin and Tatiana Korsakova£394 million£7.68 million
318Emma Hindle and family£391 million£7.62 million
319John Kelly and family£389 million£7.58 million
320Stephen Turner£388 million£7.56 million
321David Clowes and family£385 million£7.50 million
322Martin, Patrick and Paul Flannery and family£384 million£7.48 million
323Eric Gadsden and family£382 million£7.44 million
324Mark and Neil Radcliffe£377 million£7.34 million
325=Noel and Liam Gallagher£375 million£7.30 million
325=Norman Grundon and family£375 million£7.30 million
327John Denholm and family£374 million£7.28 million
328Cliff Cook£373 million£7.26 million
329Sir Christopher Nolan and Dame Emma Thomas£370 million£7.20 million
330David and Lucy Wernick£369 million£7.18 million
331Kuljinder Bahia and family£367 million£7.14 million
332Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi£363 million£7.06 million
333=Sir Brian May£360 million£7.00 million
333=Roger Taylor£360 million£7.00 million
335Alisa Moussaieff and family£357 million£6.94 million
336Martin George and family£356 million£6.92 million
337=Daniel Goodman and family£355 million£6.90 million
337=Charlotte Tilbury and George Waud£355 million£6.90 million
339Keith and Maria Bastian£354 million£6.88 million
340=Tom and Phil Beahon£350 million£6.80 million
340=Euan Blair£350 million£6.80 million
340=Michael Ferncombe and family£350 million£6.80 million
340=John Hargreaves and family£350 million£6.80 million
340=Peter and Tilly Harrison£350 million£6.80 million
340=Clinton, Spencer and John McCarthy£350 million£6.80 million
340=Lior Shiff£350 million£6.80 million
340=Andrew Vincent£350 million£6.80 million
348Frank Hester£344 million£6.68 million
349Alexander Marr and family£343 million£6.66 million
350David and Heather Stevens£340 million£6.60 million
TOTAL£784 billion£15.61 billion

The 350 families on the Sunday Times Rich List are worth more than £784 billion. A 2% tax on their wealth could raise £15 billion per year.* Why isn't the government taxing the richest to help people struggling to pay the bills? And why isn't their main opposition calling for taxes on the super-rich either?

It's time to reign in the outsized political and economic power of those with extreme wealth.


*Calculations based on an annual 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million, as proposed by civil society organisations, including Oxfam UK, Tax Justice UK and Patriotic Millionaires (Source: Tax Justice UK). Energy bill discount calculation based on Joseph Rowntree Foundation's proposal for a rising block tariff, which would give everyone a block of discounted essential energy. This estimates a reduction in energy bills for the median household by £150 a year at a cost of £5 billion (Source: JRF). Wealth estimates taken from the Sunday Times Rich List, which the Sunday Times describes as 'conservative': 'The actual size of someone’s fortune may be significantly larger…'

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