Billionaires Born in United Kingdom

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

1. 1Jim RatcliffeFailsworth · British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist$12.1B
2. 2Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of WestminsterOmagh · British billionaire landowner, businessman and Territorial Army officer (1951-2016)$11B
3. 3Denise CoatesStoke-on-Trent · English businesswoman$10.2B
4. 4Michael KadoorieBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong-British entrepreneur and philanthropist$8.6B
5. 5John BrownLondon · British bobsledder$8.5B
6. 6Galen WestonMarlow · Canadian billionaire (1940-2021)$8.4B
7. 7Michael PlattPreston · British hedge fund manager$8B
8. 8Michael MoritzCardiff · Welsh venture capitalist$6.8B
9. 9Jayshree UllalLondon · British chief executive$5.8B
10. 10Richard LiPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks$5.59B ^est.
11. 11Philip GreenCroydon · British businessman$5.5B
12. 12Mike AshleyBurnham · English billionaire retail entrepreneur; former co-owner of Newcastle United$3.4B
13. 13Bernie EcclestoneBungay · British business magnate (born 1930)$2.9B
14. 14Steve LansdownBritish businessman$1.82B
15. 15Alan SugarLondon Borough of Hackney · British business magnate, media personality, and political advisor (born 1947)$1.32B
16. 16Trevor HemmingsWoolwich · British businessman (1935–2021)$1.3B
17. 17Simon NixonStamford · British billionaire businessman$1.12B
18. 18John CaudwellBirmingham · English businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of mobile phone retailer Phones 4u$1B
19. 19Laurence GraffStepney · British jeweler$1B
20. 20Ian LivingstoneBritish billionaire property developer$1B
21. 21Jim MellonEdinburgh · British businessman and philanthropist$1B
22. 22Dennis GillingsLondon · British-born American billionaire statistician and entrepreneur$1B
23. 23Paul CoulsonLondon · Irish billionaire$1B
24. 24Jung Kong LeeBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong-born American chemist and politician$1B
25. 25Billy KanBritish Hong Kong$1B
26. 26Anthony WoodEngland · American billionaire businessman$1B
27. 27Doug PerkinsLlanelli · co-founder of Specsavers$1B
28. 28Ricky WongPublic company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong businessman$43.71M ^est.
29. 29Ian John PetriePrivate company founderScotlandUndisclosed
30. 30Lee ChambersTech founderBolton · British psychologist and entrepreneurUndisclosed
31. 31Yu Pun HoiPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong businessmanUndisclosed
32. 32David Chu Shu-hoPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Chinese businesspersonUndisclosed
33. 33David BrabenTech founderBasford · British computer programmerUndisclosed
34. 34Au Bak LingPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong publisher and art collectorUndisclosed
35. 35Angela ScottPublic company founderEdinburgh · Scottish cell therapy scientistUndisclosed
36. 36Edward Stanley GibbonsPublic company founderPlymouth · English stamp dealer (1840–1913)Undisclosed
37. 37Ernest AdsettsPublic company founderSheffield · founder of SIG plcUndisclosed
38. 38Chung Wah NanPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong architectUndisclosed
39. 39Victoria PrewTech founderLondon · British businesswomanUndisclosed
40. 40David Lloyd GeorgePublic company founderManchester · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922Undisclosed
41. 41Jack ClarkTech founderBrighton · British AI policy expert and entrepreneurUndisclosed
42. 42Shiu Ka-chunPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong social activist (1969-2025)Undisclosed
43. 43James CarterTech founderLondon · British entrepreneur and AI systems architect, founder of ArioloopUndisclosed
44. 44Josh SimonsPublic company founderEngland · Australian musician and media executive (born 1990)Undisclosed
45. 45Jordan LeeTech founderNewcastle · Co-Founder of AI AcquisitionUndisclosed
46. 46William ColgatePublic company founderHollingbourne · soap manufacturer and philanthropist (1783-1857)Undisclosed
47. 47Teh Hong PiowPublic company founderColony of Singapore · Malaysian businessman (1930–2022)Undisclosed
48. 48William Fothergill CookePublic company founderEaling · English inventor (1806-1879)Undisclosed
49. 49Mark GettyPublic company founderOxfordshire · Irish businessmanUndisclosed
50. 50Harry HymanPublic company founderHarrow · British businessmanUndisclosed
51. 51Ian WoodPublic company founderAberdeen · Scottish businessmanUndisclosed
52. 52John James SainsburyPublic company founderLambeth · British founder of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain (1844–1928)Undisclosed
53. 53Graham Kirkham, Baron KirkhamPublic company founderDoncaster · British businessman (born 1944)Undisclosed
54. 54Ernest HarrisonPublic company founderMetropolitan Borough of Hackney · British businessman (1926-2009)Undisclosed
55. 55Jez SanTech founderLondon · British businessmanUndisclosed
56. 56John Pitcairn, Jr.Public company founderJohnstone · Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (1841-1916)Undisclosed
57. 57Alexander ElderPublic company founderKirkcaldy · Australian businessperson and politicianUndisclosed
58. 58Martin AlperTech founderTonbridge · video game designer and the former President of Virgin InteractiveUndisclosed
59. 59Kevin TomsTech founderPaignton · British video game designerUndisclosed
60. 60John RichardsonPublic company founderPortsoy · Scots-Quebecer and arguably Montreal's leading businessman (died 1831)Undisclosed
61. 61David James RichardsPublic company founderSheffield · British businessmanUndisclosed
62. 62Lee See Yin LeticiaPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong pro-establishment activist (1964-2020)Undisclosed
63. 63David PerryTech founderLisburn · Northern Irish video game designerUndisclosed
64. 64Peter MolyneuxTech founderGuildford · English video game designer and game programmerUndisclosed
65. 65Martin KenwrightTech founderLiverpool · British video game designerUndisclosed
66. 66Mustafa SuleymanTech founderLondon · British entrepreneur (born 1984)Undisclosed
67. 67Kevin McNeanyPublic company founderKeady · educational entrepreneurUndisclosed
68. 68Oliver CooksonTech founderWithington · British engineerUndisclosed
69. 69Pete FlintPublic company founderEssex · British businessmanUndisclosed
70. 70Agnes ChowPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong political activistUndisclosed
71. 71Richard BransonPublic company founderBlackheath · British business magnateUndisclosed
72. 72Coils LamPublic company founderBritish Hong KongUndisclosed
73. 73William Lever, 1st Viscount LeverhulmePublic company founderBolton · English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician (1851-1925)Undisclosed
74. 74Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron RothschildPublic company founderBerkshire · English peer, investment banker and philanthropist (1936–2024)Undisclosed
75. 75Patrick MansonPublic company founderOldmeldrum · Scottish parasitologist (1844-1922)Undisclosed
76. 76Nick JenkinsPublic company founderDroitwich Spa · English businessmanUndisclosed
77. 77Tim MartinPublic company founderNorwich · British businessman, founder and chairman of Wetherspoons pub chainUndisclosed
78. 78Martin E. FranklinPublic company founderLondon · British-born, New York-based business executiveUndisclosed
79. 79William Knox D'ArcyPublic company founderNewton Abbot · oil entrepreneur magnate, one of the founders of British Oil (1849–1917)Undisclosed
80. 80William JamiesonPublic company founderAberdeen · (1853-1926) surveyor and businessmanUndisclosed
81. 81Lam Wing-keePrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong bookseller (1955-2026)Undisclosed
82. 82Samuel PearsonPublic company founderEngland · English businessman and founder of Pearson plc (1814-1884)Undisclosed
83. 83Tony BuckinghamPublic company founderLondon · British businessmanUndisclosed
84. 84Andrew GowerTech founderNottingham · co-founder, largest shareholder and lead developer of Jagex Games StudioUndisclosed
85. 85Julian GollopTech founderHarlow · British video game designerUndisclosed
86. 86Reginald Edward StubbsPrivate company founderOxford · British colonial administrator (1876–1947)Undisclosed
87. 87Jonathan SeatonTech founderHuntingdon · British business executiveUndisclosed
88. 88Susie SeatonTech founderSheffield · British business executiveUndisclosed
89. 89Thomas BurberryPublic company founderBrockham · British businessman (1835–1926)Undisclosed
90. 90George GardenPublic company founderScotland · Canadian politicianUndisclosed
91. 91John EllenbyTech founderCambridge · British engineerUndisclosed
92. 92David JonesTech founderDundee · British game programmer and co-founder of Grand Theft AutoUndisclosed
93. 93Andrew Y. NgPublic company founderLondon · American artificial intelligence researcherUndisclosed
94. 94Roger SaulPublic company founderWest Bradley · British businessman, fashion label founderUndisclosed
95. 95Demis HassabisTech founderLondon · British artificial intelligence researcher (born 1976)Undisclosed
96. 96Derek CheungPrivate company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong businessmanUndisclosed
97. 97Leonard HoPublic company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong film producer (1925–1997)Undisclosed
98. 98Wu Ying Sheung GordonPublic company founderBritish Hong Kong · Hong Kong businessmanUndisclosed
99. 99William JardinePublic company founderLochmaben · British businessman and politician (1784-1843)Undisclosed
100. 100Charles RollsPublic company founderBerkeley Square · motoring and aviation pioneer, co-founder of Rolls-RoyceUndisclosed