A record number of billionaires have vanished from The Sunday Times Rich List, with this year's total down from 165 to 156. Amid a turbulent stock market, President Trump's tariffs and other headwinds, fortunes have fallen, and several names have dropped off.

With Britain's billionaires seeing a major shift in their exclusive ranks, read on to discover the 20 people and families who now sit atop the nation's wealth pyramid.

Now in its 37th incarnation, The Sunday Times Rich List is the definitive round-up of Britain's 350 wealthiest individuals and families. To compile the list, the newspaper's experts tally identifiable assets like property and shares, but these figures are actually minimum estimates since private bank accounts are excluded.

The list isn't just for British citizens. It includes foreign nationals who live and work in the UK, alongside those with strong ties to the country, such as being married to a Brit, holding considerable UK assets or having backed British political parties, institutions or charities.

The pinnacle of The Sunday Times Rich List features many unfamiliar figures, and several household names you might expect to see there are found much further down the rankings. King Charles, for instance, is placed a lowly joint 238th with a £640 million fortune, sharing the spot with former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty.

That said, the monarch's net worth has bucked the general trend and is up £30 million in 2025, with his personal fortune now topping the late Queen's by a hefty £270 million.

Among the notable names who made the 2025 list but failed to make it anywhere near the top 20 are David and Victoria Beckham. Their £500 million net worth puts them in the 273rd spot.

JK Rowling ranks 168th with £945 million, while Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy McCartney are 151st with a combined fortune of £1.03 billion. In terms of famous British tycoons, Lord Sugar snags the 145th place with £1.1 billion, and Sir Richard Branson, who's worth £2.42 billion, commands the 72nd position.

Without further ado, let's take a look at who did make the top 20, from least to most wealthy...

Russian-born trading whizz and XTX Markets boss Alex Gerko is now worth £8.75 billion, £3.31 billion less than in 2024 due to market fluctuations. Gerko, who has been a UK resident since 2006 and is among the country's top taxpayers, has slumped from the 11th to 20th spot as a result.

Nonetheless, Gerko remains on the list and in a high position too. Prominent names that have dropped off, either after relocating or a significant fall in their wealth, include luxury goods billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault and his A-list actress wife Salma Hayek, the Fayed family, erstwhile owners of Harrods, and South African-born diamond magnate Nicky Oppenheimer.

Märit Rausing is the widow of Hans Rausing, the co-heir to the Tetra Pak packaging fortune who died in 2019. Together with the couple's three children, including Sigrid (pictured), she inherited the Swedish scion's estate.

Mega-philanthropists, the quartet pledged £100 million to the arts in 2024, the latest in a long line of supersized charitable donations. This explains the decline in their collective net worth, which has dropped from £9.19 billion to £9.09 billion. The family is now ranked 19th, down from 16th last year.

The Swire family have led their eponymous firm for over 200 years. The conglomerate operates globally and boasts extensive interests in Hong Kong, ranging from property to aviation, including a large stake in airline Cathay Pacific. Barnaby Swire serves as chairman, while his brother Merlin (pictured) is deputy chairman and CEO.

With the Hong Kong property market in the doldrums, the clan's fortune has slipped from £9.9 billion to £9.25 billion, causing them to fall from the 15th to the 18th spot.

The Perrodo family's wealth stems from Perenco, the petroleum business founded by French oil baron Hubert Perrodo. After Hubert died in 2006, his Hong Kong-born wife Carrie and their three children inherited the company. The eldest son, François, now serves as the company chairman.

This year, the Perrodos' fortune received a nice boost, rising by £132 million, and they remain in 17th position.

Denise Coates owns online bookies bet365 with her brother John and father Peter, who is also the director of Stoke City Football Club.

The internet gambling firm's meteoric success has made the family very rich indeed. Denise took a 60% pay cut last year but still earned £150 million, and the clan's net worth rose from £7.47 billion to £9.44 billion. And with reports the Coates' are seeking a buyer for bet365, they could be in for a jaw-dropping £5 billion payday. Incidentally, the family are the biggest taxpayers in the top 20, coughing up £265 million last year.

Along with his family, Lord Bamford owns digger maker JCB. The Conservative life peer and ardent Brexit supporter recently stepped down from the House of Lords and is no doubt celebrating his retirement, not to mention JCB's robust performance.

The firm is riding high and its profits have surged. The Bamford family fortune is up £1.8 billion this year, and the clan has risen four positions in the rankings.

The UK's richest aristocrat, Hugh Grosvenor inherited the Dukedom of Westminster and an estate worth £9 billion following the sudden death of his father Gerald, sixth Duke of Westminster, back in 2016. The seventh Duke was 25 at the time.

Shared with his family, the Grosvenor Estate, which traces its history back to 1677, encompasses swathes of prime real estate holdings in the UK and overseas, with additional interests in food and agritech. Its performance was disappointing last year, and the Grosvenor fortune has fallen by £243 million, though the family remains in the 14th spot.

Along with her husband, Michel de Carvalho, Dutch-born Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken owns almost 24% of Heineken, a controlling stake she inherited from her father Freddy Heineken in 2002.

The beer titan's share price has faltered in the face of muted sales and concerns over President Trump's tariffs. The couple's net worth is down £1.66 billion as a consequence, but they have managed to hold on to the 13th position.

Another non-mover in the rankings, Michael Platt started trading at age 14 with a £500 loan from his grandmother. He then honed his talents at JP Morgan before setting up one of the world's most successful hedge funds, BlueCrest Capital Management, in 2000.

The company has reportedly cleaned up this year thanks to its response to the recent stock market turbulence fuelled by President Trump's tariffs. Platt, who now resides in Geneva, has added half a billion pounds to his net worth.

The late Hans Rausing sold his 50% stake in the Tetra Pak packaging empire to his brother Gad in 1995. Gad died in 2000, and his 100% share was inherited by his three children, Finn, Kirsten and Jörn.

Finn is mysteriously omitted from The Sunday Times Rich List, though, like his siblings, he too lives in the UK. Over the past year, Kirsten and Jörn have seen their fortune slip by £120 million, and the pair have dropped out of the top 10.

This year's biggest climbers, Russian-born brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman almost doubled their wealth in the past year, soaring a remarkable 27 spots in the rankings.

The siblings helm Dublin-based Playrix, the online gaming company they founded back in 2004. Buoyed by the success of titles such as Homescapes and Fishdom, the firm has been raking in record revenues. Now British citizens, the Bukhmans have been residents of London since 2020. They shuttered their Russian business in 2022 in response to President Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

A Norwegian-born Cypriot citizen who lives in London, John Fredriksen owns the world's largest oil tanker fleet and has various other lucrative maritime interests, including a sizeable stake in Mowi, the number one fish farmer globally.

The fortune is shared with Fredriksen's twin daughters Kathrin and Cecilie, who stand to inherit the family business. Their collective net worth is up £816 million on last year, and they have maintained their place in the rankings.

Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal moved to London from India almost 30 years ago and topped The Sunday Times Rich List for eight consecutive years between 2005 and 2012.

Mittal's fortune, which is shared with his family, is up by £523 million, but the metals magnate has slipped a spot in the rankings. Another billionaire who isn't happy about Labour's ending of non-dom tax status, Mittal is now considering leaving the UK and will make up his mind later this year, according to the Financial Times.

This year's biggest faller, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has bid farewell to more than a quarter of his fortune over the space of a year, falling three spots in the rankings. His petrochemicals company Ineos has posted enormous losses and is racking up serious debt as a result.

Compounding Ratcliffe's woes is his ill-fated acquisition of a minority stake in Manchester United, which has cost him at least £1.25 billion. The football club's on-pitch performance has plummeted, and the team has experienced its worst season in decades. In the meantime, Ratcliffe has drawn the ire of Old Trafford after slashing staff numbers and axing employee perks.

This prominent transatlantic retail dynasty owns supermarket chain Loblaws in its native Canada and has numerous interests in the UK, including Primark, Fortnum & Mason, Silver Spoon and Twinings. Scion Alannah is pictured here.

With the Canadian business flourishing and Primark and Fortnum & Mason pulling in bumper revenues, the family's fortune has grown by £3.25 billion over the past year. As a result, the Westons have risen two spots in the rankings.

Idan Ofer is one of two sons of the late shipping tycoon Sammy Ofer, who was once Israel's richest person. The London resident inherited half his father's fortune following his death in 2011 and has since built upon this legacy. His interests include a major shipping company, over half of conglomerate Israel Corp, and large stakes in football clubs Atlético Madrid and Famalicão.

Courtesy of his empire's strong performance over the past year, Ofer's net worth has shot up by a tidy £5.16 billion, bagging him a place in the top five, up from position number six in 2024.

Sir James Dyson is a bona fide household name thanks to his namesake range of innovative vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, hair dryers and more.

The high-profile Brexit supporter raised eyebrows when he quit the UK for Singapore in 2019. Dyson ended up returning in 2021, though the firm's HQ remains in the city-state and its British workforce has been drastically cut. Interestingly, the Dyson family fortune remains unchanged from last year, though the clan has risen a spot in the rankings.

The UK's richest individual, Ukrainian-born business magnate Sir Leonard Blavatnik moved west in 1978 and holds dual British-American citizenship. Blavatnik acquired Warner Music in 2011 after making a mint from Russian oil company TNK-BP. His other interests include substantial stakes in property platform Opendoor and chemicals colossus LyondellBasell.

With his stake in Warner Music down in value, Blavatnik's fortune has taken a battering, dropping £3.5 billion over the past year. Consequently, he's moved from runner-up to third position in the list.

Indian-born brothers David and Simon Reuben built their initial fortune in metals trading, then channelled the proceeds into prestige London property and tech investments. Their diverse portfolio also includes an estimated 14% of Newcastle United FC.

Up one place in the rankings, the siblings have added £1.9 billion to their net worth over the past year. Their wealth is shared with a number of relatives.

The Hindujas, who also hail from India, have topped The Sunday Times Rich List for the fourth year running. This is despite a drop of £1.89 billion in their collective fortune.

The family-owned Hinduja Group, a vast conglomerate with interests in energy, finance, entertainment and more, has seen a profit slump of late, hence the reduction in their overall wealth. Still, the clan's personal assets, including the lavish Raffles at the Old War Office hotel in London, have been performing relatively well.

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