The Five Most Notable Names On The Sunday Times Rich List 2026

It’s that time of year again when you peruse the Sunday Times Magazine and realise that your own life savings, the fruits of decades of hard work, are actually, erm, a bit paltry in comparison to those on the annual Rich List. Then again, it is difficult to compete with the 350 richest people in Britain.

This year’s list is a bit unusual, packed as it is with sporting icons, entrepreneurs and celebrity heavyweights from Tyson Fury, to Rory McIlroy and Harry Styles. David Beckham celebrates a major milestone as Britain’s first billionaire sportsman, while Fury makes his debut following a lucrative 2025 in and outside of the boxing ring.

The old names are there, too, but alongside the oil barons, peers, bankers, and hereditary layabouts comes new bloods in the form of youngsters building brands and fortunes in music, sport, fashion and elsewhere. “Over the years our research has told us a lot about our country, charting the way a generation of largely self-made entrepreneurs overtook the old money of the landed gentry,” says Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List. Nothing influences like money, after all.

Watts continues: “This year’s edition shines a light on fortunes made from artificial intelligence, driverless cars and cryptocurrencies as well as baby milk, make-up, hoodies and other everyday items. We know many of our readers find those rags-to-riches stories of entrepreneurs who started out with little more than a laptop and an idea particularly inspiring.”

To whet your whistle (and possibly spark inspiration for a business venture of your own) here are the five most notable names from the List’s top spots.

Sanjay Hinduja

Dheeraj Hinduja

Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja as chairman of Gulf Oil International, and Chairman of Ashok Leyland, the British-Indian business brothers are sitting smug at the top of this year’s list, with a £38bn fortune, up from around £35bn in 2025. Born in the 1960s, Sanjay has been the chairman of Gulf Oil International for over 20 years. Meanwhile, the Hinduja Group attained a 51% share of Ashok Leyland, the second-largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in India, in 2007. It’s a multigenerational affair; the Hinduja Group (founded in 1914) is managed by Ashok Hinduja, himself one of four brothers. Last year saw the Hinduja family top the ST Rich List for the fourth consecutive year, but, when it comes to Indian families, they were a respectable 11th on the Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest Tycoons in 2024.

Igor & Dmitry Bukhman

Joint tenth on the list are brothers Igor and Dmitry Bukhman at £14.26bn. The Russian-Israeli brothers are proof that staying indoors playing computer games all day has its benefits. There are no cheat codes here. They began their gaming empire in 2004 in their hometown of Vologda, Russia while Dmitry was still in high school. They soon developed hits like Homescapes, Fishdom and Township (no, us neither), with Playrix – their parent company – becoming on of the top three mobile gaming companies in the world. Having shunted external funding, the brothers proved to be one step ahead of the game, and currently retain majority shares in the business. In gamer parlance, they’ve kept all of the loot for themselves, while absolutely mogging the competition. Fair play.

Liam and Noel Gallagher

After years of saying ‘maybe’, Manchester’s Gallagher brothers Liam and Noel finally said ‘yes’ instead, reuniting in 2025 to pull in a massive £400 million across 41 dates of the Oasis reunion tour. Spanning July to November, the show traipsed from Cardiff to São Paulo via dates across the UK, US, Mexico, South America, Asia, and Australia. In fact, the only place this world tour didn’t touch down seemed to be the South Pole. Having buried the hatchet, the volatile siblings reportedly walked away from their summer’s work with £375m to share. With a documentary on the tour en route from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, this won’t be the last we’ll see of the Gallaghers, and it’s far from the last money they’ll earn from the Oasis name.

Nik Storonksy

It might not be sexy, but payments firm Revolut has proven to be a big earner, netting co-41 year-old founder Nik Storonksy a seventh place spot on the ST’s list, and a whopping personal wealth of £16.411 billion. Incredibly, this means the Russian-Brit has earned around £25.8 million a day since last year’s Rich List. Largely, this comes down to a fundraising valuing the London-based business at £55.6 billion. It’s a decent payout considering Storonksy kickstarted the business with £300,000 of his own seed money back in 2013. Naturally, he has his fingers in many pies; since 2023 it’s been reported that his family is developing a ling of luxury villas. And, as if that wasn’t annoying enough, Storonksy also kite surfs and climbs mountains in his free time.

Alex Gerko

At 46, Moscow-born British trader Alex Gerko gains the eighth spot on the ST’s list, with a fortune now estimated at £16.006 billion. It’s thanks to two things: maths, and Gerko’s big brain. Gerko holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in mathematics from Moscow State University; a PhD in mathematics from the same institution, a master of economics from the New Economic School, and a master's degree from the Independent University of Moscow. With all that studying, it’s a wonder he’s actually had any time to make money, but his trading platform XTX Markets has been going gangbusters since 2015. Gerko’s stayed in it too, and is currently co-CEO. The firm reportedly trades over $250bn a day across 35 countries, with Gerko’s personal wealth increase since the 2025 Rich List equating to £19.9 million per day over the past 12 months. Further proof that maths was never a waste of time.