Sunday Times Rich List: Bath and Man United owners Dyson and Ratcliffe lose £10bn
Manchester United and Bath Rugby investors Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Sir James Dyson have lost £10bn in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Dyson, who earlier this year purchased 50 per cent of Prem Rugby club Bath, saw his and his family’s wealth fall £8.8bn, from £20.8bn to £12bn between 2025 and 2026.
Ratcliffe, who owns around a third of Premier League club Manchester United, saw his wealth fall £1.8bn from around £17bn to £15bn across the same period.
The data, from the Sunday Times newspaper, states that “Donald Trump’s tariffs partly explain the lower revenues” at Dyson’s electronics firm.
As for Ratcliffe, “Rising debt, falling revenues and a £515.7 million loss has led the Rich List compilers to lower the value of his petrochemicals giant Ineos to £17 billion”.
Bath and United co-owners lose on Sunday Times Rich List
The annual rich list is topped by investors Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and their family – £38bn – with Newcastle United minority owners David and Simon Reuben second on £28bn, ahead of DAZN majority owner Sir Leonard Blavatnik with £26.8bn.
“There are now 157 UK billionaires, 20 less than four years ago,” the Rich List said. “The minimum entry level dips to £340 million – another indicator of a subdued year.”
Ratcliffe is across a number of sports including grand tour cycling – with his Ineos Grenadiers this month signing a £85m title sponsorship deal with tech firm Netcompany – as well as Formula 1 with Mercedes and a number of European football clubs.
Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: “Many foreign billionaires who have been living in the UK have also dropped out because they have moved away.
“We have also seen a sharp rise in the number of British nationals now resident in Dubai, Switzerland and Monaco. As UK nationals these people remain on our Rich List – wherever they now live.”