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The annual Sunday Times rich list has been released, naming who the wealthiest people, including families and individuals, in Britain are in 2026. Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and their family topped the 2026 rankings with an estimated fortune of £38 billion following the death of Hinduja Group patriarch Gopichand Hinduja last year.

The billionaire businessman died in London aged 85 and had overseen the global Indian conglomerate alongside his family for decades. The latest rich list also saw several familiar names retain places among the UK's wealthiest figures, including billionaire businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe and vacuum cleaner entrepreneur Sir James Dyson.

A major new entrant to the list was entrepreneur and investor Christopher Harborne, who has made record political donations to Reform UK. Harborne entered the rankings in sixth place with an estimated wealth of £18.177 billion.

1)Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family - £38 billion

2) David and Simon Reuben and family - £27.971 billion

3) Sir Leonard Blavatnik - £26.852 billion

4) Idan Ofer - £24.481 billion

5) Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family - £18.939 billion

6) Christopher Harborne - £18.177 billion

7) Nik Storonsky - £16.411 billion

8) Alex Gerko - £16.006 billion

9) Sir Jim Ratcliffe - £15.194 billion

10) Igor and Dmitry Bukhman - £14.26 billion

11) Kirsten and Jorn Rausing - £12.6 billion

12) Michael Platt - £12.481 billion

13) Sir James Dyson and family - £12 billion

14) Lord Bamford and family - £10.318 billion

15) Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho - £10.215 billion

16) Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family - £9.736 billion

17) Denise, John and Peter Coates - £9.728 billion

18) The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family - £9.677 billion

19) Moshe Kantor - £8.888 billion

20) Marit, Lisbet, Dame Sigrid and Sir Hans Rausing - £8.888 billion

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Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: "Many foreign billionaires who have been living in the UK have 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.

"These two exoduses pose challenges for the UK economy and its public finances.

"Will more of the wealthy now set up or grow their ventures overseas and in doing so create fewer jobs here? How much tax - if any - will Rachel Reeves' Treasury be able to extract from those affluent Brits who have now left the country."