An eternal wanderer and worth some £985 million ($1.56 billion), art collector and founder of the Berggruen Holdings, Inc. fund of hedge funds Nicolas...

BUSINESS

No. 8 - Sir Martin Sorrell (AKA “The Third Brother”)

June 13, 2015

Britain’s highest paid CEO in 2014 (he earned £42.98 million in a single year) Sir Martin Sorrell is the CEO of the advertising giant...

BUSINESS

No. 9 - John Pappajohn

March 7, 2015

Billionaire Des Moines venture capitalist John Pappajohn was amusingly quoted as saying “Pappa’s in the house” when he dedicated the Pappajohn Business Building at...

BUSINESS

No. 10 - Sir John Ritblat FRICS, FSVA

September 27, 2014

This twice married, Hampstead born property titan acquired British Land for £1 million in 1970 from the corporate raider Jim Slater. Sir John Ritblat...

BUSINESS

No. 11 - Rich Ricci

August 20, 2013

This “ebullient” American’s name is most apt. A former Barclays bank executive who likes to wear sunglasses come rain or shine, Ricci retired to...

BUSINESS

No. 12 - Richard Desmond (nicknamed “Mr Badger”)

July 28, 2013

This twice married, self-made billionaire publisher and philanthropist is a polarising force. Desmond’s portfolio has at various times included titles as diverse as the...

BUSINESS

No. 13 - Howard Raymond

April 25, 2013

He’s taken action against 16 newspapers as: “If they tell lies, I sue them” and another court case resulted in Michael Winterbottom having to...

BUSINESS

No. 14 - Richard Caring

November 25, 2012

Of Italian-Jewish descent, Caring is of the “supermarket-sweep” school of empire building. This billionaire started out in the rag trade but now controls the...

BUSINESS

No. 15 - Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

November 12, 2012

She owns a controlling interest in the world’s third largest brewer and is married to the child star of Lawrence of Arabia, Michel de...

BUSINESS

No. 16 - Urs Schwarzenbach

November 1, 2012

This Swiss born son of a printer has spent over £85 million buying up properties in the Henley-on-Thames area of Oxfordshire. Schwarzenbach also owns...

BUSINESS

No. 17 - Wafic Saïd

October 24, 2012

This billionaire was born in Damascus in 1939 and declares his loves to be music, architecture, art and horse racing. His home is the...

BUSINESS

No. 18 - James Sherwood

October 21, 2012

This Kentuckian buccaneer founded Sea Containers in 1965. He is best known though buying the Hotel Cipriani in Venice for less than £1 million...

BUSINESS

No. 19 - Crispin Odey

September 26, 2012

He founded Odey Asset Management in 1991 and now manages some $6.2 billion of assets. This graduate of Christ Church, Oxford was first married...

BUSINESS

No. 20 - Vincent Tchenguiz

June 22, 2012

This Mayfair based property tycoon was born in Tehran and owns a Mangusta motor yacht named “Veni Vidi Vici” (“I came, I saw, I...

BUSINESS

No. 21 - Leona Helmsley (1920 – 2007)

June 17, 2012

“The Queen of Mean” was a chain-smoking hotelier and real estate tycoon with a reputation for tyrannical behaviour. She took the view that “only...

BUSINESS

No. 22 - Gina Rinehart

May 25, 2012

Whatever she does, “The House of Hancock comes first.” This little known Australian daughter of a bush pilot and prospector is now the world’s...

BUSINESS

No. 23 - Alan Miller

May 18, 2012

The nephew of That’s Life!’s Esther Rantzen is a financial titan and philanthropist. Miller is a founding partner and CIO of SCM Private, a...

BUSINESS

No. 24 - Owen Oyston

May 13, 2012

This flamboyant fedora wearing tycoon made his fortune selling an estate agency empire just before the 1987 stock market crash. He’s now worth in...

BUSINESS

No. 25 - Sidney Frank (1919 – 2006)

April 28, 2012

A self-made billionaire, Frank was the Hugh Heffner of the booze industry. He had major successes with both Jägermeister and Grey Goose vodka. A...

BUSINESS

No. 26 - Robert Maxwell (1923 – 1991)

April 28, 2012

“The Bouncing Czech” was variously an MP, a spy and a media mogul. Before his empire collapsed he stated: “You are as safe with...

TYCOONS

No. 27 - Nick & Christian Candy

April 27, 2012

Started a property empire with a loan of £6,000 from their grandmother in 1995. Now said to be worth anything upto £13 billion, this...

BUSINESS

No. 28 - Rupert Murdoch

April 27, 2012

This father of six is a media mogul who doesn’t back down. Faced with being labeled the prime culprit in the phone hacking debacle,...

TYCOONS

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The Roll Call - TYCOONS

1

Sarah Winchester (née Pardee, 1839 – 1922)

2

Hetty Green (AKA Henrietta Green, ‘The Witch of Wall Street,’ née Henrietta Robinson, 1834 – 1916)

3

Denise Coates

4

Trevor Hemmings CVO

5

Herb Chambers (born Herbert G. Chambers)

6

Leslie Wexner (AKA “Les” Wexner)

7

Nicolas Berggruen (AKA “The Homeless Billionaire”)

8

Sir Martin Sorrell (AKA “The Third Brother”)

9

John Pappajohn

10

Sir John Ritblat FRICS, FSVA

11

Rich Ricci

12

Richard Desmond (nicknamed “Mr Badger”)

13

Howard Raymond

14

Richard Caring

15

Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

16

Urs Schwarzenbach

17

Wafic Saïd

18

James Sherwood

19

Crispin Odey

20

Vincent Tchenguiz

21

Leona Helmsley (1920 – 2007)

22

Gina Rinehart

23

Alan Miller

24

Owen Oyston

25

Sidney Frank (1919 – 2006)

26

Robert Maxwell (1923 – 1991)

27

Nick & Christian Candy

28

Rupert Murdoch