Drapers - Primark to upsize White Rose store in Leeds


Sunday Occasions’ annual Wealthy Record relies on identifiable wealth, together with land, property, different property resembling artwork and racehorses, or vital shares in publicly quoted firms, however excludes financial institution accounts, to which the paper has no entry.

The Weston household had been adopted by distinguished trend retail gamers together with Asos shareholder and Bestseller proprietor Anders Holch Povlsen, River Island’s Bernard Lewis, Pentland and JD Sports activities’ Stephen Rubin, Arcadia’s Philip Inexperienced, Frasers Group’s Mike Ashley, Boohoo Group’s Mahmud Kamani and Gymshark’s Ben Francis.

Amongst new additions this 12 months, Castore founders Tom and Phil Beahon entered the record in 345th place, with a joint fortune of £350m. The fast-growing Manchester-based sportswear retailer, which manufactures kits for England’s rugby and cricket groups, was valued at virtually £1bn in an funding spherical in late 2023.

Trend retail gamers in The Sunday Occasions’ 2025 Wealthy Record

Rank 2025 (2024) Title Fortune YoY change Enterprise
6 (8) Man, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and household £17.746bn £3.253bn Retail: Primark
23 (24) Anders Holch Povlsen £7.704bn £974m

Trend: Bestseller and Asos

28(26) Stephen Rubin and household £6.661bn £161m

Sportswear: Pentland and JD Sports activities

52 (49) Mike Ashley £3.12bn – £679m

Sports activities tools and trend: Frasers Group

59 (64) Bernard Lewis and household £2.724bn £13m

Trend and property: River Island

175 (182) Sir Philip and Woman Inexperienced £905m – £5m Retail: Arcadia
211 (230) Ben Francis and household £726m £1m
244 (249) Mahmud Kamani and household £617m – £28m

Web retailing: Boohoo

253(276) Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour £580m £43m
257 (242) Matt and Jodie Moulding £573m – £97m
263 (280) Chrissie Rucker and Nick Wheeler £540m £25m

Retailing: The White Firm and Charles Tyrwhitt

273 (297) David and Victoria Beckham £500m £45m

Trend, soccer and music: Beckham Model Holdings

291(301) Tom and Ruth Chapman £450m No change
310 Lord Sainsbury £402m Re-entry
312 (331) Sir John Timpson and household £400m £10m
343 (322) Andrew Killingsworth £356m – £49m Retailing: Yours
345 John Hargreaves and household £350m Re-entry Retail: Matalan
345 Tom and Phil Beahon £350m New entry