The Sunday Times unveiled the 350 richest individuals and families in the UK in 2024.
The list featured 350 individuals and families whose combine wealth was of £765.361 billion, a sum larger than the annual GPD of Poland.
The 76-page edition also revealed a decrease in their billionaire count from 177 in 2022 to 165 this year, the largest fall in billionaires in the guide’s 36-year history.
Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: “This year’s Sunday Times Rich List suggests Britain’s billionaire boom has come to an end. Many of our home-grown entrepreneurs have seen their fortunes fall and some of the global super rich who came here are moving away.
“Thousands of British livelihoods rely on the super-rich to some extent. We’ll have to wait and see whether we have now reached peak billionaire, and what that means for our economy.
“These may be harder times to create wealth, but The Sunday Times Rich List continues to unearth entrepreneurs building fortunes in diverse and often surprising ways. This year’s new entries include people who have made money from artificial intelligence and virtual worlds as well as plumbing supplies and teaching aides.
“We know many of our readers find such people — especially those from humbler backgrounds — very inspiring.”
For the full 350 richest people in the UK visit www.thetimes.co.uk/sunday-times-rich-list
The minimum entry for this year’s list of 350 was £350 million.
Scroll through to find out who are the richest people in the Southwest, their wealth in 2024 and the source of their wealth.

1. Sir James Dyson and Family
Sir James Dyson, who recently launched a £600 electric mop, and his family remain the richest in the Southwest with a fortune of £20.8 billion despite experiencing losses of £2.2 billion. | CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images Photo: CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images

2. Chris and Sarah Dawson
Chris and Sarah Dawson, owners of British retail chain The Range and The Wilko brand, soared 15 places on the Rich List and secured a place as the second richest in the Southwest after their wealth increased by £475 million to £2.5 billion. | Paullancewilliams, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paullancewilliams, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

3. Peter Hargreaves
Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of the UK's largest financial services businesses, Hargreaves Lansdown, was the third richest in the Southwest with his £1.843 billion fortune, which had gone down by £22 million. | Hargreaves Lansdown Photo: Hargreaves Lansdown

4. Sir David McMurtry
Sir David McMurty, co-founder and executive chairman of Renishaw plc, the UK's largest supplier of metrology equipment, was the fourth richest in the Southwest with a fortune which had increased by £128 million to £1.252 billion. | mcmurty Photo: McMurty