The annual Insider South West Rich List is dominated by Bristol business leaders and entrepreneurs.
Each year, the magazine delves into the net worth of the region’s wealthiest people and ranks them in order from one to 100.
There are some familiar names and companies on this year’s list, including Martin Thatcher whose family runs Thatchers cider and Tim Mead and family of Yeo Valley fame.
You can find the full list via the Insider website and here are the top 12 business leaders from Bristol featured on the list.
9. Martin Thatcher & family
2022: £150m | 2021: £130m - Thatcher is the fourth generation to run his family’s cider making business. The drink has been made at Myrtle’s Farm near the Somerset village of Winscombe since 1904. Thatchers Gold, Haze and its other brews are now exported to 22 countries and profits rose by more than 50 per cent to £14.6m in 2020-21. | Thatchers
10. Nigel Toon
2022: £150m | 2021: £150m - This year, Toon joined the government’s Business Council, an influential panel of entrepreneurs convened to promote economic growth. His day job is running Graphcore, which specialises in making computer chips used for AI. Toon set up the Bristol-based unicorn in 2016 with Simon Knowles. | Graphcore
11. Adam Norris
2022: £125m | 2021: £210m - Norris made his fortune from Hargeaves Landown. He left the business in 2008, keeping 14 million shares worth around £116m. Now he is focused on Pure Electric, a Somerset-based electric scooter and e-bike retailer which has around 20 shops with the aim of cutting car usage, air pollution and congestion. | Pure Electric
12. Sir David Ord
2022: £110m | 2021: £100m - Ord is managing director of the Bristol Port Company which now employs 600 people directly and some 12,000 jobs are said to depend on business based there. Profits at the pair’s main company rose from £14.4m to £25.7m in 2020-21. Ord’s stake in the £270m operation is now worth around £85m. | Bristol Port co