John Bloor’s fortune put at £3.1bn in latest annual ranking
The annual ranking of the UK’s wealthiest 350 people sees Bloor Homes founder John Bloor remain construction’s richest man with others joining him on the list including contractor John Murphy and Redrow founder Steve Morgan.
A former plasterer, Bloor, who has owned Triumph motorcycles since 1983, has an estimated fortune of £3.11bn, keeping him at 53rd on the list – with his estimated wealth marginally up on last year’s £3.101bn.
Bloor is some way behind Sir Anthony Bamford, who is in charge of the JCB construction equipment business, who has an estimated fortune of £10.318bn, up £868m, which moves him up to number 14 on the list.
Others on this year’s Sunday Times Rich List are the Murphy family, which owns the north London-based civils and building business J Murphy founded by the late John Murphy in 1951, with an estimated fortune of £1.292bn, up £209m on last time, while the Kirkland family behind Bowmer & Kirkland saw its estimated fortune tick up £49m to £877m.
Steve Morgan, the man who founded Redrow which was bought by Barratt two years ago, saw his fortune slip £53m to £935m.
Other housebuilders on the list include David Wilson, the man behind housebuilder Wilson Bowden, which was bought by Barratt in 2007, with a fortune of £683m, up £25m, while Andy Hill, the founder of South-east housebuilder Hill Group, saw his fortune jump £121m to £845m.
And Daren Whitaker, the founder of Renaker, the developer and builder behind some of Manchester’s tallest towers, has an estimated fortune of £797m, up from £698m last time.
The UK’s richest men are Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family, who have made their £38bn fortune from industry and finance. The figure is up £2.7bn on last time. The family is behind the transformation of the Old War Office in Whitehall into a 120-bed Raffles hotel.
To make this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, the minimum wealth required was £340m.
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