Scotland’s richest get richer during pandemic
Scotland’s wealthiest people saw their fortunes soar during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List published online yesterday.
Danish retailer and owner of Edinburgh’s Jenners building,anderspovlsenwasnamed the richest person in Scotland in the 33rd edition of the list, increasing his wealth by £1.27 billion to £6bn. Mr Povlsen –whoownsmorelandintheuk thanthequeenandthechurch of Scotland combined – is one of 10 billionaires on the Scottish Rich List, who are among a record-breaking171billionaires in the UK recorded this year, up 24 from 2020, a year-on-year increase that is also a record.
Ukranian-born Sir Leonard Blavatnik top of the list as the UK’S richest person.
Lockdown has also proved lucrative for Glenn Gordon and family, owners of the Willian Grant & Sons whisky business.thefamilyhaveregistered gainsof£409millioninthepast year to lift them to £3.595bn.
Third on the list is John Shaw and Kiran Mazumdar-shaw, owners of the India-based pharmaceuticalsbusiness,biocon. They saw their wealth rise by £1.134bn to £2.942bn
Only five of the top 14 spots on the Scottish list failed to increase their fortune.
The Thomson family are listed in seventh at £1.271bn, down £136m and Trond Mohn and Marit Mohn Westlake and familyareineighthat£1.259bn, down £66m.
Jim Mccoll is 10th at £1bn, no change on last year; Lord Laidlaw is 12th at £787m, no change; and Sir Brian Souter anddameanngloagare14that £650m, down £80m. JK Rowling is number 11 on the Scottish list but being valued at £820m this year, she is still just shy of reaching billionaire status.
These are the 10 richest people in Scotland according to the rich list
Anders Povlsen
Glenn Gordon and family
John Shaw and
Kiran Mazumdar-shaw and family £2.942bn Sir Ian Wood and family Mohamed Al-fayed and family £1.7bn Mahdi al-tajir £1.687bn The Thomson family £1.271bn Trond Mohn and Marit Mohn Westlake and family £1.259bn Lady Philomena Clark and family £1.141bn Jim Mccoll £1bn
£6bn
£3.595bn
£1.819bn