Green’s stock falls in Rich List rankings
SIR Philip and Lady Green appear on a list of the richest couples in the country - although their wealth is said to have fallen by £433 million over the last year.
They were ranked in fifth place in the husbands and wives section of the new edition of the Sunday Times Rich List, to be published on Sunday May 7.
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli top the list of the richest husbands and wives, with wealth put at £11.5 billion.
Those behind the list said the couple’s fortune is largely derived from the sale of the family biotech business Serono and the soaring share value in a further pharma business, Santhera.
Charlene de CarvalhoHeineken, the daughter of late Heineken boss Freddy Heineken, and her husband Michel de Carvalho were identified as the second wealthiest couple in the UK with a fortune put at £9.3 billion.
Cumulatively, the 10 richest husbands and wives in the UK have seen their fortune increase by £3.4 billion in the past 12 months, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Sir Philip and Lady Green were the only couple on the list whose wealth was said to have decreased over the past year. They have seen their wealth fall by £433 million to £2.787 billion, the Sunday Times Rich List found.
Arcadia boss Sir Philip agreed to pay £363 million to settle the BHS pension scheme in February. The department store chain plunged into administration just over a year ago.
In total, the 10 couples on the list are worth £39.9 billion.