Birmingham Post Rich List

Birmingham Post's 2011 Rich List hints at private sector recovery Jan 23 2011

If the coalition government is looking to the private sector to take up the employment slack of public sector cuts, then the Birmingham Post Rich List is probably a good barometer for predicting how successful that aspiration will be.Read

17= (17=) Steve Morgan £350million (£350m) Jan 23 2011

An over-reaction by regulators and lenders to the sub-prime mortgage crisis is choking off the housing market, particularly for first time buyers, according to Redrow Homes chairman Steve Morgan.Read

15= (10=) Lord Edmiston £380million (£380m) Jan 23 2011

Bob Edmiston – now Lord Edmiston, having been made a peer in November –remains in the top 10 list of Britain’s biggest philanthropists, having donated more than £38 million to religious, humanitarian and educational charities through his own charity, Christian Vision.Read

15= (17=) Roy Richardson & family £380m (£350m) Jan 23 2011

The Territorial Army is one of the latest organisations to benefit from projects by Oldbury-based Richardson Developments. The TA has just marched into a new headquarters and training centre as part of the regeneration of the Lowesmoor area of Worcester.Read

14 (20) Sir Peter Rigby £400million (£330m) Jan 23 2011

Computer entrepreneur and aviation enthusiast Sir Peter Rigby is spreading his wings. He has bailed out Coventry Airport, snapping it up and saving from months of inactivity.Read

13 (12=) Freddie Linnett & the Murphy family £440million (£450m) Jan 23 2011

One way to ride out the slump in property values is to let buildings to the government. That’s exactly what Leicester-based Charles Street Buildings has been doing.Read

11= (8=) Tony Gallagher £475million (£500m) Jan 23 2011

Tony Gallagher has spent more than three decades accumulating land and property assets. The result is a vast land bank under development, with planning consent or as an investment.Read

11= (11) Jacques Gaston Murray £475million (£480m) Jan 23 2011

Things are heating up again at the Andrew Sykes Group, the Wolverhampton air conditioning and heating hire firm largely owned by Jacques Gaston Murray. Read

10 (8=) John Bloor £480million (£500m) Jan 23 2011

In September Triumph Motorcycles celebrated the 20th anniversary of its rebirth with a day long festival at Mallory Park. Headline acts included The Stranglers – dedicated Triumph fans – and Mumford & Sons.Read

9 (14) Peter Coates £500million (£400m) Jan 23 2011

It’s been another good year for 72-year-old Peter Coates. His beloved Stoke City – of which he is chairman – is more than holding its own in its second season in the Premiership after winning promotion in 2008, and his Bet365 online betting business has doubled its profits.Read

8 (7) Felix Dennis £550million (£580m) Jan 23 2011

Felix Dennis has got another book of poetry out – his sixth. And he has just finished a gruelling 21-town tour of Britain and Ireland to promote it.Read

19 (19) Sir David Samworth £345million (£340m) Jan 23 2011

Sir David Samworth is known for his generosity when it comes to good causes in his native Leicestershire. And in 2009 he was officially recognised for his charitable work with a knighthood.Read

20= (21) Caspar MacDonald-Hall £340million (£320m) Jan 23 2011

Kingswinford-based London and Cambridge Properties is one of the UK’s largest private owners of retail and industrial property.Read

20= (24) David Wilson £340million (£295m) Jan 23 2011

David Wilson was one of the big losers in last year’s Birmingham Post Rich List, thanks to the collapse in value of house-building companies.Read

22 (-) Albert Heijn £335million (-) Jan 23 2011

A desire to be able to eat and drink by the banks of the River Wye led Dutch supermarket magnate Albert Heijn to develop the award winning Left Bank Village in Hereford.Read

23 (22) Jonathan Kendrick £330million (£310m) Jan 23 2011

Jonathan Kendrick’s Wolverhampton-based ROK Entertainment Group goes from strength to strength. With spectacular gains in share price and its products available to 700 million mobile phone users worldwide, ROK is now making a serious assault on the US market.Read

24 (25) Paul Ruddock £280million (£280m) Jan 23 2011

Not everyone was a loser when Northern Rock came crashing down. Financier Paul Ruddock’s Lansdowne Partners hedge fund bet on its collapse, called it right and netted £100 million profit.Read

25 (23) Lord Michael Bishop £265million (£300m) Jan 23 2011

Homophobia is still alive and well in British businesses, according to former Bmi airline owner Michael Bishop – now Lord Bishop having been made a peer in November.Read

26 (27) Tony Wilkinson £255million (£240m) Jan 23 2011

Despite tough times on the High Street, Tony Wilkinson’s famous discount Wilkinson Hardware stores have doubled their profits.Read

6 (16) Will Adderley & family £650million (£365m) Jan 23 2011

The Adderley family coffers have been swelled by impressive results at Dunelm Mill – the home furnishing retailer they founded 30 years ago. The company hugely exceeded expectations in its 2009-10 results.Read

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