The UK’s tech industry reached $1 trillion in value last year, making it only the third country ever to hit this milestone after the US and China.
London on its own has created more than 20 unicorns — firms worth more than $1 billion — since 2021. That has been helped on by a string of IPOs over the past two years, including the likes of takeaway app Deliveroo and payments firm Wise.
In fintech, the capital’s speciality, London has even been able to overtake New York and San Francisco in funding, attracting around £8 billion in investment last year alone.
Those successes have built extraordinary wealth for many of the firms’ founders, as the Standard reveals in its inaugural tech rich list.
This list profiles some of the leading tech stars who grew up in, or started a company in the UK. The list uses live market data and will be updated throughout the year to reflect changing corporate valuations and market conditions.
View the rich list methodology here.
Last update: 31 May
| Rank | Name | Company | Wealth estimate (£millions) | Change year to date | | 1 | James Dyson | Dyson | 16,633.1 | 6.1% | | 2 | Guillaume Pousaz | Checkout.com | 7,873.5 | -7.9% | | 3 | Teddy Sagi | Playtech | 4,633.0 | 6.5% | | 4 | Denise Coates | Bet365 | 4,000.4 | -5.6% | | 5 | Richard Branson | Virgin Galactic | 3,838.5 | -6.3% | | 6 | Nikolay Storonsky | Revolut | 1,924.7 | 17.0% | | 7 | Andrey Andreev | Badoo | 1,300.0 | 12.2% | | 8 | Terry Matthews | Mitel | 1,284.8 | 12.2% | | 9 | Simon Nixon | MoneySupermarket | 1,247.9 | 12.2% | | 10 | Peter Kelly | Softcat | 1,206.2 | 13.3% | | 11 | Alan Sugar | Amstrad | 1,168.7 | 11.4% | | 12 | Mike Lynch | Darktrace/Luminance | 1,092.8 | 11.7% | | 13 | Kristo Kaarman | Wise | 1,058.2 | 2.1% | | 14 | Herman Narula | Improbable | 961.4 | 51.8% | | 15 | Peter Ogden | Computacenter | 938.6 | 16.9% | | 16 | Christian Angermayer | Apeiron | 851.9 | 12.2% | | 17 | Johnny Boufarhat | Hopin | 696.4 | 35.5% | | 18 | Akshata Murty | Infosys | 662.2 | -9.1% | | 19 | Taavet Hinrikus | Wise | 616.5 | 5.2% | | 20 | Guy Podjarni | Snyk | 614.1 | 5.9% | | 21 | Graham Wylie | Sage | 598.7 | 12.2% | | 22 | Philip Hulme | Computacenter | 554.1 | 17.0% | | 23 | Mel Morris | King | 540.4 | 12.2% | | 24 | Cal Henderson | Slack | 514.5 | 27.9% | | 25 | Joe Hemani | Westcoast | 492.4 | 23.6% | | 26 | Alex Chesterman | Cazoo/Zoopla | 474.6 | 7.6% | | 27 | Tim Steiner | Ocado | 437.1 | -4.1% | | 28 | Ben Francis | Gymshark | 394.6 | -3.6% | | 29 | Nick Robertson | Asos | 372.9 | 10.1% | | 30 | Euan Blair | Multiverse | 344.6 | 3.1% | | 31 | Andrew Brode | Learning Technologies | 323.4 | -33.5% | | 32 | Anthony Watson | Bank of London | 295.6 | -5.8% | | 33 | Dmitry Tokarev | Copper | 294.2 | 54.6% | | 34 | Sara Murray | Big Technologies | 286.0 | 5.7% | | 35 | Mahmud Kamani | Boohoo | 269.9 | 10.9% | | 36 | Matt Moulding | THG | 236.4 | 28.0% | | 37 | Vishal Marria | Quantexa | 234.7 | 5.9% | | 38 | Vlad Yatsenko | Revolut | 218.7 | 17.0% | | 39 | Tom Blomfield | Monzo | 203.9 | -20.2% | | 40 | Brendan Mooney | Kainos | 202.5 | -14.6% | | 41 | Alexander Christ | SumUp | 195.0 | -12.9% | | 42 | Daniel Klein | SumUp | 195.0 | -12.9% | | 43 | Paul Gannon | Kainos | 185.2 | -12.1% | | 44 | Paul Taylor | Thought Machine | 179.9 | -12.9% | | 45 | Anne Boden | Starling | 175.3 | -13.6% | | 46 | Alexander Kent Braham | Marshmallow | 166.0 | 1.0% | | 47 | Oliver Kent Braham | Marshmallow | 166.0 | 1.0% | | 48 | Demis Hassabis | Deepmind | 162.2 | 12.2% | | 49 | Angela Bacares | Darktrace | 159.5 | 6.6% | | 50 | Will Shu | Deliveroo | 152.7 | 18.2% | | 51 | Rishi Khosla | Oaknorth | 148.2 | -12.9% | | 52 | Joel Perlman | Oaknorth | 148.2 | -12.9% | | 53 | Paul Rippon | Monzo | 136.8 | -21.2% | | 54 | David Braben | Frontier Developments | 127.6 | -26.6% | | 55 | John Roberts | AO World | 127.2 | 14.0% | | 56 | Debbie Bestwick | Team17 | 118.2 | -13.5% | | 57 | Brent Hoberman | Lastminute | 116.8 | 12.2% | | 58 | Ismail Ahmed | Zepz | 116.6 | -3.0% | | 59 | Nick Jenkins | Moonpig | 103.1 | 12.2% | | 60 | Aleksandrs Nichiporc | TinyBuild | 95.4 | -30.4% | | 61 | Sultan Saidov | Beamery | 89.8 | -9.0% | | 62 | Abakar Saidov | Beamery | 89.8 | -9.0% | | 63 | Daniel Schreiber | Lemonade | 81.4 | 12.2% | | 64 | Ali Mazanderani | Teya | 81.0 | -12.9% | | 65 | Timo Boldt | Gousto | 77.4 | -3.8% | | 66 | Jason Gissing | Ocado | 77.3 | -24.0% | | 67 | Denis Sverdlov | Arrival | 75.3 | -24.1% | | 68 | Martha Lane Fox | Lastminute | 73.1 | 12.2% | | 69 | Jonathan Satchell | Learning Technologies | 73.0 | -16.9% | | 70 | Sten Saar | Zego | 66.7 | 1.0% | | 71 | Sarah Wood | Unruly | 65.8 | 12.2% | | 72 | Lior Shiff | Tripledot | 64.6 | -29.5% | | 73 | Eyal Chameides | Tripledot | 64.6 | -29.5% | | 74 | Akin Babayigit | Tripledot | 64.6 | -29.5% | | 75 | Simon Beckerman | Depop | 57.1 | 13.7% | | 76 | Philip Belamant | Zilch | 54.8 | -20.0% | | 77 | Romi Savova | PensionBee | 54.0 | 31.8% | | 78 | Harry Franks | Zego | 53.6 | 7.8% | | 79 | Audrey Wood | Oxford Instruments | 53.1 | 19.4% | | 80 | Azmat Yusuf | Citymapper | 48.9 | 12.2% | | 81 | Tom Leathes | Motorway | 46.0 | 14.5% | | 82 | Harry Jones | Motorway | 46.0 | 14.5% | | 83 | Alex Battle | Motorway | 46.0 | 14.5% | | 84 | Steven Bartlett | Thirdweb | 43.7 | 30.2% | | 85 | Richard Moross | Moo | 42.8 | 9.2% | | 86 | Christian Owens | Paddle | 37.6 | -12.9% | | 87 | Ben Pollard | Cushon | 36.2 | 12.2% | | 88 | Giles Andrews | Zopa | 32.0 | -14.7% | | 89 | Hiroki Takeuchi | GoCardless | 29.0 | -12.9% | | 90 | Melissa Di Donato | Suse | 28.8 | -8.6% | | 91 | Leanne Kemp | Everledger | 27.4 | -8.1% | | 92 | Benjamin Chemla | Shares | 26.8 | 17.0% | | 93 | Craig Hayman | Aveva | 24.6 | 12.2% | | 94 | Charles McManus | Clearbank | 23.6 | -6.9% | | 95 | Poppy Gustafsson | Darktrace | 23.0 | 7.2% | | 96 | Alex Depledge | Resi | 19.9 | 12.4% | | 97 | Jules Coleman | Resi | 19.9 | 12.4% | | 98 | Ben Stanway | Moneybox | 19.0 | -21.2% | | 99 | Charles Mortimer | Moneybox | 19.0 | -21.2% | | 100 | Ali Parsa | Babylon Health | 6.4 | -91.8% |
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