The Sunday Times Rich List 1989 is the 1st annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 2 April 1989.[1]
In 1989 a wealth of £30 million was needed to make the top 200, (approximately £ in today's value).
The list at the time reported Queen Elizabeth II as the wealthiest person in the United Kingdom, with a wealth of £5.2 billion, which included state assets that were not hers personally,[2] (approximately £ in today's value).
| 1989 | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth bn | ||||
| £5.2 | The Queen | Landowner | |||
| £3.2 | The Duke of Westminster | Landowner | |||
| £1.97 | Lord Sainsbury & family | Retail | |||
| £1.9 | Gad and Hans Rausing | Packaging | |||
| £1.7 | Sir John Moores | Retail | |||
| £1.7 | Garfield Weston | Retail | |||
| £1.2 | John Paul Getty II | Oil | |||
| £1.2 | Lord Vestey & Edmund Vestey | Food | |||
| 9 | £1 | Octav Botnar | Cars | ||
| 10 | £0.75 | Sir James Goldsmith | & | Finance | |