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.
Rank
Name
Company
Wealth estimate (£millions)
Change year to date
1
James Dyson Dyson
17,727.5
11.1%
2
Guillaume Pousaz Checkout.com 8,337.6
-2.6%
3
Teddy Sagi Playtech
4,708.4
5.9%
4
Denise Coates Bet365
4,440.0
3.4%
5
Richard Branson Virgin Galactic
3,970.4
-5.3%
6
Nikolay Storonsky Revolut
1,945.3
14.4%
7
Andrey Andreev Badoo
1,330.5
9.6%
8
Terry Matthews Mitel
1,314.9
9.6%
9
Simon Nixon MoneySupermarket
1,277.1
9.6%
10
Peter Kelly Softcat
1,211.1
12.3%
11
Alan Sugar Amstrad
1,196.8
9.1%
12
Mike Lynch Darktrace/Luminance
1,116.9
9.4%
13
Kristo Kaarman Wise
1,020.8
-1.5%
14
Peter Ogden Computacenter
946.0
15.9%
15
Christian Angermayer Apeiron
871.8
9.6%
16
Herman Narula Improbable
871.1
38.0%
17
Akshata Murty Infosys
649.1
-11.6%
18
Johnny Boufarhat
Hopin
623.7
22.8%
19
Guy Podjarni
Snyk
617.1
6.5%
20
Graham Wylie
Sage
612.8
9.6%
21
Taavet Hinrikus Wise
606.8
2.1%
22
Philip Hulme Computacenter
558.4
16.0%
23
Mel Morris
King
553.0
9.6%
24
Ben Francis Gymshark
549.2
34.3%
25
Cal Henderson
Slack
500.8
20.9%
26
Joe Hemani
Westcoast
495.2
22.2%
27
Alex Chesterman Cazoo/Zoopla
489.0
6.2%
28
Tim Steiner
Ocado
471.1
0.3%
29
Nick Robertson
Asos
393.0
11.0%
30
Matt Moulding
THG
375.5
101.5%
31
Euan Blair Multiverse
359.2
7.7%
32
Andrew Brode
Learning Technologies
358.5
-26.3%
33
Anthony Watson Bank of London
308.9
-1.7%
34
Mahmud Kamani Boohoo
291.8
15.7%
35
Sara Murray Big Technologies
267.5
-1.3%
36
Dmitry Tokarev
Copper
264.2
37.4%
37
Vishal Marria
Quantexa
235.8
6.5%
38
Vlad Yatsenko Revolut
221.1
14.4%
39
Alexander Christ
SumUp
216.8
-3.1%
40
Daniel Klein
SumUp
216.8
-3.1%
41
Tom Blomfield Monzo
214.5
-16.0%
42
Paul Taylor Thought Machine
200.0
-3.1%
43
Brendan Mooney
Kainos
198.4
-16.7%
44
Anne Boden Starling
189.0
-6.7%
45
Paul Gannon Kainos
182.4
-14.1%
46
Demis Hassabis
Deepmind
166.0
9.6%
47
Rishi Khosla
Oaknorth
164.7
-3.1%
48
Joel Perlman
Oaknorth
164.7
-3.1%
49
Angela Bacares Darktrace
160.6
6.8%
50
Will Shu Deliveroo
155.8
19.8%
51
Alexander Kent Braham
Marshmallow
146.6
-10.1%
52
Oliver Kent Braham
Marshmallow
146.6
-10.1%
53
John Roberts AO World
142.8
25.2%
54
Paul Rippon Monzo
142.5
-17.9%
55
David Braben
Frontier Developments
124.0
-29.8%
56
Brent Hoberman
Lastminute
119.6
9.6%
57
Debbie Bestwick Team17
117.6
-14.1%
58
Ismail Ahmed
Zepz
115.3
-4.2%
59
Nick Jenkins
Moonpig
105.5
9.6%
60
Aleksandrs Nichiporc
TinyBuild
102.6
-26.5%
61
Sultan Saidov
Beamery
96.7
-1.9%
62
Abakar Saidov
Beamery
96.7
-1.9%
63
Jason Gissing
Ocado
91.7
-11.3%
64
Ali Mazanderani
Teya
90.1
-3.1%
65
Ali Parsa
Babylon Health
84.9
9.7%
66
Daniel Schreiber
Lemonade
83.3
9.6%
67
Timo Boldt
Gousto
82.6
0.5%
68
Jonathan Satchell
Learning Technologies
81.8
-6.9%
69
Martha Lane Fox Lastminute
74.8
9.6%
70
Sarah Wood Unruly
67.3
9.6%
71
Romi Savova PensionBee
65.6
59.9%
72
Denis Sverdlov
Arrival
64.7
-36.0%
73
Lior Shiff
Tripledot
61.7
-32.0%
74
Eyal Chameides
Tripledot
61.7
-32.0%
75
Akin Babayigit
Tripledot
61.7
-32.0%
76
Philip Belamant Zilch
59.7
-11.7%
77
Sten Saar
Zego
58.9
-10.1%
78
Simon Beckerman Depop
58.4
12.0%
79
Audrey Wood Oxford Instruments
53.5
19.4%
80
Azmat Yusuf
Citymapper
50.0
9.6%
81
Tom Leathes
Motorway
45.1
12.4%
82
Harry Jones
Motorway
45.1
12.4%
83
Alex Battle
Motorway
45.1
12.4%
84
Harry Franks
Zego
43.1
-12.4%
85
Christian Owens
Paddle
41.8
-3.1%
86
Richard Moross
Moo
41.6
6.3%
87
Ben Pollard
Cushon
37.1
9.6%
88
Steven Bartlett
Thirdweb
36.4
18.4%
89
Giles Andrews
Zopa
33.3
-11.5%
90
Hiroki Takeuchi GoCardless
32.2
-3.1%
91
Melissa Di Donato Suse
31.8
-1.9%
92
Leanne Kemp
Everledger
27.8
-6.8%
93
Benjamin Chemla
Shares
27.2
14.4%
94
Craig Hayman
Aveva
25.2
9.6%
95
Charles McManus
Clearbank
24.4
-4.7%
96
Poppy Gustafsson
Darktrace
23.2
7.1%
97
Alex Depledge Resi
20.2
10.6%
98
Jules Coleman
Resi
20.2
10.6%
99
Ben Stanway
Moneybox
19.8
-17.9%
100
Charles Mortimer
Moneybox
19.8
-17.9%
