Motor Racing's Millionaires.
The Sunday Times today (19/4/98) published it's annual Rich List which lists the 500 richest people in the United Kingdom. The world of motor sport was represented by a very small number of individuals headed as no surprise by Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and rounded off with Eddie Jordan, a new entry in the 1998 Rich List.
Below is the list of individuals from or connected to motor sport.
Name
Value of Estate
Position in the 1998 List
Bernie Ecclestone
?1,500M
6th
The Sunday Times today (19/4/98) published it's annual Rich List which lists the 500 richest people in the United Kingdom. The world of motor sport was represented by a very small number of individuals headed as no surprise by Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and rounded off with Eddie Jordan, a new entry in the 1998 Rich List.
Below is the list of individuals from or connected to motor sport.
Name
Value of Estate
Position in the 1998 List
Bernie Ecclestone
?1,500M
6th
Johnny Dumfries
?130M
=157th
Tom Walkinshaw
?85M
=254th
Frank Williams
?85M
=254th
Tom Wheatcroft
?60M
=357th
Ron Dennis
?55M
=398th
Mary /Nicola Foulston
?50M
=428th
Paddy McNally
?40M
=562nd
Patrick Head
?35M
=617th
Nigel Mansell
?35M
=617th
Jackie Stewart
?30M
=668th
Eddie Jordan
?20M
=880th
To put the above figures into perspective, the highest placed individual in the UK's Rich List is currently Lord Sainsbury, head of the Sainsbury's food retailing chain of stores with a fortune of ?3,300M. The runaway leader in the World's richest list is none other than Bill Gates, head of Microsoft as if you didn't know with a staggering ?28.81 Billion to his credit.
