Foxtons founder and billionaire Jon Hunt has added to his huge fortune after racking up multi-million-pound profits during the pandemic.
The 67-year-old, who made his fortune as the founder of Foxtons, saw his wealth increase by £45m to £1.345bn, according to the Sunday Time Rich List.
Hunt, who sold Foxtons for £375m in 2007 to private equity firm BC Partners in 2007, ranks 126th on the Rich List, down from 111 last year.
There were 20 property-related entries on this year’s Rich List:
2 (2=) David and Simon Reuben £21.465bn £5.465bn
12 (10) The Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family £10.054bn £241m
21 (25) Barnaby and Merlin Swire and family £6.5bn £1.7bn
22 (33) Sir Henry Keswick and family £6.471bn £2.471bn
24 (18) Earl Cadogan and family £6.37bn £447m
27 (36) Ian and Richard Livingstone £6.1bn £2.2bn
28 (17) The Barclay family £6bn £1bn
30 (22) John Grayken £5.87bn £179m
42 (39) Nathan Kirsh £4.178bn £522m
44 (38) Teddy Sagi £3.838bn £166m
46 (28) Baroness Howard de Walden and family £3.722bn £594m
50= (41) Eddie and Sol Zakay £3.5bn £110m
52 (47) Mark Pears and family £3.28bn £20m
54 (New) Yakir Gabay £3bn New entry
55 (66) Benzion Freshwater and family £2.96bn £906m
60 (52) Samuel Tak Lee and family £2.731bn £119m
72 (60) Tony Murray and family £2.3bn No change
73 (61) The Lazari family £2.224bn £10m
75= (70=) Eddie and Malcolm Healey £2.2bn £200m
82= (82=) John Christodoulou £2bn £200m
Comments (3)
Interesting. I thought he went into shared office space.. that would have taken a beating this year.
How many of these people are lucky sperm?
who cares?