The list is based on identifiable wealth, including land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies.
Hedge fund manager Michael Platt is the richest person in the North West with a vast personal fortune of £10bn.
Here are the top 10.
Here are the top 10.
5. Mohsin and Zuber Issa
Source of wealth: fuel distribution and supermarkets: £4.73 billion. Pictured, Zuber Vali Issa CBE born June 1972 is a British billionaire businessman and founder of Euro Garages (EG), a chain of petrol filling stations and convenience stores that operate in Europe, the United States and Australia. As part of a consortium with his brother Mohsin and TDR Capital, he is also the majority stakeholder in Asda.
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6. The Arora Family
Simon, pictured, Bobby and Robin Arora: source of wealth: B&M: £2.543 billion. Simon Arora was born in November 1969. He studied law at Cambridge University. In 1995, he went into business with his younger brother Bobby Arora, importing homewares from Asia and supplying them to UK retail chains, before buying B&M in 2004, which was then a struggling grocery chain based in Blackpool. In 2017, Simon and Bobby cashed in £215m of shares and reduced their stake in B&M by a quarter, three years after taking it public. As of May 2019, the Arora brothers (Simon, Bobby and Robin) jointly have a net worth of £2.26 billion.
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7. John Gore
Source of wealth: Entertainment: £1.681 billion. John Gore (born 1962) is a British entertainment producer, known for his live theatre company the John Gore Organisation. The organisation formerly known as Key Brand Entertainment (KBE), is a producer and distributor of live theatre in North America, as well as an e-commerce company, focused on theatre. KBE was founded in the UK in 2004 by 14-time Tony Award winning Producer John Gore who is the company's Chairman, CEO and Owner.
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8. John Whittaker and family
Source of wealth: Property: The Peel Group: £1.6 billion. John Whittaker is a British billionaire businessman. He is the chairman of the Peel Group, a property company that mainly invests in North West England. Although publicity-shy, he has been named as one of the most influential business leaders for the North West and was named the most influential northerner by The Big Issue magazine in 2010.
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