Yorkshire’s wealthiest ranked on Sunday Times Rich List

A new edition of The Sunday Times Rich List has ranked the richest people in Yorkshire.

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00:00 A new addition of the Sunday Times Rich List has ranked the richest people in

00:04 Yorkshire and it's revealed the largest fall in the billionaire count in the

00:08 Guide's 36-year history. The wealthiest people in Yorkshire and Humber are the

00:12 owners of Wren Kitchens' Malcolm Healy and family who lost £99 million

00:17 this year but have a collective wealth of £1.501 billion.

00:21 Second on the list is Lord Kirkham and family, founders of furniture giant DFS

00:26 with £1.14 billion, followed by the Shepherd family who created

00:31 Portacabin and Portaloo with £1.104 billion. Next on the list is Andrea Shelley,

00:37 William Morrison and Eleanor Kernighan with their links to Morrison's

00:41 supermarket. John Jakes from Acorn Stairlifts is next, followed by Alastair

00:45 and Michael Powell, the brothers behind the Cleveland Cable Company. Businessman

00:49 Paul Sykes is ranked seventh with £775 million and Philip Meason, formerly of

00:55 Jet 2 is ranked 8th with £718 million.