Von Essen founder sees fortune grow £80m
Von Essen founder Andrew Davis was one of the few top earners in the hospitality industry to see his fortune grow last year.
Davis, who added Callow Hall in Derbyshire (pictured) to the von Essen portfolio last year and has stakes in the PremiAir group and London Heliport operating company, saw his wealth go up by £80m in the last year according to the 2009 Sunday Times Rich List, bringing his total fortune to £290m and placing him at joint 204th position.
Hotelier Jasminder Singh, owner of the Edwardian Group also saw his fortune grow by £3m to £330m and Tim and Kit Kemp, owners of London’s Soho Hotel saw their fortune grow by £18m pushing their total wealth up to £134m.
Poju Zabludowicz, who owns hotels and property, including the Tamares Hotel group, scored within the top 20 richest people in Britain. Despite his total wealth dropping £500m he came joint 18th and recorded a fortune of £1,500m.
Other members of the industry to appear in the 21st Sunday Times Rich List include restaurateur Richard Caring (146= £350m), hotelier Sir Rocco Forte (146= £350m) and Wetherspoon’s owner Tim Martin (406= £130m).
Chef Jamie Oliver ranks outside of the top 1,000 richest people in this year`s list with a fortune of £40m, the same as last year, but he is thought to be the highest ranking chef in this year`s list.
A full list of the 2,000 richest people in Britain is expected to be published online at www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist from 2pm today.
Hospitality rich list
Poju Zabludowicz, hotels and property 18= £1,500m (down £500m)
Richard Caring, restaurants and fashion 146= £350m (down £100m)
Marlon Abela inheritance and restaurants 146= £350m (down £50m)
Sir Rocco Forte, hotels, 146= £350m (down £100m)
Sir Peter Rigby hotels, computing and aviation 156= £330m (down £180m)
Jasminder Singh and family, hotels, 156= £330m (up £3m)
Andrew Davis, hotels, 204= £290m (up £80m)
Andrew Brownsword hotels and greeting cards 309= £180m (down 40m)
Firoz Kassam, hotels 309= £180m (down £95m)
Harpal Matharu and family, hotels 309= £180m (down £40m)
Robert Earl, restaurants 362= £150m (down £110m)
Surinder Arora and family, hotels and property 388= £140m (down £85m)
Tim and Kit Kemp, hotels 402 £134m (up £18m)
Ian McGlinn hotels and retailing 406= £130m (down £16m)
Tim Martin, pubs 406= £130m (up £40m)
Guy and Julia Hands hotels and finance 540= £100m (down £150m)
Christian Landolt, hotels 540= £100m
Sir Terence Conran restaurants and retail 575= £95m (up £19m)
Adam and Sam Kaye restaurants 644= £89m (down £20m)
The Walduck family, hotels 657= £85m (down £20m)
Bakir Cola and family, hotels 694= (down £78m)
Lord Rana and family, hotels 694= £80m (up £14m)
Gulshan and Asif Bhatia, hotels 751= £75m
Lord Daresbury and the Greenall family hotels and brewing =751 £75m
John Marston hotels and property, =751 £75m
James Young, pubs and brewing 906= £63m
Michael Morton, hotels 910= £62m
Alex Langsam, hotels 924= £60m
David Seymour, hotels and travel 924= £60m
