Last week, Business Insider’s annual Rich List identified £45.6 billion of wealth shared between our region’s 50 most affluent individuals and families - up almost 9% on the previous year.
In this article here, we shared the 25 richest people from the North West according to that list.
Now we have gone back to NW Business Insider Rich List to see how many of the richest 50 people were Lancastrians.
So take a look at the 13 people with links to Lancashire who have been named amongst the richest in the country.
5. Matthew Riley (2025: £957m) - Business services: Telecoms and IT
Earlier this year Burnley born Riley’s telecoms and IT business Daisy Group merged with the business behind 02 and Virgin. The tie-up created a £3bn giant designed to take-on heavyweight such as BT and Vodafone. Daisy owns 30% of the combined group. Riley in turn owns 75% of Daisy - putting a value of £675m on his stake in the new business, expected to be called VMO2-Daisy. Riley’s separate investment company, Robinson Capital, now has £281.9m on its balance sheet. Once mentored by Sir Philip Green, Nelson-based Riley has also appeared as a judge on The Apprentice. | Wayne Myers Photo: Wayne Myers
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6. Tim Knowles (2025: £735m) - Property: Real estate development
Chorley born Knowles has built a commercial property empire stretching from Glasgow to Southampton - quite an achievement for someone who left school unable to read or write. Starting out by cleaning cars, he created a franchise and after selling this venture for £2m in his early 20s he cannily kept hold of the business’s properties. He has equity worth £704m across six separate companies. Publicly-filed accounts only show a part of his wealth. Homes in Dubai, St Tropez, the Isle of Man and elsewhere add another £30m. He also has a £600,000 wine collection. | submit
7. Matt Moulding and family (2025: £600m) - Retail: Health and wellbeing products
The Burnley born gym-loving founder of THG sold the buildings that house his ecommerce giant for £180m last November. Moulding co-founded THG, previously known as The Hut Group, with a colleague from the high-street chain Phones4u in 2004. Starting out as an online CD retailer, the Manchester-based group has evolved into a diverse group wrapping in 300 websites, beauty brands and two hotels. Moulding and his wife Jodie sold THG stock worth around £54m at the 2020 float. But since then THG’s shares have lost almost 96% of their value and the couple’s stake is worth £112.8m - down £96.3m in 12 months. Photo: UGC
8. Mark (pictured) and Neil Radcliffe and family (2025: £430m) - Retail: Plumbing supplies
Radcliffe is reviving MFI, the furniture retailer that collapsed into administration almost 20 years ago. He bought the historic brand last year as part of the £22.5m takeover of Victoria Plum. Radcliffe made his money from the similarly-named Victorian Plumbing. He set up the now Leyland-based bathroom supplies outfit from a garden shed 25 years ago, making more than £200m from listing the business on Aim in 2021. Ratcliffe and his brother Neil still own 58.4% of the shares. Lower profits over the past year have drained some value from their stake. | Victorian Plumbing Photo: Victorian Plumbing