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.
9. John Hargreaves and family (2025: £400m) - Retail: Fashion retail
The Hargreaves family have been selling some of their eyecatching property portfolio. They offloaded two homes in the Florida city of Boca Raton for around £20m last year. Ollerton Grange, a 12-bedroom Jacobethan mansion set in the Cheshire countryside, was recently on the market at £12.5m and said to be under offer. The son of a Liverpool docker, John Hargreaves founded and built up the budget clothing giant Matalan with its first store opening in Preston in 1985. He once paid himself a £250m dividend from the group. There were also more than £310m in share sales. But the Monaco-based tycoon lost control of the group two years ago after it became plagued by high debt. | Adobe
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10. Emma Hindle and family (2025: £387m) - Property: Real estate development
This Preston born former Olympic horsewoman has set up two property developers. Sale-based Lancet Homes is named after Hindle’s steed at the 2008 Beijing Games. Her separate outfit Woodhouse Bespoke specialises in building homes in the Lancashire and Cumbrian countryside worth up to £3.5 million. The bulk of her family’s wealth stems from Brookhouse Properties, which owns retail parks and other commercial sites in Preston, Stockport and further afield. In 2024 Brookhouse, set up by her late father John Hindle, showed net assets of £363.8m - up £26.5m in a year. | Getty Images
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11. Ted Fort (2025: £306m) - Industry: Industrial components
Colne businessman Fort paid himself a £10m dividend from his valve manufacturer last year. A former Rolls Royce apprentice, Fort set up the Burnley-based manufacturer in 1967. His valves and fittings are used in the oil, train and fuel industries. Lower profits and revenues lead us to cut the value of the business to £200m this year. Fort has an extensive commercial property portfolio as well as homes in Montserrat, Antibes, Lancashire and on the New Forest. A good run of dividends from Fort Vale helps take the keen sailor to £306m. | Google Maps
12. Martin Ainscough and family (2025: £225m)- Industry: Construction equipment
Ainscough, who grew up in Parbold, was earlier this year sworn in as the High Sheriff of Greater Manchester. The Wigan-born entrepreneur made his money from setting up a crane hire business, selling up for £255m. These days his interests include two property companies, a Chorley plant hire business, an engineering firm and an equestrian centre. He also created Adventure Parc Snowdon, the world’s first inland surf lagoon. The site has been closed for two years but there are plans to reopen the tourist attraction - at a cost of £21m. | Dominic Holden Photo: Dominic Holden