Yorkshire's richest people revealed in The Sunday Times Rich List 2023

Robert Miller owns the 36,000-acre Gunnerside Estate in North Yorkshire, one of the largest sporting country estates in Great Britain, which qualifies him for the list despite being American-born.

He is the father of three daughters, Pia, Marie-Chantal and Alexandra. Marie-Chantal is the Crown Princess of Greece after marrying Pavlos, the Crown Prince of Greece in 1995. Alexandra is the ex-wife of Prince Alexander von Furstenburg.

He made his money through DFS – or Duty Free Shoppers – which sells high-end goods to travellers free of import taxes in airports. His investment in the company began in the early stages of duty free shopping.

According to The Sunday Times, the combined net worth of him and Princess Marie-Chantal is £1.583bn, a drop in £617m compared to the previous year. The wealth makes them the fifth richest people in the North, behind property investors David and Simon Reuben, and INEOS’ Andy Currie and John Reece.

INEOS’ owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe is worth almost £30bn making him the second richest man in the country, according to the list. Despite being raised in Beverley, he was born in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, and so doesn’t make the Yorkshire list.

Ratcliffe was ranked 27th on the 2022 Sunday Times Rich List with a wealth of £6.075bn, but has jumped up to second in the 2023 list with wealth now believed to be £29.688bn, up 400 per cent in 12 months.

Also making the list is Malcolm Healey, who began his career in his father’s paint company before creating Humber Kitchens and eventually Wren Living, now Wren Kitchens. He also owned Warter Priory, a 12,000-acre estate near Pocklington. Healey is worth £1.6bn, up £250m from last year.