LONDON, May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

    
                        Gocompare Ensures GBP95m Fortune
                          for Cardiff's Hayley Parsons

                   Play.com Posts GBP160m Each for Jersey duo

                   Bet365 Father and Daughter Highest Rollers
                     in Online Gambling with GBP700m Fortune

                   Struq Founder Nets GBP40m at the age of 27

The success of Carphone Warehouse and Talk Talk has made Charles Dunstone Britain's first digital billionaire. Dunstone's GBP1,000m fortune puts him top of the list of digital and online retailers in The Sunday Times Rich List (http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/?CMP=KNGvccp1-RichList) 2011 this weekend.

The 23rd annual Sunday Times Rich List - the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland - is published as an extra 104-page magazine, free with the paper on Sunday.

All the 10 top digital and online retailers in the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List have enjoyed significant increases in their personal wealth since last year's Rich List was published. The success of online shopping has tripled the fortunes of fashion retailers Johnnie Boden, now worth GBP310m, and Nick Robertson, founder of Asos, who now has a GBP177m fortune.

The Jersey-based entertainment mail-order business Play.com, which specialises in Vat-free DVDs and CDs, has produced fortunes of GBP160m a piece for owners Richard Goulding and Simon Perree.

New entries to the online retailing list include Hayley Parsons, 37, who has carved out a GBP95m fortune with insurance comparison site Gocompare.com.

The list of Online Gambling millionaires is headed by father and daughter, Peter and Denise Coates, owners of Bet365, who share a GBP750m fortune. Peter Coates is chairman of Stoke City Football Club.

Among the Young Rich in the list, aged 30 and under, Sam Barnett, 27, has amassed a GBP40m fortune with Struq, which provides retailers with personalised ads on the web. Daniel Ek, 28, a Swede based in London, is worth GBP15m on the strength of his stake in the internet music service Spotify. Another 28-year-old, Richard Jones has made a GBP15m fortune with Audioscrobbler.

The tables below only include people who derive their main wealth from digital and online businesses.

THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011

DIGITAL AND ONLINE RETAILING MILLIONAIRES

    
    Rank Name        Company              2011     2010      2011      2010    
                                          national national  wealth    wealth   
                                          rank     rank                       
                                          
    1    Charles     Carphone Warehouse   67=      102      GBP1,000m GBP604m 
         Dunstone    and Talk Talk

    2    Henry       Admiral              120      110      GBP648m   GBP572m 
         Engelhardt

    3    David Ross  Carphone Warehouse   178=     New      GBP450m   -       
                     and Talk Talk                 entry

    4    Simon Nixon Moneysupermarket     194=     201      GBP412m   GBP344m 

    5    Douw Steyn  Comparethemarket.com 221=     214=     GBP360m   GBP320m 

    6    Johnnie     Boden                251      751=     GBP310m   GBP89m  
         Boden

    7    Lord        N Brown              269=     251=     GBP290m   GBP265m 
         Alliance

    8    Kuljinder   Southall Travel      372=     1,037=   GBP184m   GBP60m  
         Bahia

    9    Nick        Asos                 389=     1,156=   GBP177m   GBP54m  
         Robertson

    10   David and   Admiral              410=     519=     GBP170m   GBP128m 
         Heather
         Stevens

    11=  Richard     play.com             430=     472=     GBP160m   GBP140m 
         Goulding

    11=  Simon       play.com             430=     472=     GBP160m   GBP140m 
         Perree

    13   Guy Johnson Carphone Warehouse   449=     486=     GBP155m   GBP135m 

    14   Peter Wood  Direct Line and      457=     540=     GBP150m   GBP120m 
                     Esure

    15   Duncan      moneysupermarket     528=     498=     GBP132m   GBP132m 
         Cameron

    16   Nick        White Company        537=     596=     GBP130m   GBP110m 
         Wheeler and
         Chrissie
         Rucker

    17   Tony and    Direct Wines         681=     1,112=   GBP105m   GBP57m  
         Barbara
         Laithwaite

    18   Dinesh      Ebookers             703=     875=     GBP100m   GBP75m  
         Dhamija

    19=  Hayley      Gocompare            751=     New      GBP95m    -       
         Parsons                                   entry

    19=  Julian and  Worth Global Style   751=     688=     GBP95m    GBP95m  
         Marc Worth  Network

    21   Sam Rayner  Lakeland             817=     1,178=   GBP85m    GBP53m  

    22   Rahul and   Best at Travel       871=     763=     GBP80m    GBP85m  
         Rita Sharma

    23   Christopher Chain Reaction       94=      New      GBP75m    -      
         Watson and  Cycles                        entry
         family

    
    Rank Name        Company              Difference
                                              +/-
                                           
                                          
    1    Charles     Carphone Warehouse    +GBP396m
         Dunstone    and Talk Talk

    2    Henry       Admiral               +GBP76m
         Engelhardt

    3    David Ross  Carphone Warehouse       -
                     and Talk Talk                 

    4    Simon Nixon Moneysupermarket      +GBP68m

    5    Douw Steyn  Comparethemarket.com  +GBP40m

    6    Johnnie     Boden                +GBP221m
         Boden

    7    Lord        N Brown               +GBP25m
         Alliance

    8    Kuljinder   Southall Travel      +GBP124m
         Bahia

    9    Nick        Asos                 +GBP123m
         Robertson

    10   David and   Admiral               +GBP42m
         Heather
         Stevens

    11=  Richard     play.com              +GBP20m
         Goulding

    11=  Simon       play.com              +GBP20m
         Perree

    13   Guy Johnson Carphone Warehouse    +GBP20m

    14   Peter Wood  Direct Line and       +GBP30m
                     Esure

    15   Duncan      moneysupermarket     No change
         Cameron

    16   Nick        White Company         +GBP20m
         Wheeler and
         Chrissie
         Rucker

    17   Tony and    Direct Wines          +GBP48m
         Barbara
         Laithwaite

    18   Dinesh      Ebookers              +GBP25m
         Dhamija

    19=  Hayley      Gocompare                -
         Parsons                                

    19=  Julian and  Worth Global Style    No change
         Marc Worth  Network

    21   Sam Rayner  Lakeland              +GBP32m

    22   Rahul and   Best at Travel         -GBP5m
         Rita Sharma

    23   Christopher Chain Reaction           -
         Watson and  Cycles                       
         family

THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST 2011

ONLINE GAMBLING MILLIONAIRES

    
    Rank Name         Company     2011     2010     2011    2010   Difference
                                national  national  wealth wealth      +/-
                                  rank      rank          
                                  
    1    Peter and    Bet365      90=      132=     GBP750m GBP500m  +GBP250m
         Denise
         Coates

    2    Ruth Parasol PartyGaming 97       69       GBP733m GBP832m   -GBP99m
         and Russ
         DeLeon

    3    Fred and     Betfred     112=     92=      GBP660m GBP660m No change
         Peter Done

    4    Vikrant      PartyGaming 311      281=     GBP230m GBP230m No change
         Bhargava

    5    Victor       Victor      430=     405=     GBP160m GBP160m No change
         Chandler     Chandler
                      Betting

    6    Ed Wray      Betfair     528=     336=     GBP132m GBP190m   -GBP58m

    7    Andrew Black Betfair     562=     348=     GBP125m GBP185m   -GBP60m

    8    Richard Koch Betfair     778=     517=     GBP92m  GBP129m   -GBP37m

    9    Phil Cronin  Tombola.com 859=     1,130=   GBP82m  GBP55m    +GBP27m

The 23rd annual Sunday Times Rich List - the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland - is published in a special 104-page magazine, which profiles the 1,000 richest people and families in the UK. The list is based on identifiable wealth (land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).

The list will appear simultaneously at http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist2011 as part of the online subscription - available to new users for just GBP1 for the first 30 days, subscribers get access to both The Times and The Sunday Times websites, award-winning iPad editions, as well as Times+ membership benefits.

To find out more and to see the trailer please visit http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist-trailer/

The Sunday Times Rich List 2011 is compiled by Philip Beresford, the leading authority on British wealth, and edited by Ian Coxon.

    
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