Revealed: the richest people from pubs and brewing
The Sunday Times has published its annual list of Britain's wealthiest people.
The highest placed person with a connection to the world of pubs and brewing was the London-based Heineken heiress Charlene de Carvalho, who was ninth with an estimated fortune of £2,260m (£2.2bn).
The secretive Reuben Brothers are placed tenth with a fortune worth £2,200m. The billionaires have a small stake in pubs operated by Spirit Group, Britain's biggest managed house business.
Next is Mark Pears at 36, with £800m. Mr Pears, aged 41, is one of the key investors behind the growth of Alan Bowes's London & Edinburgh Group, which last year bought 252 pubs from Punch for £57m.
The Guinness family are placed at 44 with £725m while leisure tycoon Trevor Hemmings is at 46 with £700m. Mr Hemmings owns Blackpool Tower, a large chunk of Pub Estate Company and has a £153m stake in Scottish & Newcastle.
Retail entrepreneur Tom Hunter, who also owns pubs operated by Spirit, comes in at 73 with £500m. He is Scotland's wealthiest person.
The Grant whisky family are at 96 with £420m. Former Pubmaster shareholder Robert Tchenguiz is at 101 with £400m. His company banked a £58m profit from the sale of Pubmaster to Punch last year.
The Brakes, the family that founded the food supply business, are placed at 166 with £270m. Last year the Brake Brother business was sold, netting the family £255m.
Dealmaker and Punch founder Hugh Osmond (pictured) is placed at 223 with an estimated fortune of £180m while financier Guy Hands, who ran Nomura's principal finance unit is at 233 with £175m.
Michael Cannon, the pub entrepreneur who has built and sold a number of pub chains is registered at 261 with £160m, and David McMullen and family, who own the McMullen Hertfordshire pub and brewing business are at 290 with £140m.
Tim Martin, the founder of JD Wetherspoon, has a personal wealth of £90m, although Mr Martin's stake in the pub business is worth £85m alone. He recently relinquished day-to-day operational control and is now non-executive chairman.
Esmond Bulmer and his family are placed alongside Tim Martin at 470, with £90m. Last year 116 years of family control ended when the cider business was sold to Scottish & Newcastle.
Luke Johnson, the founder of Belgo, has £78m (508)while Lord Daresbury and the Greenall family have £75m (530). Christopher Brain and his family, which own the SA Brain brewer and pub operator, have £70m (568) and John Halewood, the man behind the Halewood International drinks group has a wealth of £65m (621).
