Who is the richest person you know?

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And can you estimate how wealthy they are?

My mums partner and roughly yes.

Op are you asking how much we think they have

100's of millions, all the trappings. Incredibly nice, clever person who came from exceedingly humble background and was set on making it big.

Including the house the own it's probably my sister as they live in London and bout a 3 bed house about 25 years ago which is probably now worth nearly £900k.

Why?

Friend who sold a business for 90 million

Several billion including a big tranche of Manhattan and I know exactly what they're worth

Another rider at the yard I'm on, and according to their Wikipedia article their net wealth is in the mid £500 million range. Their home & lifestyle reflects it, they're super generous and sit on the board of multiple charities, etc. as you'd expect.

Really lovely person. Nice horse, too.

In London - Quite a few people who are multimillionaires - entrepreneurs from uni, former colleagues who left and did something else

can’t say I know of anyone with hundreds of millions or billions but I doubt many people do.

Are they famous?

Except UHNWIs themselves ofc

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Enough to be publicly reported on at times in terms of career or charity work, but not as a household name.

I'd have had no idea who this person was if I hadn't had to look up their address for a party.

One entrepreneur I know has had media coverage as has a famous investor in their company

And another has been front page of a broadsheet newspaper

so famous in their circles

Me and my brother are the richest people I know in our family and friends circle(s). I have met many work colleagues who come from vast family wealth (usually from the Middle East), and my brother meets similar from China. They have mind-blowing empires running into £10m+. I know their wealth through self reporting in the course of conversation, or due to knowing about their family lineage. Our money is as a result of inheritance, business ventures and salary from our careers. Apart from the house being a bit of a clue, I drive an 8 year old scratched up modest car, waddle around in Primark leggings and none of my personal shopping habits project an image of being wealthy. He is the same *minus leggings, although his job normally attracts a high salary so I suppose people might assume he had a few quid under the bed. I have met some people who you would think were rich from their cars, property, flash holidays and lifestyle. I work with a wide range of business operators from all walks of life, and sometimes uncover their true financial position from our contact. I am shocked by the spending habits of some people who are up to their necks in debt paying for it.

I don’t know. I don’t discuss money.

Yes they are famous in America and in the UK but not for the same things.

Famous person. She's allegedly a billionaire.

One of my siblings. Multi millionaire - don't know how many millions. I'd take a wild guess and say 10/12?

to be fair our firm advises companies but also family offices - so lords, sheikhs and uhnws

of course many of them have hundreds of millions if not billions

Hedge funder. I'd estimate they're worth hundreds of millions of pounds.

A friend of a friend sold out of some companies for £120 million during the COVID tech boom.

The lady across the road. She sold the land behind her house for €9 million. I wish we’d made friends 😂

I dont really know as debts and lifestyle choices can hide all sorts.

However, at a guess I have a relative in a 3 million pound house, with three children in boarding school, they take around 5 holidays a year and have two other properties. They have around 5 cars and are members of london clubs etc. I assume they have pensiins, savings and investments too.

I cant guess what this is in 'wealth' though. Im imaging somewhere in the 6-7 million mark of stuff and then earned income on top.

I don't know anyone wealthy. I know people who are "comfortable" (mortgage paid off, good private pensions) but I don't know anyone very wealthy. I definitely don't know any millionaires.