To hate The Sunday Times Rich List

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It's the only time the magazine goes straight into the recycling.
Apart from those on it or who aspire to be on it, who is it for? I find it pretty distasteful.

Would be interesting to see if the circulation drops or rises for this issue. I have a subscription so pay for it anyway. If I didn't I doubt I would have bought it today.

Asset rich money poor isn’t new - bankruptcy can be absorbed by a family with money already - not so for the little man who will end up with the bailiffs at the door. There will always be old money.

@milliemolliemou yes I did mean charities might be interested in targeting these individuals. I might be way off the mark as I’m just guessing but I’d think it would be a good way for the fundraising folks to identify good patrons or people to target for expensive tables at events etc!

Creambun2 always makes me think of this:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr56GfRxstQ

It's all guesswork. I used to work for someone on the richlist. His business had loans and there wasn't the wealth assumed on the list.

If I didn't I doubt I would have bought it today.

I wouldn't not buy it, I'd still want to read the rest of the paper, regardless of whether I was interested in the Rich List or not.

I know about 8 people on it and they have no choice in the matter. None are attention-seekers at all. They may be super-wealthy but they have also created thousands of jobs and opportunities for others along the way. There are 3 on it that we have known for over 20 years and they are very modest and normal men.

YANBU. What is it even for? It is vile.

I don't give a flying rat's arse about the Rich List. It goes staring into the recycling bin.

It's a bloody waste of paper and time. I honestly don't know why people read the bloody thing.

I do not buy into the whole ' was really poor and now really rich' thing to be honest as someone, somewhere , helped them with money or advice.

maybe i am an old cynic, but Lord sugar got that 100 and his van from someone ( he may have worked hard, but he still had to have some kind of backing to get his business going back in the day and i bet his extended family were not all poor either ) and Dolly Parton's uncle had a lot more money than her parents and saw her potential and helped out ( i watched a documentary on her and though ' ahh..thats how/ etc) you need to drill down to the bones, but real success stories are not always what they seem i bet, you often need a bit of a leg or heads up from somewhere.
Only one i can believe is J K Rowling as a pad and pen are pennies to buy , but she wasn't starting out in business which is a whole different ball game.

still not envious of extreme wealth though, it doesnt always bring happiness.

I don't really have an opinion on whether it's printed or not. The people listed are in a parallel universe to me anyway. How much even is a billion?! I can't even visualise it and the ones at the top have several! A mere few hundred million puts you down the bottom. I'm not sure what the point in it is to be honest. Jamie Oliver didn't make the grade this year!