The latest Yorkshire Rich List has revealed the wealthiest people living in the county, including many business leaders from Sheffield and elsewhere in South Yorkshire.
Among them are a husband-and-wife from Sheffield who are worth an estimated £500 million after setting up a teaching aid business together, and the widow of one of Meadowhall shopping centre's co-founders.
Jackie Neal, who as managing director of Abbey Forged Products is one of the few women with a senior role in the UK's forging industry, has made the list for the first time. She and her husband Roger are worth an estimated £85m after pre-tax profits at the firm, named after the Sheffield street on which they lived, soared by 75 per cent to £7.9m last year.
They are not the only steel magnates from Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham to make the Yorkshire Rich List 2023, compiled by Insider Media, which is part of National World.
The other multi-millionaires and billionaires on the list, including the former Sheffield United owner Kevin McCabe, have made their wealth through a variety of industries, from property and cars to furniture.
Below is the full list of South Yorkshire businesspeople to make the Yorkshire Rich List 2023, which includes people working in a business they either started themselves or inherited.
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13. Sir Bob Murray and family: £100m (£100m)
Sir Bob Murray, pictured here with his wife Sue, started Doncaster-based Omega Kitchens after building up and selling his Spring Ram bathroom group. Profits at Omega’s parent company slipped back to £3.7m in 2022. Photo: Sunderland Echo | Sunderland Echo Photo: Sunderland Echo
14. Mark Waind: £97m (£79m)
Mark Waind, 62, runs and owns Trackwork, the Doncaster-based group started by his father in 1976. It provides an array of services to the railway industry, ranging from building and maintaining lines, depots and sidings to running safety courses. | Google
15. Christopher Durrans and family: £90m (new entry)
Christopher Durrans, 63, is a new entry on the Yorkshire Rich List. The 160-year-old Sheffield-based James Durrans Group supplies an array of products, ranging from iron and steel castings to the brake linings and pads used in millions of cars and trucks. Profits rose to £10.8m during 2022. He is estimated to be the 82nd richest man in Yorkshire | Google
16. Jackie and Roger Neal: £85m (new entry)
Jackie and Roger Neal, aged 73 and 79, are worth an estimated £85m. Abbey Forged Products makes a range of rings and other metal components for the defence, aerospace, energy and power industries. Jackie is thought to be one of the only women bosses in the UK’s forging industry. | Google