You’ll no doubt be aware of the annual Sunday Times Rich List, but such is its powerful and ever-growing success, there’s now a specific Beauty Rich List too.
Charlotte Tilbury
The newspaper has published 30 entries of both familiar and unfamiliar names that have scaled the heights to built wealth by taking on (or joining) the established high order. Topping the list? Charlotte Tilbury, with her now-Puig-owned brand worth over £1 billion and her estimated personal wealth standing at £350 million.
The list comprises 19 women and 14 men with 14 of them aged in their twenties or thirties. Together, they’ve amassed personal fortunes adding up to nearly £2.2 billion.
In second placed are Mark and Mo Constantine, having accumulated £249 million via their high street mass retail brand Lush.
Third place goes to Sanjay Vadera of The Fragrance Shop fame, with a personal wealth of £245 million, while fourth spot goes to international hair brand and former hairdresser celebrity John Frieda, now worth an estimated £150 million. Fifth-placed Vishal Karia, via his Afinity Fragrances business, is worth £114 million.
At joint sixth, Elliot Isaacs, who launched skincare brand Medik8 in 2009, is worth £100m, and is joined by Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck and family, of Toni & Guy hairdressing fame, and Paige Williams, with her P Louise also worth £100m.
Susie Ma, the Tropic Skincare brand founder, at £73 million, and GelBottle brand founder Daisy Kalnina, at £70 million, round out the top 10.
Elsewhere rounding out the top 30 are: Trinny Woodall, (Trinny London), £54 million at 12th; Jenna Meek (Shrine and Refy), £53 million; Susan Harmsworth (ESPA), £50 million; Martin and Gavin Rae (Cloud Nine), £50 million; Jess Hunt (Refy) £46 million; Mike Harris and family (The Belgravia Centre), £42 million; Maxine and Darcy Laceby (Absolute Collagen), £34 million; Elliot Barton/Charlotte Tiplady, (Tatti Lashes), £32 million each; Georgie Cleeve and family (Oskia), £28 million; Oliver Mennell/ Nicola Elliott (Neom), £25 million each; Mark Curry (The Inkey List), £17 million; Jamie Genevieve (Vieve), £15 million; Jo Malone, (Jo Malone), £15 million; Freddy Ward (Wild), £15 million; Colette Laxton (The Inkey List), £12 million; Ama Amo-Agyei (Plantmade), £10 million; and Charlie Bowes-Lyon (Wild), also £10 million.
