Three Island billionaires chart on the Sunday Times Rich List

Monday, 25 April 2016 00:00

Three billionaires based on the Isle of Man have made it onto The Sunday Times Rich List - with a fortune amassing over six billion pounds.

Mark Scheinberg - the co-founder of PokerStars - topped the Manx list with an estimated wealth of £2.87 billion.

Ranking in second place was Island resident John Whittaker and family with new entry Alki David and the Leventis family in third.

Robert Watts compiled the list and says the Isle of Man is attractive to the businessmen:

The Island's richest millionaire - Jim Mellon - saw his fortune unchanged at £850 million; Robert says this could be down to the shakiness of the equity market:

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