David Bromilow

46= £700m Sports goods

Bromilow, 61, and American venture capitalists took over Survey Sampling, a US information group, in a £51m deal last year. It is small change for Bromilow, who got £600m for his stake in the Adidas sports goods firm in 1995 and 1997. Three years later he made £150m selling his MediMedia publishing business and now lives in Thailand. His share investments worldwide fell at first but have improved dramatically so we raise him by £100m.

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2003: £600m