Phillip Sheppard and family

206= £200m Scrap metal

European Metal Recycling, the Cheshire scrap metal firm is run by Sheppard, 57, and owned by his family. Profits rose to £31.8m in 2002 on sales of £599m. EMR was formed in 1995 by the merger of Sheppard Group and Cooper Metals. Our £200m valuation is conservative.

316=
2003: £100m