Rich List 2006
BRITAIN IRELAND SCOTLAND YOUNG PEOPLE WOMEN
Michael O’Leary
RESULTS 2006 Ranking Worth Industry
20 £317m ( €466m) Airline
Ryanair chief executive O’Leary, 45, its biggest individual shareholder with a 5% stake worth £191m, has pocketed £121m after tax over the past nine years by selling shares he was given in the airline. This could have grown through investment to £126m at a conservative estimate. Now a father, he owns a Westmeath mansion and horses including last month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, War of Attrition.
RESULTS 2005 Ranking 20 Worth 2005: £278m