Christopher Harborne, tycoon who gave £5m to Farage, enters UK rich list at No 6

Crypto billionaire goes straight into top 10 on Sunday Times list, with Noel and Liam Gallagher among other first-timers

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Christopher Harborne, the crypto billionaire who https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024">controversially gifted Nigel Farage £5m, has been named in the list of the UK’s wealthiest people for the first time.

Other first-timers in the top 350 include Noel and Liam Gallagher and Emily Eavis, the daughter of Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis, according to the latest Sunday Times Rich List https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list">published on Friday

Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and family: £38bn

David and Simon Reuben and family: £27.971bn

Leonard Blavatnik: £26.852bn

Idan Ofer: £24.481bn: £24.481bn

Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family: £18.939bn

Christopher Harborne: £18.177bn

Nik Storonsky: £16.411bn

Alex Gerko: £16.006bn

Jim Ratcliffe: £15.194bn

Igor and Dmitry Bukhman: £14.26bn