{"id":105662,"date":"2025-05-16T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105662\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T07:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:20:16","slug":"sunday-times-rich-list-rory-mcilroy-climbs-rich-list-leaderboard-with-260m-in-the-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105662\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Times Rich List: Rory McIlroy climbs Rich List leaderboard with \u00a3260m in the bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Masters prize money of $4.2m (\u00a33.5m) swelling the coffers, the 36-year-old now has a fortune of \u00a3260m, according to the annual list.<\/p>\n

That makes him our richest person under 40 \u2014 and 19th on the list of the UK\u2019s wealthiest people under 40.<\/p>\n

McIlroy\u2019s wealth has risen by \u00a335m over the last year, the Sunday Times research said, a bigger jump than the \u00a325m rise reported a year earlier.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy lifts the Masters trophy<\/p>\n

Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List 2025, said: \u201cMcIlroy earlier this year became the second golfer after Tiger Woods to have earned in excess of $100m (\u00a375m) on the PGA Tour during his career.<\/p>\n

“Since launching his career 15 years ago he has chalked up nearly 30 victories from more than 260 events on the tour.<\/p>\n

“The bulk of McIlroy\u2019s fortune stems from sponsorship deals and other tie-ups with Nike, Omega and TaylorMade. He has also prospered from property in Dubai, New York and Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news comes as McIlroy competes at the US PGA<\/a> at the Quail Hollow Club in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\"Rory<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy and caddie Harry Diamond in Augusta last month following Rory’s historic Masters win. He’s the richest young person in Northern Ireland with a fortune of \u00a3260m, the Sunday Times Rich List said<\/p>\n

‘Dream come true’ – Rory McIlroy finally completes grand slam with Masters win<\/p>\n

Yet for all the riches sporting prowess can bring, the golfer, from Holywood in Co Down, can\u2019t gain entry to the big league of names from business who dominate the Northern Ireland Rich List.<\/p>\n

At number one for another year are Lady Ballyedmond (77) and her family, with a wealth of \u00a3922m.<\/p>\n

She is the widow of Lord Ballyedmond, who founded Newry veterinary pharmaceuticals firm Norbrook and was killed in a helicopter crash in 2014.<\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/p>\n

Lady Ballyedmond (77) and family are number one in the Northern Ireland Rich List with wealth of \u00a3922m<\/p>\n

Their fortune from the family\u2019s continued ownership of Norbrook has gone up by \u00a38m over the last year, the Sunday Times said.<\/p>\n

The Naughtons, another family behind a business with roots in Newry, are at number two with their fortune of \u00a3825m. Patriarch Martin Naughton (86) founded the Glen Dimplex company in Newry in 1973, beginning with manufacturing oil-filled radiators.<\/p>\n

Glen Dimplex underwent a radical restructuring which began in 2024, with the family\u2019s fortune declining by \u00a325m. The Belfast Telegraph Top 100 Companies this week revealed that their company, Glen Electric, recorded the highest pre-tax profits in Northern Ireland of the last year at \u00a3468.6m.<\/p>\n

\"Glen<\/p>\n

Glen Dimplex founder Martin Naughton (86). He and is family are number two in the Northern Ireland Rich List with wealth of \u00a3825m<\/p>\n

The Rich List also reveals that the wealth of Belfast-based father and son Robert (80) and William Barnett (49) and their family climbed by \u00a32m over the year to reach \u00a3647m, placing them at number three. Their family business, W&R Barnett, has interests ranging from commodity trading to agribusiness and industry.<\/p>\n

\"William<\/p>\n

William Barnett (49), who is third on the NI Rich List with the family’s wealth of \u00a3647m<\/p>\n

The success of LCC Group in Cookstown, an energy supplier and owner of Go petrol stations, has given founder Michael Loughran (74) and his family a fortune of \u00a3530m \u2014 down from \u00a3604m the year before.<\/p>\n

Eoin McCann (68) and the other family members behind the concrete company FP McCann Group in Magherafelt has the highest increase in wealth of the big hitters in Northern Ireland, according to the list. Their wealth grew by \u00a351m over the year to a total of \u00a3462m in 2025.<\/p>\n

\"Eoin<\/p>\n

Eoin McCann (68), former director of FP McCann<\/p>\n

Derek Keys (59), owner of Euro Auctions in Dromore, Co Tyrone, made it into the list for the first time with riches of \u00a3400m. Mr Keys\u2019 company carries out plant and machinery auction sales in the UK, Europe, Australia, Abu Dhabi, Canada and the US.<\/p>\n

As well as revealing the wealth of the 350 richest people in Britain, the weekend’s 76-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine also reveals The Sunday Times Giving List in association with the Charities Aid Foundation. It found that the 100 most philanthropic people on the list gave \u00a33.7bn to charity. <\/p>\n

\"Derek<\/p>\n

Derek Keys (59), founder of Euro Auctions, is sixth on the Northern Ireland Rich List with wealth of \u00a3400m<\/p>\n

But The Sunday Times said familiar names on the list had faced significant financial challenges. <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s list of 350 individuals and families together hold a combined wealth of \u00a3772.8bn \u2014 3% down on last year. <\/p>\n

The minimum entry level had flatlined at \u00a3350m, which The Sunday Times said was \u201canother indicator of a subdued year\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Watts said: \u201cThe Sunday Times Rich List is changing. Our billionaire count is down and the combined wealth of those who feature in our research is falling. We are also finding fewer of the world\u2019s super rich are coming to live in the UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year we were also struck by the strength of criticism for Rachel Reeves\u2019s Treasury. We expected the abolition of non-dom status would anger affluent people from overseas. But homegrown young tech entrepreneurs and those running centuries-old family firms are also warning of serious consequences to a range of tax changes unveiled in last October\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research continues to find a wide variety of self-made entrepreneurs building fortunes not just from artificial intelligence, video games and new technologies but also mundane, everyday items such as makeup, radiators and jogging bottoms.<\/p>\n

“We know many of our readers find these people and their stories inspiring \u2014 especially the many who had tough starts or setbacks to their lives and careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the full list of 350 richest people in the UK go to www.thetimes.com\/sunday-times-rich-list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Masters prize money of $4.2m (\u00a33.5m) swelling the coffers, the 36-year-old now has a fortune of \u00a3260m,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,778,4287,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-105662","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-margaret-canning","10":"tag-rory-mcilroy","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114516303963388920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}