Motorsport Rich List

Motorsport Rich List: A list of British based high-earners involved in Motorsport.

You may expect the biggest sporting earners in Britain to be footballers or maybe golfers, but it seems that actually Motorsport is where the cash is at. If you want to get rich quick, you had better get driving, and I mean cars not golf balls!

The men at the top have all made their own money, be it in steel, telecoms, aviation or whisky. But it seems that the old guard of ex-drivers out rank their current day challengers with Irvine, Coulthard and Mansell beating Britain`s big shots Jenson and Lewis, however I`m sure time will eventually change that.

The other noticeable point to make is, the only female entry into the Rich List. Slavica Ecclestone. Who manages to have a net worth of 734 Million without having done a days work in the past 25 years.

Carlos Slim, (and Dietrich Mateschitz) although not actually British based, has been included to give some element of quite how rich he is. And also how lucky F1 is to have his involvement with Sergio Perez, Esteban Gutierrez and the Sauber F1 Team.

One to keep your eye on!


1. 74 Billion - Carlos Slim - Sauber Sponsor, Telecoms.
2. 17.5Billion - Lakshmi Mittal - Steel, Mate of Bernie and Flav's. Joint owner of QPR.
3. 5.5 Billion - Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull Owner.
4. 3.08 Billion - Richard Branson - Virgin Racing Team sponsor.
5. 2.5 Billion - Bernie Ecclestone - F1 Ring Master.
6. 1.4 Billion - Vijay Mallya - Force India Owner.
7. 734 Million - Slavica Ecclestone - Ex-wife of a certain F1 Ring Master.
8. 620 Million - Paddy McNally - F1 Paddock Club Founder and Allsport Management.
9. 480 Million - Michael Schumacher - 7 Time F1 World Champion.
10. 405 Million - Jan Mol - 50% Owner of Force India F1 Team
11. 375 Million - Simon Fuller - Manager to Lewis Hamilton and 19 Entertainment.
12. 177 Million - Ron Dennis - McLaren F1 Team and McLaren Cars.
13. 110 Million - Johnny Dumfries - Ex-F1 Driver and Inheritance of the Isle of Bute.
14. 100 Million - Frank Williams - Williams F1 Team.
15. 100 Million - Ross Brawn - Sale of Brawn F1 Team to Mercedes.
16. 93Million - Grahame Chilton - AON and father of aspiring drivers Tom and Max.
17. 85 Million - Martin Birrane - Lola, Mondello Park and Peer Group.
18. 80 Million - Eddie Irvine - Ex-F1 Driver and Property.
19. 58 Million - David Richards - Prodrive
20. 50 Million - Dario Franchitti - Indy Car Champion and married to Ashley Judd.
21. 50 Million - David Coulthard - Ex-F1 Driver and Property.
22. 50 Million - Nigel Mansell - Ex-F1 Driver and Property.
23. 48 Million - Jenson Button - F1 Driver
24. 41 Million - Jackie Stewart - Ex-F1 Driver and consultant.
25. 40 Million - Lewis Hamilton - F1 Driver
26. 33 Million - Jonathan Palmer - Ex-F1 Driver, MSV and father of GP2 Driver Jolyon
27. 30 Million - Damon Hill - Ex-F1 Driver.