Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and the Hinduja family took the top spot on the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List, with an estimated fortune of £38bn. The ranking was published on Friday and names the 350 richest people in the UK.
The Hinduja family owns the multinational conglomerate the Hinduja Group, which sits behind the wealth that placed it first in the annual list. The publication of the 2026 ranking puts the family back in the spotlight as Britain’s wealthiest names are measured against a list that tracks the country’s richest 350 people.
For Sanjay Hinduja, the latest placing is a reminder that the family’s business interests remain large enough to keep them ahead of other UK fortunes. The number that matters most is £38bn, a figure that sets the scale of the gap between the Hinduja family and everyone else on the list.
The Rich List is more than a rich-person scoreboard. It is the annual snapshot used to gauge who holds the biggest fortunes in the UK, and this year it again puts the Hinduja name at the summit. The family’s lead leaves little doubt about where it stands in the current hierarchy of British wealth.
What happens next is straightforward: the 2026 ranking will be read, compared and picked apart as the rest of the 350-name list settles into view. But for now, the Hinduja family starts the year where everyone else wants to be — at the top.
