london – The Sunday Times of London has singled out some of Britain’s biggest philanthropists, and they include the former Selfridges owners, the Weston family; David and Victoria Beckham; Cara Delevingne, and François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek.
The newspaper published The Giving List as a sidebar to its annual Rich List, ranking donors by percentage of the net worth they had given over the past year and for what reasons.
Many gave to charities related to COVID-19 in the wake of the pandemic, while the paper also noted that the 2022 list includes more climate change activists than ever before.
Aside from COVID-19, the fashion world has focused on a range of causes over the past 12 months, including health, education and Ukraine.
Lewis Hamilton, who has collaborated in the past with Tommy Hilfiger and is an investor in W Magazine, ranked fifth on The Giving List, donated £20 million of his £300 million fortune to youth, education and employment charities gave.
Cara Delevingne
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The Weston family, which last year sold to Selfridges Group but which still owns Fortnum & Mason, Primark’s parent Associated British Foods and Holt Renfrew in Canada, came in at number 24. The family donated £182.5 million to COVID-19 causes, education and charity. Art.
The family’s net worth has risen by £2.5 billion to £13.5 billion over the past year, making them the eighth-richest person on the 2022 rich list.
For the annual rich list, The Sunday Times makes its own calculations of the minimum wealth of individuals and families based on information in the public domain.
It ranks the 250 wealthiest people living and working in the UK (not necessarily British citizens) and breaks down even shorter lists including the wealthiest musicians and charity donors.
Number 35 on The Giving List was Delevingne, who is estimated to be worth £41 million, and who gave £400,000 to environmental causes. Last year, she founded her grassroots charity, Initiative Earth, which helps people regenerate their local ecosystems and communities.
Musician, fashion lover and founder of new beauty brand Pleasing Harry Styles was ranked 37th. According to the newspaper, he donated 800,000 pounds of his £100 million fortune to “various causes”.
David and Victoria Beckham were ranked 65th on The Giving List, a £1 million donation to Ukraine following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of the country earlier this year.
Beckham’s net worth was estimated at £425 million by The Sunday Times, partly thanks to David’s recent deal with the Authentic Brands Group.
Beckham did not make the top 250 ranking, although his wealth exceeds that of fellow celebrities including Elton John, Sting, Mick Jagger, all of whom have net worth of less than £400 million.
Tie for number 92 on the Giving List were Pinault and Hayek and father and son diamond jewelry tycoons Lawrence and François Graf.
The owner of the Kering Group and his actress wife sit on an estimated net worth of £7.13 billion and have given £5.5 million for COVID-19 and other humanitarian causes.
The Graffs, ranked 56th on the 2022 Rich List, have an estimated net worth of £3 billion, and have given £2.6 million to COVID-19, poverty relief and African health charities over the past year.
Originally published at Pen 18
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