Engineers dominate new vocational rich list

Posted on 10 Aug 2011 by The Manufacturer

Almost a quarter of those appearing in the 2011 Vocational Rich List, released today by City & Guilds, are engineers with a combined fortune of more than £6.21bn

Topping the list is the JCB industrialist Sir Anthony Bamford, whose fortune rose to £2.15bn this year. He is joined by world renowned inventor Sir James Dyson, Sir David McMurtry and John Deer who co-founded Renishaw, Jim McColl of Scottish engineering group Clyde Blowers and Ron Dennis of McLaren – all of whom made their…

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