Charlotte Tilbury tops list of UK's richest beauty entrepreneurs

The Guardian

15-03-2025

Charlotte Tilbury has topped a list of the top 30 richest beauty entrepreneurs in the UK.
The entries on the Sunday Times' inaugural Beauty Rich List have built their wealth from a range of products and services including skincare, hair care, makeup, bath bombs and tanning shops.
Tilbury, who has worked with supermodels including Bella Hadid, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, dominates the list with an estimated fortune of £350m.
The 52-year-old founded her brand in 2013 after working as a celebrity makeup artist for evermore than 20 years.
The list includes 19 women and 14 men, and the entrepreneurs boast a combined estimated wealth of £2.174bn.
Other magnates on the list include John Frieda, known for his Frizz-Ease hair range, and Trinny Woodall, from BBC TV series What Not to Wear, who launched her own makeup and skin care brand Trinny London in 2017.
Robert Watts, compiler of the list, said: 'There are so many inspiring people with rags to riches stories here.
'Our Beauty List includes someone who came to the UK as a child refugee, another who was homeless and camping in woodland during his teens.
'There are others who left school with few or no qualifications to their name, one who was expelled. We have entries who suffered hair loss and very serious skin conditions that led them to create their own treatments which they later started to sell.
'All these people went on to build successful beauty brands making products people love, creating jobs, contributing decent sums to the public finances and of course making many of us look and feel a lot better along the way.'
Phoebe McDowell, beauty and interiors director of the Sunday Times, said: 'Beauty is big business, and this inaugural list demonstrates the power of creativity and innovation in the sector. These entrepreneurs have not only built brands but changed the way we think about hair, makeup, and skincare.'
The list excludes individuals and families where a company accounts for less than 25% of their estimated wealth.
The entrepreneurs on the Sunday Times Beauty Rich List top 30 and their estimated worth:
1. Charlotte Tilbury – Charlotte Tilbury – £350m
2. Mark and Mo Constantine – Lush – £249m
3. Sanjay Vadera – The Fragrance Shop - £240m
4. John Frieda – John Frieda – £150m
5. Vishal Karia – Affinity Fragrances – £114m
6. Elliot Isaacs – Medik8 – £100m
6. Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck and family – Toni & Guy – £100m
6. Paige Williams – P. Louise – £100m
9. Susie Ma – Tropic Skincare – £73m
10. Daisy Kalnina – The Gel Bottle – £70m
11. Frank Taylor and family – Indigo Sun – £64m
12. Trinny Woodall – Trinny London – £54m
13. Jenna Meek – Refy – £52m
14. Susan Harmsworth – ESPA – £50m
14. Martin and Gavin Rae – Cloud Nine – £50m
16. Jess Hunt – Refy – £46m
17. Mike Harris and family – The Belgravia Clinic – £42m
18. Maxine and Darcy Laceby – Absolute Collagen – £34m
19. Elliott Barton – Tatti Lashes – £32m
19. Charlotte Tiplady – Tatti Lashes – £32m
21. Georgie Cleeve and family – Oskia – £28m
22. Nicola Elliott – Neom – £25m
22. Oliver Meynell and family – Neom – £25m
24. Mark Curry – The Inkey List – £17m
25. Jamie Genevieve – Vieve – £15m
25. Jo Malone – Jo Malone London – £15m
25. Freddy Ward – Wild – £15m
28. Colette Laxton – The Inkey List – £12m
29. Ama Amo-Agyei – Plantmade – £10m
29. Charles Bowes-Lyon – Wild – £10m