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From The Sunday Times
May 26, 2009

Sir James Dyson and family

james dyson

RESULTS FOR 2009
Ranking: 76
Worth: £560m
Down: £200m
Source of wealth: Household appliances

In February, the 61-year-old inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner pledged £5m to the Royal College of Art for its new campus in south London. Dyson James, parent company of the family-owned appliance maker, based in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, had sales of £611m in 2007, up £100m, and profits of £88.8m, up 7.3%. Other assets, such as Dyson’s £15m Gloucestershire mansion, take the family to £560m.

RESULTS FOR 2008
Ranking: 98=
Worth: £760m
Source of wealth: Household appliances

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