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Here are the UK's richest developers and players

The Sunday Times has revealed the UK's top 30 wealthiest developers and gamers, including Rockstar's Sam and Dan Houser…

The Sunday Times has revealed the UK's top 30 wealthiest developers and gamers, including Rockstar's Sam and Dan Houser (#4), Frontiers' David Braben and Wendy Irvin-Braben (#10), and Rebellion's Chris and Jason Kingsley (#14), and Hello Games' Sean Murray (#17). RankNameEstimated WealthExpertiseCompanyRegion1Igor and Dmitry Bukhman£12.54bnGames developerPlayrixLondon2Herman Narula£780mVirtual worldsImprobableLondon3Riccardo Zacconi£410mGames developerKingLondon4Sam and Dan House£350mGame developerRockstar / Take-TwoInternational5Lior Shiff£347mGames developerTripledot StudiosLondon6Garry Newman£335mGames developerFacePunch StudiosWest Midlands7Mel Morris£312mGames entrepreneurKingLondon8Neil Taylor£230mGames retailerGAMENorthern Ireland9Sebastian Knutsson£225mGames developerKingLondon10David Bradben and Wendy Irvin-Braben£175mGames developerFrontier DevelopmentsEast of England"The UK gaming industry has become a Great British success story of recent years, creating thousands of jobs and contributing strongly to economic growth," said Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Gaming Rich List. "Our gaming millionaires include a former Tesco shelf stacker, an ex-McDonalds burger flipper and someone expelled from school with no qualifications.

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