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Raymond Bonham Carter
Raymond Bonham Carter (1929–2004) was a British merchant banker at S.G. Warburg, a grandson of H. H. Asquith, and father of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2012 to 2017, after being Ohio Attorney General.
Richard S. Fuld Jr.
Richard S. Fuld Jr., known as Dick Fuld, is an American banker who led Lehman Brothers from 1994 until its 2008 bankruptcy, the largest in US history.
Robert F. Smith (investor)
Robert F. Smith, also known as Robert Frederick Smith, is an American investor who founded Vista Equity Partners in 2000, focused exclusively on enterprise software.
Robert Morris (financier)
Robert Morris was a Philadelphia merchant who financed the American Revolution as Superintendent of Finance from 1781 to 1784 and founded the Bank of North America.
Roberto Calvi
Roberto Calvi, known as "God's banker", was an Italian banker and chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, whose 1982 collapse left over $1 billion missing; he was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London.
Rockefeller family
The Rockefeller family, known as the Rockefellers, is an American industrial, banking, and philanthropic dynasty founded by John D. Rockefeller, whose Standard Oil dominated American petroleum from 1870.
Roger Jenkins (banker)
Roger Allan Jenkins is a British former banker who became Barclays' highest-paid employee, led its Structured Capital Markets unit, and was acquitted of fraud in 2020.
Roger Ver
Roger Keith Ver, nicknamed "Bitcoin Jesus," is an American-born entrepreneur and early Bitcoin investor who broke with Bitcoin Core in 2017 to champion Bitcoin Cash.
Rothschild banking family of England
The Rothschild banking family of England, founded by Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836), ran the London bank N M Rothschild & Sons, probably the world's biggest in the early 19th century.
Rothschild family
The Rothschild family is a Jewish banking dynasty founded in Frankfurt by Mayer Amschel Rothschild, whose five sons built the world's largest bank by the 1820s.
Russian oligarchs
Russian oligarchs, also known as oligarchs in Russia, are businessmen who control much of Russia's economy and are involved in politics, with fortunes built on Yeltsin-era privatization.
Ruth Madoff
Ruth Madoff, née Alpern, is the widow of financier Bernard Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme was exposed in December 2008; she was never criminally charged but surrendered tens of millions in assets.
Ruth Porat
Ruth Porat, born 1957, is a British-born finance executive who was Morgan Stanley's CFO before serving as Google and Alphabet's CFO from 2015 to 2024, then Alphabet's president.
Safra Catz
Safra Catz (צפרא כץ), born in Israel in 1961, is an American executive who was Oracle's CEO from 2014 to 2025 and now serves as Executive Vice Chair.
Sanford I. Weill
Sanford I. Weill, known as Sandy Weill, is an American banker and dealmaker who assembled Citigroup, the first American financial company since 1933 to combine banking, securities, and insurance.
Sanjay Malhotra (संजय मल्होत्रा)
Sanjay Malhotra (संजय मल्होत्रा) is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1990 batch who became the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in December 2024.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, known as Muhammadu Sanusi II, is a Nigerian banker who was Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 2009 until his 2014 suspension.
Sashidhar Jagdishan
Sashidhar Jagdishan is an Indian banker who joined HDFC Bank in 1996, became its CFO in 2008, and has served as Managing Director and CEO since October 2020.
Sassoon family
The Sassoon family was a Baghdadi Jewish merchant dynasty that built David Sassoon & Co. in Bombay from 1832, dominating the opium and cotton trades between India and China.
Scott Tucker (businessman)
Scott Alan Tucker is an American businessman convicted in 2017 of racketeering for a payday lending operation that took over $2 billion from 4.5 million borrowers.
Shana Madoff
Shana Madoff, also known as Shana Madoff Swanson, is a former compliance attorney at Bernard Madoff's investment firm, where she worked from 1995, and a niece of Bernard Madoff.
Shaun Maguire
Shaun Maguire is an American venture capitalist and partner at Sequoia Capital who led investments in SpaceX, xAI, and Bridge, after co-founding the cybersecurity company Expanse.
Shivon Zilis
Shivon Zilis, also known as Shivon Alice Zilis, is a Canadian technology executive and former venture capital investor who serves as Director of Operations and Special Projects at Neuralink.
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman, known as Steve Schwarzman, is an American financier who co-founded Blackstone in 1985 and built it into the world's largest alternative asset manager.
Stephen J. R. Smith
Stephen J. R. Smith is a Canadian financier who co-founded First National Financial in 1988, building it into Canada's largest non-bank mortgage lender, and gave $100 million to Queen's University.
Steve Eisman
Steve Eisman (Steven Eisman) is an American investor who shorted subprime mortgages through FrontPoint Partners funds in 2006–2008, portrayed as Mark Baum in The Big Short.
Stock trader
A stock trader, also known as an equity trader, is a person who buys and sells equities to profit from price movements, for clients or a firm's own account.
Suleyman Kerimov (Сулейман Абусаидович Керимов)
Suleyman Kerimov (Сулейман Абусаидович Керимов) is a Dagestan-born Russian billionaire investor and politician who has represented Dagestan in the Federation Council since 2008 and was US-sanctioned in 2018.
Sunday Times Rich List 2026
The Sunday Times Rich List 2026 is the 38th annual ranking of Britain's 350 richest people or families, published in May 2026 and topped by the Hindujas at £38 billion.