{"id":41615,"date":"2018-05-14T10:43:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T09:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=41615"},"modified":"2018-05-14T10:43:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T09:43:11","slug":"six-families-worth-1-37-billion-can-trace-wealth-back-jewellery-watch-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/six-families-worth-1-37-billion-can-trace-wealth-back-jewellery-watch-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Six families worth \u00a31.37 billion can trace their wealth back to jewellery and watch business"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wealth of six families, totaling \u00a31.37 billion, can be traced to the success of their import, wholesale, manufacturing and retail of watches and jewellery over several decades, according to the 2018 Sunday Times Rich list, which was published yesterday (May 13).<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Coulter and Ann Jones, owners of the Warren James chain of jewellers, saw their wealth rise by \u00a352 million to \u00a3477 million, according the the Sunday Times research. Warren James Holdings, the parent company of the jewellery retail business, notched sales of \u00a3117 million in the year ended March 2017, with operating profit of over \u00a342 million. The brother and sister earned more from investments, with a 26% stake in film studio giant Pinewood Group, that was valued at \u00a384 million when the business changed hands last year.<\/p>\n

Alisa Moussaieff and family were worth \u00a3350 million last year, a rise of \u00a330 million, according to the Sunday Times. The family owns Moussaieff Jewellers, which sells some of the most expensive jewellery in London to its global customers. The group notched sales of \u00a393 million last year with operating profit of \u00a331 million. The company holds stock worth \u00a3352 million, according to accounts published by Companies House.<\/p>\n

Accounts for WRA Group, the holding company for Mayfair goldsmith, department store gun maker and watch specialist William & Son show a drop in sales from \u00a390 million in 2016 to \u00a39 million in 2017.\u00a0 That did not prevent the business’s owners, William Asprey and family, retaining wealth of \u00a3115 million on the Sunday Times Rich List, a drop of \u00a314 million on the previous year. Mr Asprey, who is also a part owner of Graham watches, appears to have weathered a dramatic drop in overseas visitors, particularly from Gulf States, whose ongoing dispute with Qatar is limiting the travel and spending of citizens from super-rich states like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, hit sales at the Mayfair emporium. Despite, that, the business still retained net assets worth \u00a351 million at the end of its latest financial year.<\/p>\n

Brothers Nicolas and Jonathan Norton are better known in the antique world than for jewellery and watches, thanks to their S.J. Phillips showroom on Mayfair’s Bruton Street that specialises in antique jewellery and silverware. The company accrued profit of \u00a34.3 million from sales of \u00a340 million in 2016, its most recently published accounts. It had net assets worth \u00a372.1 million at the end of that financial year, which the Sunday Times translated into a wealth of \u00a3140 million in 2018, \u00a310 million less than in 2017.<\/p>\n

Marcus Margulies and his family saw their wealth rise by \u00a320 million to \u00a3135 million according to the Rich List.\u00a0Mr Margulies closed his multi-brand watch boutique on Bond Street last year, but will start meeting his ultra high net worth customers in private later this year from a spectacular Mayfair townhouse that is currently undergoing a multi-million pound refurbishment. A figure of \u00a322.86 million is given to leasehold land and buildings acquisitions in the 2016-17 accounts of Almar PLC, the holding company of Time Products Luxury Limited and Time Products (UK) Limited. Almar recorded\u00a0 turnover reached \u00a368.4m turnover in 2017, with assets worth \u00a378.5m including \u00a323 million in real estate, \u00a316 million in stock, cash and buildings.<\/p>\n

Nicholas and Michael Wainwright have amassed a fortune worth \u00a3119 million, The Sunday Times calculates. The Boodles brothers now run a network of nine showrooms specialising in prestigious jewellery alongside Patek Philippe and Rolex with sales of \u00a367 million last year. Operating profit rose to \u00a311 million in the year to February 2017, contributing to retained earnings of \u00a353 million and net asset value of \u00a354 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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