Medik8 and The Gel Bottle founders named in first ever Sunday Times Beauty Rich List

Updated on 17th Mar 2025

Makeup and skincare brand owner Charlotte Tilbury was named the wealthiest beauty entrepreneur in the UK in the inaugural Sunday Times Beauty Rich List. 

Professional brand owners to make the top 10 include The Gel Bottle founder Daisy Kalnina at number 10, with an estimated wealth of £70 million, and Medik8 founder Elliot Isaacs at number six with a value of £100m.

Published yesterday (March 16), the list is a rundown of the top 30 wealthiest beauty entrepreneurs in the UK.

Other notable entries include Susan Harmsworth, founder of spa skincare brand Espa, at number 14 with £50m and Tatti lashes bosses Elliot Barton and Charlotte Tiplady at numbers 19 and 20 with an estimated weath of £32m.

The list includes 19 women and 14 men, and those listed have a combined estimated wealth of £2.17billion.

The Sunday Times Beauty Rich List

The 30 entrepreneurs named on the Sunday Times Beauty Rich List and their estimated worth:

1. Charlotte Tilbury, Charlotte Tilbury: £350 million

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: £100million

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

20. 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: £17million

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

30. Charles Bowes-Lyon, Wild: £10m

Eve Oxberry

Eve Oxberry

Published 17th Mar 2025

Eve Oxberry is head of editorial for Professional Beauty and Aesthetic Medicine magazines and editor on PB. She oversees the company's print, web and social media content and writes reviews, news, features and more.

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