Who are the richest people in Britain's IT industry?
Who are the richest players in Britain's IT industry? The Sunday Times Rich List 2009 was released on 26 April. We take a look at who are the richest people in the tech industry from that list.
Richard Branson retains his title as the richest person in Britain's tech sector in 2009 with his internet, mobile phone and transport businesses, according to The Sunday Times 2009 Rich List. Despite his fortune falling by £1.5bn from £2700m in 2008 to £1200m, Branson remains the richest in the UK's tech sector tied in 32nd on the overall list.
Branson's Virgin Media offers a one-stop shop for broadband, mobile, TV and phone and was quick to release its superfast 50mbs broadband service to consumers at the end of 2008. However, Virgin Media's CEO Neil Birkett has spoken out in a video interview to ComputerWeekly.com on the barriers to the commercial roll-out of superfast broadband.
