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The Sunday Times Rich List 2020-2026. So, Farewell then ex-Brewdog  founders Martin Dickie & James Watt

The media is very bad at history so while the Sunday Times 2026 rich list looks back to 2025 further historical comparison is mostly absent.

I’ve had a look at 2020, just as the pandemic hit

Brewdog’s Martin Dickie was worth £228m and was 537th and James Watt by contrast had £262m and was at 495th on the list.

The Times list in 2020 was more extensive and is now capped at the top 350. Neither Dickie or Watt would have made the 2025 list based on their 2020 performance.

In 2025 James Watt with partner Georgina Toffolo re-entered the list at 304 with an estimated wealth of £425m

Martin Dickie is a re-entry at 317 with an estimated wealth of £398m

Neither appear in the 2026 list. The Sunday Times does not comment on most deletions (some very rich people who previously appeared now live abroad, while Nigel Farage’s benefactor Christopher Harborne, who also appears to live abroad, is a new entry at No.6)

Why Dickie and Watt have disappeared is not clear but it may be that following the sale of Brewdog to Tilray the theoretical value of their stake in the brewer, which was wiped out, has also caused a recalculation of their wealth..