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Brexit vote cost easyJet founder millions, The Sunday Times Rich List shows

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Gary Noakes
8 May 2017

Brexit has cost easyJet’s founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou almost £800 million, pushing him out of The Sunday Times Rich List’s top 50, the newspaper reports.

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The Rich List, the annual survey of the UK’s wealthiest 1,000 individuals, puts Stelios at number 64, a big drop from last year’s 41st place.

Stelios is one of Brexit’s big losers, according to the Sunday Times, as the referendum wiped more than £770 million off his 34% share in easyJet, the airline he founded. He can, however, console himself with net wealth put at £1.95 billion.