James Dyson

James Dyson (#199)

Global Rank #199

Country Rank #4

Country United Kingdom

We are reinventing ourselves all the time. We're battling against the status quo. We still feel small, agile, pioneering.

$ 15 B
Vacuums
United Kingdom
M
79 Years

Snapshot

Quick Facts

Global Rank #199

Country Rank #4

Net Worth $14.8B

Previous Worth $14.8B

Worth Change +$0.0B

Country United Kingdom

Industry Vacuums

Age 79 Years

Gender M

Worth As Of May 3, 2026

Residence Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Citizenship United Kingdom

World Billionaires List United Kingdom Billionaires Vacuums

Profile Data

Personal Stats

Age 79

Source Of Wealth Vacuums, Self Made

Residence Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Citizenship United Kingdom

Marital Status Married

Children 3

Net Worth Change +$0.0B +0.0% from previous worth

Previous Net Worth $14.8B

Current Net Worth $14.8B

Worth as of May 3, 2026

About Me

James Dyson set out to invent a better vacuum cleaner in 1978, after getting frustrated with his family's vacuum, using a cyclone to lift dirt. He's since expanded into a wide range of innovative appliances, including a popular line of intelligent air purifiers whose data Dyson claims to have used to create the most accurate picture of indoor air quality worldwide. Dyson now employs thousands of engineers around the world and said in 2020 it would invest the equivalent of $14 million a week on product development through 2025. In 2019 Dyson scrapped plans to build electric cars after telling staff they were not commercially viable. Dyson, who attended art school in London, does not have an engineering degree.

Achievements

Forbes List Highlights

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#193

Billionaires (2026)

Ranked

Global Game Changers (2017)

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Did You Know?

After five years of testing and 5,127 prototypes, Dyson invented the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner.

Dyson's first vacuum was so powerful that its inner-cyclone mechanism separated air and dust at a speed of 924 mph and could pull cigarette smoke from the air.

Wealth Growth

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Current Net Worth: $14.8B (May 3, 2026)