Rank #360
Anthony Bamford & family
Net worth $9.4B
Construction equipment · United Kingdom
- Born
- Oct 23, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Construction equipment
- Residence
- Gloucestershire
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Grenoble University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Anthony Bamford and his family own JCB, a construction equipment manufacturer that does nearly $7 billion in annual revenue.
- Bamford's father launched JCB in a garage in Uttoxeter, England, in 1945.
- JCB sells products in 150 countries. Customers include the U.S. military.
- The brand is so ingrained in British culture that a JCB is to a backhoe what a Kleenex is to a tissue.
- Bamford, who joined the House of Lords in 2013, was a vocal Brexit supporter.