Glasgow’s Rich list: The top seven wealthiest celebrities, entrepreneurs, and musicians living in and around the city

Scotland has been the home and birth place of some very successful people including businessman Sir Tom Hunter and football legend Kenny Dalgish.

It has also raised some A-list actors including Gerard Butler, who starred in the 2022 film Last Seen Alive, and James McAvoy, who played a character with 23 alter egos in the 2016 film Split.

Sir Ian Wood tops the list of the richest people in Scotland with an astonishing £1.819 billion net worth, whilst Paisley-born singer Paolo Nutini sits at the bottom with a whopping £7.5 million.

Jim McColl

James McColl was born in Carmunnock, a small village outside of East Kilbride, in 1951. He attended Rutherglen Academy before leaving education at 16 to take up an engineering apprenticeship.

He is now best known as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clyde Blowers - a Scottish industrial investment company which owns several engineering companies.

Jim and his wife Shona now live in Monaco, but also have a home just outside of Glasgow.

In the 2022 Sunday Times Rich List, Jim McColl is said to be worth £996 million - which is just £4 million less than 2021. He sits at 178th place on the list.

Sir Tom Hunter

Thomas Hunter was born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire, in 1961. He later graduated from the University of Strathclyde.

Tom started out by selling trainers from a van and by 1984, he had created one of Europe’s largest independent sports retailers, Sports Division.

In November 1995, Tom and his business partner purchased larger rival Olympus Sports, and merged them into the Sports Division brand.

David Whelan’s JJB Sports later offered to buy Sports Division, and in 1998, Tom earnt himself £252 million from the sale.

In 2001, Hunter became a founding partner of West Coast Capital, the private equity arm of the Hunter Family.

In the 2022 Sunday Times Rich List, Sir Tom Hunter is said to be worth £700 million - which is £29 million less than 2021. He sits at 230th place on the list.

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, in 1969. He was head boy at St Mirin’s & St Margaret’s High School and studied at the University of Glasgow School of Law.

He broke into acting in the late 1990’s with a number of small film roles, including in Mrs Brown (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998).

In 2006, Butler gained worldwide recognition for his portrayal of King Leonidas in Zack Snyder’s fantasy war film 300.

Butler starred as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen. He later reprised his role as Mike in London Has Fallen (2016) and Angel Has Fallen (2019).

His most recent appearance was as main character Will Spann in mystery film Last Seen Alive.

This year, Gerard’s voice will appear in the upcoming animated television series Ark: The Animated.

Gerard Butler is worth $80 million (£66.7 million), according to Celebrity Net Worth.

James McAvoy

James McAvoy was born in Glasgow in 1979. He attended the Catholic St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in the Jordanhill area of the city.

He made his acting debut as a teen in 1995 film The Near Room, but is most famous for playing Mr Tunmus in 2005’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

James also played Conor Ludlow in film series The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, which included Him (2013) Her (2013), and Them (2014).

He has most recently appeared in television series His Dark Materials. James portrayed Lord Asriel in nine episodes of the fantasy series, between 2019 and 2022.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, James McAvoy is worth $20 million (£16.7 million).

Billy Connolly

William Connolly, known professionally as Billy, was born in Glasgow in 1942. He grew up in Anderston during World War 2.