Value retailers made their mark on the Sunday Times Rich List this year, led by the Galen and George Weston family behind Primark. Retail Week takes a look at how the discounters fared.

1. Galen and George Weston, £6.6bn - George Weston, 49, runs Associated British Foods, which owns value fashion retailer Primark, while at the other end of the spectrum it also owns luxury department store Fortnum & Mason. The family also owns the four Selfridges department stores in the UK.

2.Mike Ashley, £2.3bn - Ashley, owner of Newcastle United, made his millions through founding sportswear retailer Sports Direct. Hertfordshire-based Ashley, 48, owns other brands including fashion retailer USC and also rescued fashion retailer Republic out of administration earlier this year.

3. Tom Morris and family, £1.2bn - Tom Morris founded the original Liverpool-based business under the TJ Morris name in 1976. The chain of around 300 stores now trades under the Home Bargains fascia with the retail operations run by brother Joe Morris.

=4. Will Adderley and family, £1.1bn - Bill and Jean Adderley founded what is now the 123-store strong out-of-town discount home furnishings retailer Dunelm. The business started from a market stall in Leicester. As the business grew, son Will Adderley took on the role of chief executive but from February 2011 he assumed the role of executive deputy chairman. Bill and Will now control almost 55% of the retailer’s shares.

=4. Simon, Bobby and Robin Arora £1.1bn - The brothers bought value retailer B&M Bargains in 2004 when turnover stood at £69.7m. Since then they have grown the busiess to a chain of more than 320 stores. Their hard work paid off last year when they sold a “significant” stake in the business to American private equity firm CD&R. This deal valued the company at £965m.

6. John Hargreaves and family, £1bn - John Hargreaves built up discount fashion chain Matalan after he saw the success of the out-of-town discount members clubs in America. In 1998 he floated the business valued at £200m but bought it back in 2006 for £817m. Hargreaves lives in Monaco and is understood to be looking at opening a chain of sportswear shops in the UK.

7. Chris Dawson, £585m - The Plymouth millionaire founded cut price homeware chain The Range in 1998 under the parent company title CDS International. Nicknamed the ‘Delux Delboy’ has spearheaded rapid growth in recent years and by October 2012 the retailer operated 69 stores. The Range’s parent company generated about £48m profit in 2012-13.

8. Tony Wilkinson and family, £340m - The family are owners of Wilkinson one of the largest discount chains in the UK. Founded by James Wilkinson in 1930, his son Tony Wilkinson took over from him and was chairman at the business until 2005, ending 45 years at the company. Now the business is headed up by the founders two granddaughters Karin Swann and Lisa Wilkinson.

9. Chris and Chris Edwards, £150m - Father and son owners of Poundworld, which is also owned by Laurie Edwards, are growing the business rapidly, as the difficult economy has seen value retailers boom. Chris Edwards Snr founded the business from a market stall in 1974 and first store opened in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

10. Bruce Robertson and family, £116m - Bruce Robertson, son of founder Mike Robertson, and family own south-western discount stores Trago Mills. Bruce Robertson developed the largest single roof-mounted array of solar panels in Northern Europe on its Trago Mills Newton Abbot site in February.

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