St Brelade hotel owner tops the sporting Rich List

Tuesday 4th May 2010, 2:58PM BST.

Wigan Athletic Football Club owner Dave Whelan in front of St Brelade’s Bay Hotel, which he bought for an estimated £10.5 million

WIGAN Athletic Football Club chairman Dave Whelan, who recently bought the St Brelade’s Bay Hotel, has knocked David Beckham off the top of The Sunday Times Sport Rich List.

Mr Whelan, who is planning a complete revamp of the hotel, was worth an estimated £190 million in 2009 – beating Beckham into second place by £75 million.

Islander Nigel Man-sell, the former Formula One world champion whose home overlooks St Brelade’s Bay, is at number eight on the list with a fortune of £50 million, and golfer Ian Woosnam, who has been unsuccessfully trying to sell his home in St Ouen for several years, was ranked at 35 alongside England football star John Terry with £20 million.

According to the Rich List, Mr Mansell’s home is worth £5.8 million. In 2007 he sold Woodbury Park Country Club in Devon for £14 million and owns a £3 million private jet and a £1.3 million yacht.

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