Aberdeen Rich List 2025
Aberdeens Richest - GROUP 14
GROUP 14
49. John Heiton – OEG Group | Oilfield Equipment Rental
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Estimated Wealth: £28m
John Heiton is the CEO of OEG Group, a global leader in specialised oilfield equipment rental, headquartered in Aberdeen. Under his leadership, the company has grown into a major international player, supplying containerised equipment for rapid deployment across the world’s oil and gas fields.
OEG now operates in 52 countries, employs over 1,000 people, and manages a fleet of more than 75,000 rental units. In a recent milestone, Heiton oversaw the sale of a majority stake in OEG to Apollo Private Equity, in a deal reportedly worth over $1 billion.
In addition to his role at OEG, Heiton holds an extensive investment portfolio, with stakes in more than 40 UK-based oil and gas companies. Due to the private nature of his holdings and wide-ranging business interests, assessing his exact wealth is challenging—but current estimates place it around £28 million.
15. Larry Kinch – Oil & Gas Exploration
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Estimated Wealth: £285m
Larry Kinch, an Aberdeen-based entrepreneur, is known for his Hollywood lifestyle and his impressive global property portfolio. He owns a Malibu mansion previously belonging to actress Sandra Bullock and has homes spread across the globe. A passionate race car collector, Kinch has owned some of the most iconic vehicles in motorsport history, including Jim Clark’s original Lotus 25 and Michael Schumacher’s 2002 Championship-winning Ferrari.
Born to a Canadian father and a Scottish mother, Larry began his career at the age of 16 as an apprentice engineer at a paper mill in Aberdeen. His early work with BP in Qatar, and at Shell and Schlumberger, set the stage for his future ventures. At 32, in 1985, he co-founded Petroleum Engineering Services, a North Sea oilfield services company, which he later sold to Halliburton for £111 million.
In 1997, Kinch co-founded Venture Production, a leading offshore oil exploration company, which was sold to Centrica in 2009 for £1.3 billion.
Larry also attempted to diversify into the fracking industry, securing 110,000 acres of land in England. However, his plans were halted when Suni Rushak overturned Liz Truss’s support for fracking in the UK, bringing his venture to an abrupt end.
8. George Maxwell – Eland Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas Exploration
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Estimated Wealth: £350m
George Maxwell is the CEO of Eland Oil & Gas, a company based in Aberdeen that has made significant strides in the Nigerian oil industry. A graduate of Robert Gordon College in 1986 with a degree in Business Studies, George’s career began when he joined Texaco as a petroleum economist. He also held roles at ABB and Addax Petroleum, where he gained invaluable experience and insights from its entrepreneurial founder, Jean Claude Gandur.
George’s mantra is simple: “Opportunities are only limited by your drive and ambition.” He believes the oil industry is classless, rewarding hard work and ingenuity.
At Addax, George became involved with the OML 40 licence in Nigeria, a critical project where Shell ceased production in 2006 due to security concerns. George and his team saw potential in the asset, and after months of negotiations, they secured a £95 million deal in 2012, purchasing a minority interest from Shell, Total, and Nigerian Agip. Since then, Eland Oil & Gas has been producing around 25,000 barrels per day, making it one of the prominent players in Nigeria’s oil sector.
George enjoys the classic jet-set lifestyle, regularly traveling between Lagos, Abuja, and London, where the AIM-listed company has an office. His hard-earned success is a testament to his tenacity and entrepreneurial spirit, qualities that continue to drive Eland’s growth and success.
Rich List Number
Name
Net Worth
44
Ricky Simpson – Bars, Nightclubs, Property
£35M
29
Johanna Basford – Publishing & Bestselling Author
£90M
19
Leslie Benzies – Rockstar Games Visionary | Grand Theft Auto Creator | Video Game Industry Icon
£178M
14
Martin Dickie – BrewDog Co-Founder, Brewing Pioneer
£290M
7
Klaas Zwaart – Oil & Gas | Motor Racing | Investments
£560M
63
Colin Lawson – Transport Logistics
£18M
55
Stewart Proctor – Tech Industry – Motor Racing
£22M
50
Dan Millard – Oil & Gas Inspection and Integrity Services
£28M
45
Stuart Clarkson – Bars – Property Development
£32M
6
Dave Cormack – Software & Football
£600M
66
Steve Judge – Space Solutions
£10M
58
Considine – The Aberdein Considine Family
£20M
47
Eddie Anderson – ARR Craib – Transport and Logistics
£30M
43
Adrian Taylor & Family –Taylors Industrial Waste
£35M
36
Stewart Milne – Housebuilding | Property Development
£45M
41
Robert Kidd – Oil & Gas Rental Equipment – ITS (International Tubular Services)
£36M
29
Peter Tait – Fishing
£82m
16
Roy Macgregor - Global Energy Group
£360m
10
Nicky Walker – Walkers Shortbread | Food & Drink
£320m
5
Martin Gilbert – Finance, Investment & Consulting
£700m
63
Sandy Clark – Finance Expert | Investment Strategist | Corporate Leader
£8m
57
Paul Lawrie – Golf
£19m
44
Jimmy Buchan – Fishing & Seafood Supply
£32m
39
Ian Dunbar – Kirkwood Homes Founder & House Building Pioneer
£38m
33
Marshall Family – Marshall Trailers & Agricultural Innovation
£65M
26
Ian Suttie – Property and Oil
£90M
12
Douglas Craig – Craig Group | Shipping & Offshore Services
£300M
9
Alistair Locke – Abbot Group | Motor Fuel Group | Distilleries
£350M
3
Trond Mohn – Framo & One Subsea – Oil & Gas - Inheritance
£1100M
35
Andy Bird – Inoapps Founder & Software Development Visionary
£48M
65
Mike Straughen – Executive Leadership | Management Expert | Non-Executive Directorships
£10M
57
Eric Evans – Oil Services | Media | International Trade
£20M
54
Alan Massie – Carlton Rock – Property Developer
£22M
40
Jim Geddie – Oil & Gas – Apex Tubulars – Motor Racing
£38M
32
Bob Drummond – Hydrasun | D2Zero
£80M
23
Tommy Dreelan – Oil & Gas | Motor Racing
£150M
54
64. Scott Martin – CEO Glacier Energy – Accountancy MBOs
£10M
40
59. Mark Cavanagh – XPD8 and Oil Plus Ltd – Property Investment
£19M
32
Alistair Thomson – Fishing Rights | Land Investment | Property Development
£35M
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23
Malcolm Allan – House Building Entrepreneur
£50M
25
John Ray – Rigblast | Property | Oil & Gas Services
£100M
62
Derek Nicol & Stephanie Nicol – Nicol of Skene – Civil Engineering
£18M
18
Doug Duguid – Oil & Gas Services & Renewables
£180M
17
Tony Quinn – Pet Food, Confectionery & Motorsport
£260M
11
James Watt – BrewDog | Brewing | Beer | Investment
£300M
1
Glenn Gordon – Whisky – Glenfiddich – Distilling - Inheritance
£3100M
59
Ean Emslie – Commercial Property Rental
£19M
38
Maitland Mackie 3 – Ice Cream & Agribusiness
£40M
28
Shaun Ross – Founder of Metrol Technology (Photo Unavailable)
£90M
22
Sir Jim Milne – Balmoral Group | Hotelier | Property
£158M
20
Tom Cross – Oil & Gas | Parkmeade Group
£160M
56
Steve Mackie – Prosource – I.T. Software and Corporate I.T. Services
£22M
49
John Heiton – OEG Group | Oilfield Equipment Rental
£28M
15
Larry Kinch – Oil & Gas Exploration
£285M
8
George Maxwell – Eland Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas Exploration
£350M
Doug Milne – MTM Construction – Civil Engineering
Alistair Langlands – WOODGROUP – Investments & Directorships
Graham Wood – Hotels – Bars – Property Development
Michael Freeman – CAN Offshore | Oil & Gas Services
Steven Ferguson – Ferguson Group, Oil & Gas Logistics
Scotoil Graham Davidson Family
Mackintosh Plant Hire – Moira, Suzanne, Albert, Gary, and Moira Mackintosh
Graeme Bone – Drum Property Group Founder | Prime Four Developer | UK Commercial Real Estate Visionary
Conrad Ritchie & The Ritchie Family
John Clark – Car Dealership
Sir Ian Wood – Fishing & Oil & Gas – Rig Maintenance – Philanthropy
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Billionaire industrialist Sir Ian Wood stands as the wealthiest homegrown founder of a company in Scotland.
When he stepped down from the helm in 2013, his creation—Wood Group plc—had grown into a global powerhouse valued at $12 billion, operating in more than 60 countries, employing 60,000 people, and elevating his personal fortune to over £2 billion.
A figure both formidable and fiercely debated, Sir Ian Wood’s life unfolds as an extraordinary saga—one marked by relentless effort, unwavering determination, profound personal sacrifice, moments of tragedy, brushes with disaster, and the darker currents of betrayal, greed, immense wealth, and influence.
Beginning with his family’s modest fishing-boat repair business in 1967, he boldly steered the company into the emerging world of oil and gas just as the industry reached Britain’s shores in the 1970s. From there, he built a sprawling empire that touched shipping, energy, fishing, technology, travel, electronics, power generation, offshore drilling, and property development.
His leadership oversaw the most dramatic industrial transformation Aberdeen had ever seen.Now, for the first time, the story long hidden behind closed doors is revealed.
This is an explosive, deeply revealing journey into the sometimes shadowy, often ruthless, yet undeniably electrifying world of the Aberdeen oil and gas sector—its power brokers, its high-stakes decisions, and the man whose influence shaped an era.
Sir Ian’s real-life ascent makes HBO’s Succession seem like little more than a gentle bedtime tale.His achievements stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the greatest entrepreneurs in any industry, at any point in history.