CHIPPING Norton set member Sir Charles Dunstone is now Oxfordshire’s wealthiest person, with a fortune of around £1,080m.

The Carphone Warehouse founder is 78th on The Sunday Times Rich List.

His promotion comes after the county’s previous wealthiest person, Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson, moved out of his home near Kidlington. Mr Branson is worth £3,514m and is in 19th place.

Mr Dunstone is closely followed by Wafic Said, who owns Tusmore Park near Bicester and who gave £20m towards the Said Business School in Frideswide Square. The Syrian financier is worth £1,000m and is in 84th place.

Sir Martyn Arbib, whose investment company Invesco Perpetual is based in South Oxfordshire, is in 268th position and worth £320m.

Another Chipping Norton set member, Elisabeth Murdoch, along with her husband Matthew Freud, is worth £255m and is in 315th place.

Former Oxford United owner Firoz Kassam, who still owns the club’s home ground as well as Heythrop Park near Chipping Norton, is worth £214m but his wealth has fallen by £3m and he is in 372nd place.

Bookshop owner Nigel Blackwell and his family are in 414th place and worth £195m.