James Dyson

With a net worth of $9.8 billion, James Dyson is the sixth richest scientist. He is a landowner, entrepreneur, and industrial designer from the United Kingdom. Dyson invented the bagless Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner, which works on the cyclonic separation concept.

From August 2011 to July 2017, he was the Provost of the Royal College of Art. Dyson founded the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, which he established in September 2017.

Dyson attended the Byam Shaw School of Art from 1965 to 1966. Between 1966 and 1960, he studied furniture and interior design at the Royal College of Art before engineering.

Dyson invented the sea truck while studying at the Royal College of Art. The Ballbarrow, a modified version of a wheelbarrow, was his first original innovation. The Trolleyball and Whaleboat were his next inventions.

James Dyson and his wife Deidre presently reside in Singapore. With his wife, he has two sons and a daughter. They live in Singapore but have many houses throughout the world.

Estimated Net Worth: $9.8 billion