The Sunday Times has published its yearly Rich List, revealing the wealth of several games industry big wigs including Candy Crush dev King's founders and Rockstar's Sam and Dan Houser.

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The Rich List is published annually, and counts down Britain's 1,000 wealthiest individuals. In news that may surprise some people, despite churning out a string of successful titles for over a decade, the Housers' combined wealth is significantly below that of key players involved with Candy Crush Saga developer King.The Housers ranked 947 in the list with combined wealth coming in at £90 million. While this slightly pips the amount hoarded by King COO Stephane Kurgan (£85 million and ranked 989), it's completely eclipsed by the two gentlemen who founded the mobile developer.King co-founder Riccardo Zacconi hit the 271st position thanks to his overall worth of £354 million, while his fellow founder Sebastian Knutsson was 458th with £200 million. Top of the list in the gaming department is Derbyshire businessman Mel Morris, who happens to have a 12 per cent stake in King, whose £430 million wealth helps him to net position 238.Other big names in the category include GAME founder Neil Taylor (£220 million) and the duo behind Runescape and Transformers Universe developer Jagex, Andrew and Paul Gower (£102 million).While there are naturally a range of other factors, including licensing, the nature of business and the like, it should give you some idea of the volatility of the games industry that the gentlemen responsible for the Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne franchises can be financially surpassed by astute mobile game creators.

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