The UK's richest comedian is worth £34.6million The UK’s richest comedian has been revealed in a new list today (July 22) – check out all those to make the Top 10 below. Using data from Companies House, The Sun has compiled the list which revealed that Peter Kay is the UK’s richest comedian with an estimated fortune of £34.
6million. The latest figures are thought to have been bolstered by Kay’s ongoing arena tour, which carries on until December 2025. Second in the list was Stephen Merchant with £26.
2million, followed by his Office – co-creator, Ricky Gervais with £25.8 million. Others on the list included Russell Howard, Jack Whitehall and John Bishop.
Check out the full list below. Peter Kay – CREDIT: Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage/Getty Images 1 Peter Kay: £34.6million 2.
Stephen Merchant: £26.2million 3. Ricky Gervais: £25.
8million 4. Russell Howard: £10.1million 5.
Jack Whitehall: £.9.9million 6 Rob Beckett: £6million 7.
Michael McIntyre: £5million 8 John Bishop: £4.3million 9. Sarah Millican: £3.
2million 10. Hugh Dennis: £2.7million Meanwhile, earlier this summer, Jason Manford has revealed what Peter Kay told him in response to the Manchester Co-Op’s continued delays which pushed the latter’s opening week gigs back twice.
Kay was supposed to open the venue with gigs on April 23 and 24 , but following a test event featuring Rick Astley on April 22, the gigs were “regretfully” pushed back to April 29 and 30 with the venue citing technical i.