Frank Hester

Hester was previously married to Dr Rosemary Daly, a former general practitioner; she was described as "now ex-wife" by The Guardian in 2024.

As of 2024, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £371 million.

In February 2026, Frank Hester was listed on the Sunday Times Tax list with an estimated £35.5 million.

Political affiliations

In September 2023, Hester donated £5 million to the UK's Conservative Party, making him the joint biggest donor in two decades. These donations were made by his company TPP, but TPP said Hester personally repaid it, and that the company is apolitical. He made a second £5 million donation to the Conservatives through his company in November 2023, making Hester the largest ever donor to the party. It has been reported that he had donated a further £5 million in 2024, which the party neither confirmed nor denied, but was later verified after Electoral Commission records were published. Altogether in 2023 and 2024, Hester donated more than £20m to the Conservative Party.

He said he previously voted for the Green Party, but became a Conservative Party donor after coming to the view that prime minister Rishi Sunak "understands and values the NHS and wants to tackle some of its most pressing challenges". Sunak and Hester met on a number of occasions in 2023, and in November 2023 Hester provided the use of a helicopter to prime minister Rishi Sunak for a political visit, valued at £15,000 in parliamentary records.