TYCOON Sir Tom Hunter yesterday told of the responsibilities that go with becoming Scotland's first home-grown billionaire.
With an estimated fortune of £1.05billion, he has been named the wealthiest person in Scotland and joint 60th in the UK in this year's rich list.
Ayrshire-based Hunter, 45, sold his Sports Division chain to JJB Sports for £290million. He now devotes much of his time to charity work.
He said: "With great wealth comes great responsibility.
"I've been lucky enough that my first business made money through people in Scotland buying the trainers and so on that I was selling.
"It's only right, therefore, that we would want to give something back."
His Hunter Foundation and the Clinton-Hunter Development Initiative, formed with former US president Bill Clinton, made recent donations of almost £30million.
Last month, Hunter's property consortium took over housebuilders Crest Nicholson for £715million.
It followed the £311million takeover of Wyevale Garden Centres and £1.1billion paid for retirement home firm McCarthy and Stone.
Other Scots high on the rich list include Rangers supremo Sir David Murray (£750million) and Harry Potter author JK Rowling (£545million). The UK's richest person is steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, who is worth £19.25billion.
