Victoria Beckham crowned UK's top entrepreneur

Victoria Beckham has been hailed as Britain’s top entrepreneur. She topped the list recognising the UK’s 100 most successful entrepreneurs.

The fashion icon was chosen based on her brand’s strong sales, the number jobs she has created and her estimated overall wealth. The former Spice Girl’s firm turned over £30m last year, a rise of 2,900pc in the last five years.

Philip Beresford, who compiled the list for business magazine Management Today, said: “It is her finely tuned business acumen that wins her the top spot.”

"She's got a real business, some design talent and some business nous," said Andrew Saunders, the magazine's deputy editor. "She gets a lot of stick for being a celeb fashionista but I don’t think that’s fair. She has built something real out of her own celebrity which is quite a contemporary story. She deserves to be celebrated."

Beckham was followed by Amit & Meeta Patel’s business Auden Mckenzie and Mahmud Kamani, the man behind the online fashion retailer Boohoo.com.

"From the depths of the downturn until last year, these business heroes have been doggedly expanding, taking on staff and somehow bucking the all-prevailing gloom," noted Management Today.