SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST

Tories real achievement apart from driving country and people into the ground

Every year the Sunday Times puts a list together of the top 100 billionaires. This year it shows there are more billionaires in the UK than ever.

Millionaires are not on the list any more. It was only two decades ago when £15m got you there which proves the sharp rise in wealth.

Number one are Sri and Gopi Hinduja with £16.2bn. The brothers, 81 and 77, are part of 134 on the list. They made their money from investments in oil and gas industries, automotive, IT, energy, media, banking, property and healthcare sectors.  

At the moment, they are planning to convert the Old War Office in London into a 5 Star hotel and luxury apartments (another sale and profit on the quiet which was not announced by the gagged press).

The last massive drive of increase the wealth of millionaire and billionaires was in June 2016 as part effect of EU referendum.

There seems to be no limit of people from all walks of life to climb the ladder onto the Rich List. Farmers and pet food makers joining hedge fund managers and private equity barons.

1)      Sri and Gopi Hinduja (Industry, Finance)

2)      Len Blavatnik (Investments, Music, Media)

3)      David and Simon Reuben (Property, Investments)

4)      Laksmi Mittal and family (Mining, Investments)

5)      Alisher Usmanov (Mining, Investment)

6)      Ernesto an Kirsty Bertarelli (Pharmaceuticals)

7)      Guy, George and Galen Jr Weston and family (Retailing)

8)      Kirsten and Jorn Rausing (Inheritance, Investments)

9)      The Duke of Westminster and Gravenor family (Property)

10)  Charlene de Carvalho (Inheritance, Brewing, Banking)

11)  Hans Rausing and family (Packaging)

12)  John Fricksen and family (Packaging)

13)  Roman Abramovich (Industry, Oil)

14)  Sir James Dyson and family (Household goods, Technology)

15)  Sir David and Sir Fredrick Barclays (Property, Media, Retail)

16)  Mohamed Bin Issad Al Jaber and famly (Hotels, Food, Industry)

17)  Earl Cadogan and family (Property)

18)  Jim Ratcliff (Chemicals)

19)  Nicky Oppenheimer and family (Mining, Diamonds)

20)  Carrie and Francois Perrodo and family (Oil, Gas, Wine)