The Sunday Times Rich List indicates that during the past year of recession and financial crisis, the combined wealth of Britain’s 1,000 richest people has increased by 30%.
1 (1) Lakshmi Mittal and family (steel), £22,450 million, up 108%
2 (2) Roman Abramovich (oil and industry), £7,400 million, up 6%
3 (3) Duke of Westminster (property), £6,750 million, up 4%
4 (4) Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli (pharmaceuticals), £5,950 million, up 19%
5 (9) David and Simon Reuben (property and internet), £5,532 million, up 121%
6 (18) Alisher Usmanov (steel and mines), £4,700 million up 213%
7 (47) Galen and George Weston and family (retailing), £4,500 million, up 400%
8 (7) Charlene and Michel de Carvalho (inheritance, brewing, banking), £4,400 million, up 49%
9 (6) Sir Philip and Lady Green (retailing), £4,105 million, up 7%
10 (70) Anil Agarwal (mining), £4,100 million, up 583%
11 (5) Hans Rausing and family (packaging), £4,000 million, unchanged
12 (-) Joseph Lau (property), £3,825 million
13 (9) Kirsten and Jorn Rausing (inheritance and investment), £3,500 million, up 40%
14 (81) Vladimir Kim (mining), £3,160 million, up 480%
15 (-) Leonard Blavatnik (industry), £3,000 million
16 (9) John Fredriksen (shipping), £2,750 million, up 10%
17 (9) Joe Lewis (foreign exchange and investment), £2,700 million, up 8%
18 (32) Sir Richard Branson (transport, internet and mobile telephones), £2,600 million, up 117%
19 (14) Earl Cadogan and family (property), £2,300 million, up 15%
20 (15) Alan Parker (duty-free shopping), £2,074 million, up 15%