Lakshmi Mittal tops Sunday Times Rich List
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
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Lakshmi Mittal has topped the Sunday Times Rich List for the fouth consecutive year, with his GBP 27.7 billion fortune giving him over twice the wealth of Roman Abramovich, who is second in the list.
The Duke of Westminster has retained his position of third place in the list, while Alisher Usmanov, who has a large share in Arsenal FC, has risen to fifth place in the list.
The Sunday Times Rich list is published annually. It lists the riches 1000 people in the United Kingdom.
The below table shows the top ten in the list:
| Rank | Value | Name | Source of wealth | 2007 Rank |
2007 Wealth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £27700m | Lakshmi Mittal | Steel | 1 | £19250m |
| 2 | £11700m | Roman Abramovich | Oil, industry | 2 | £10800m |
| 3 | £7000m | Gerald Grosvenor | Property | 3 | £7000m |
| 4 | £6200m | Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja| | Industry and finance | 4 | £6200m |
| 5 | £5726m | Alisher Usmanov | Steel and mining | new entry | - |
| 6 | £5650m | Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli| | Pharmaceuticals | new entry | - |
| 7 | £5400m | Hans Rausing and family | Food packaging | 6 | £5400m |
| 8 | £4650m | John Fredriksen | Shipping | 8 | £3500m |
| 9 | £4330m | Sir Philip and Lady Tina Green | Retailing | 7 | £4900m |
| 10 | £4300m | David and Simon Reuben | Property | 8 | £3490m |
Sources
- "UK's super-rich 'getting richer'". BBC News Online, April 27, 2008
- The Sunday Times rich List, April 27, 2008
- 2007 and 2006 editions of Sunday Times Rich List
