Laksmi Mittal retains top slot in UK rich list

 

 

             The renowned Indian steel tycoon Laksmi Mittal and his family retained their top slot as UK’s richest for the seventh year in succession. Mittal and his families suffered a huge loss and their worth came down by 4,814 million pounds, but they are still the richest in Britain with a net worth of 12.7 billion pounds, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, which annually releases the worth of Britain’s wealthiest individuals.

                Mittal is marginally ahead with the Russian iron ore magnate, Alisher Usmanov, who takes the 2^nd place with an estimated worth of 12.3 billion pounds. He is closing up the difference day by day, so Mittal have to think out of the box to retain his top slot for the next few years. Indian origin industrialist brothers, Sri and Gopichand Hinduja were the 4^th richest in the list with a net worth of 8.6 billion pounds.

             The newspaper’s research reveals that the rich got richer over the last year, despite a global recession- the combined worth of the country’s 1,000 wealthiest people was 414 billion pounds, which is an increase of 4.7 percent from the last year.

              After Mittal and Usmanov third on the list is Chelsea owner and well-known oil baron Roman Abramovich. He has a net worth of 9.5 billion pounds, and regarding the value of oil market in the recent times he may rise up very soon. The richest woman is former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli, with a net worth of 7.4 billion pounds.