For the first time in history, the number of billionaires in the United Kingdom has exceeded 100, and this country now has more British billionaires per capita than any other country in the world. The net worth of those 104 billionaires is 301 billion pounds. Furthermore, London has more millionaires than any other city in the world.
According to research, we have created a list of the UK’s top 10 richest people and their businesses.
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1. Alisher Usmanov
Business: Mining and investment
Net worth: 19.4 billion
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is a Russian businessman who was born in Uzbekistan. Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is one of the top richest people in the UK. Usmanov had a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2022, making him one of the world’s richest individuals. Usmanov amassed his fortune when the Soviet Union fell apart, through metal and mining enterprises, as well as investments.
2. Sri and Gopi Hinduja
Business: Industry and Finance
Net worth: 17.9 billion
Srichand and Gopichand, co-founders of the worldwide conglomerate Hinduja Group, are equal for the first position with a net worth of £17.9 billion, up 1.3 billion from the last year. Srichand Parmanand Hinduja is a British millionaire businessman, investor, and contributor who was born in India. He is the majority shareholder and chairman of the Hinduja Group. He is one of the top richest people in the UK.
Hinduja Group is a global Anglo-Indian business. Automotive, oil and specialized chemicals, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trade, infrastructure project development, media and entertainment, power, and real estate are among the eleven industries in which the company operates.
3. Mital and Family
Business: Steel
Net worth: 18.3 billion
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is a steel businessman from India who now lives in the United Kingdom. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, as well as the Chairman of Aperam, a stainless steel producer. He is the Indian richest person in the UK.
ArcelorMittal S.A., headquartered in Luxembourg City, is a multinational steel manufacturing company. It was founded in 2006 when Indian-owned Mittal Steel bought Arcelor and combined the two companies.
4. Len Blavatink
Business: access Industries
Net worth: 35.4 billion
Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik is a philanthropist and business entrepreneur from the United Kingdom. According to Forbes, Blavatnik’s net worth was $35.4 billion in March 2022, making him the world’s 20th richest person. Leonard Blavatnik was knighted in 2017 for his assistance in philanthropy. He is one of the British billionaires.
Access Industries, Inc. is a privately held multinational industrial company based in the United States. It was formed in 1986 by businessman and chairman Leonard “Len” Blavatnik. Natural resources and chemicals, media and telecommunications, venture capital, and real estate are the four industries that Access focuses on.
5. Ernesto Bertarelli
Business: Pharmaceuticals ( Serono)
Net worth: 13.5 billion
Ernesto Bertarelli is a Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist who was born in Italy. The family’s wealth was assessed to be £11.5 billion in the 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List, up £1.72 billion from the previous year. The family wealth is believed to be worth CHF13.5 billion, according to the Swiss magazine Bilanz. The Bertarelli name is most closely associated with the multinational biotechnology company Serono. He is one f the handsome richest person in the UK.
Serono is connected with the Bertarelli family, who headed the firm for three generations, breaking new ground after breaking new ground. The firm was started in 1906. The Bertarelli family built their commercial reputation in the fields of life sciences and biotechnology. Serono is well renowned for their revolutionary work in the field of human biology. Ernesto took over as CEO of Serono from his father in 1996, moving the company’s biotechnology research forward. Soon after, his sister, Dona, joined him, and the two of them helped Serono achieve a run of clinical and commercial achievements.
6. John Fredriksen
Business: shipping and oil service
Net worth: 11.9 billion
John Fredriksen is a wealthy businessman from Norway. He owns the world’s largest armada of oil tankers. He is presently lived in London, United Kingdom. He is one of the world’s richest people in the UK, with a net worth of $11.9 billion. His business empire is the foundation of his wealth. He owns investment organizations such as Meisha and Hemen Holdings, through which he manages businesses such as Frontline and Golar LNG. He controls the majority of SeaDrill, Marine Harvest, Golden Ocean Group, Deep Sea Supply, and Overseas Shipholding Group, as well as a minority position in the tanker business Overseas Shipholding Group.
Much of the world’s oil is managed from a small set of offices located on top of the Tiffany & Co. store in London’s Chelsea area. That’s where John Fredriksen, a $13.2 billion Norwegian shipping billionaire, controls the world’s largest fleet of supertankers, the world’s most valuable deep-water drilling company, and an armada of around 128 other tankers that transport minerals, cereals, and liquefied gases.
7. David and Simon Reuben
Business: Property and Internet
Net worth: 16 billion
David and Simon Reuben are British businessmen who were born in India. With a net worth of £16 billion, they were ranked the second richest family in the UK by the Sunday Times Rich List in May 2020. They have invested in technological businesses and have been involved in funding a number of acquisitions. As of 2016, their main business interests were real estate, both domestically and internationally, venture capital, and private equity. They are Indian-born UK billionaires.
8. Kirsten Rausing
Business: Inheritance and Investment
Net worth: 5.1 billion
Kirsten Elisabet Rausing, DL holds a third of the Tetra Laval holding company and is on the board of directors among other family members. In Forbes 2020’s list of The World’s Billionaires, she was ranked as the 150th richest person in the world.
Kirsten Rausing (born June 6, 1952) is the eldest child of Gad Rausing (1922–2000), a Swedish manufacturer, and his wife Birgit (née Mayne). Rausing was born in Lund, Sweden, and is the granddaughter of Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), the creator of the Tetra Pak liquid food packaging industry.
9. Roman Abramovich
Business: Oil and Industry
Net worth: 14.5 billion
Abramovich, Roman Arkadyevich, is a Russian billionaire, philanthropist, and politician. He is most recognized outside of Russia as the owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club based in London, England, as well as the main owner of Millhouse LLC, a private investment company. He is one of the richest people in England.
10. Sir James Dyson
Business: Household goods and technology
Net worth: 16.3 billion
Sir James Dyson, the inventor of Dyson Ltd, is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and billionaire entrepreneur. He is most known for inventing the twin cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which uses the cyclonic separation technique. When James Dyson was knighted in 2006 for his services to business, he became Sir James Dyson. With a net worth of £16.3 billion, he is the richest person in the Uk.
Conclusion
England’s GDP per capita is 2.8 trillion. England has the world’s sixth-largest economy. Services, manufacturing, construction, and tourism are the industries that contribute the most to the UK’s GDP.
