Lakshmi
Mittal is richest man in Britain
London: For the third successive year steel baron
Lakshmi Mittal has topped the list of the richest person
in Britain with a wealth of 19.250 billion pounds. The
Hinduja brothers and Lord Swraj Paul emerged as the second
and third richest Asians in the UK.
According
to The Sunday Times Rich List 2007, 56-year-old Mittal,
president and CEO of Arcelor Mittal - the world's largest
steel producer, saw his wealth shoot up from 14.881 billion
pounds in 2006 to 19.250 billion pounds this year, an
increase of staggering 4.369 billion pounds in one year.
The
wealth of Sri Chand and Gopi Chand Hindujas, chairman
and president respectively of the Hinduja Group, registered
a steep increase during the last one year - from 3.6 billion
pounds to 6.2 billion pounds catapulting them to the position
as the second richest Asians and fourth richest in the
UK.
Lord
Swraj Paul, founder-Chairman of the Caparo Group, also
witnessed substantial growth during the year with the
total wealth increasing from 465 million pounds to 1.5
billion pounds this year. The 76-year-old Lord Paul's
wealth is almost five times that of Queen Elizabeth II,
whose wealth has been estimated at 320 million pounds.
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