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29 Mar 2004
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29 March 2004
L N Mittal is top of the list
London: According to a report in The Sunday Times, the London-based NRI Lakshmi Mittal is set to top a list of Britain's wealthiest Asians with his assets being estimated at £3.5 billion. Second in the list are the Hinduja brothers, Srichand and Gopichand, whose fortune is put at £2.1 billion, up from £1.8 billion last year. Others figuring in the list are Anil Agarwal, mining (£540 million); Bhikhu and Vijay Patel, pharmaceuticals (£425 million); Gulu Lalvani, consumer electronics (£400 million), Jasminder Singh and family, hotels (£250 million), Tom Singh, fashion (£290 million) and Bharat and Ketan Mehta, pharmaceuticals (£175 million).
