London: The Hinduja brothers have emerged as the richest persons in the UK, which boasts of 102 billionaires, including Lord Swraj Paul and four others of Indian-origin. The London-based Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja, who have a fortune of £11.9 billion — “up by an astonishing £1.3 billion in the past year”, edged out steel tycoon Lakshmi N. Mittal and Russian magnate Alisher Usmanov, according to the Sunday Times Super-Rich List made public on Sunday.
The Hinduja brothers, who run the multinational Hinduja Group conglomerate with interests across automotive, real estate and oil, moved up from third position last year to top the UK’s billionaire charts this year. The list — a full version of which will be released next Sunday - also includes NRI industrialists such as Mr Mittal and family, Prakash Lohia, Lord Swraj Paul and family, Anil Agarwal and Ajay Kalsi and family among the city’s 72 billionaires. Mr Mittal also edged one position upwards to the third rank with £10.25 billion even as Arsenal shareholder Usmanov fell to the second place.
