Mittal,
61, and his family's worth came down by 4,814 million pounds, but they
were 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 second place with an estimated worth of 12.3 billion
pounds.
Indian-origin
industrialist brothers, Sri and Gopichand Hinduja were the fourth
richest in the list with a net worth of 8.6 billion pounds, 'The Sunday
Times' said in an advance release on Saturday.
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
from last year of 4.7 per cent.
Rich
List compiler Philip Beresford told Sky News: "Obviously it's very
difficult in this age of austerity...and the rich seem to be getting
richer and richer. However, I would caution against bashing the rich
because a lot of the people on this rich list are based here, they're
investing in companies here, and if they get richer hopefully the rest
of us will get a bit more prosperous on the rising tide of wealth."
The
number of billionaires in the list is 77, with individuals needing to
have at least 72 million pounds to make the top 1,000 individuals.
After
Mittal and Usmanov, third on the list is Chelsea owner and oil baron
Roman Abramovich, with a net worth of 9.5 billion pounds. The richest
woman is former Miss UK Kirsty Bertarelli, with 7.4 billion pounds,
while the Duke of Westminster's property portfolio is worth 7.3 billion
pounds.
Harry
Potter creator JK Rowling's worth has risen by 30 million pounds in the
last year to 560 million pounds, putting her 148th on the rich list.
The
top ten richest individuals in Britain are (in pounds): 1 - Lakshmi
Mittal and family - 12.7 billion. 2 - Alisher Usmanov - 12.3 billion. 3 -
Roman Abramovich - 9.5 billion. 4 - Sri and Gopi Hinduja - 8.6 billion.
5 - Leonard Blavatnik - 7.58 billion. 6 - Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli
- 7.4 billion. 7 - The Duke of Westminster - 7.35 billion 8 - David and
Simon Reuben - 7.08 billion. 9 - John Fredriksen and family - 6.6
billion. 10 - Galen and George Weston and family - 5.9 billion.
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