The number of billionaires in the UK has fallen for the first time since the 2007-2008 financial crisis. newspaper reports on Sundays with reference to their own ranking of the richest people in the country.
According to the news of the newspaper, a total of 171 billionaires entered the list, there were 177 people last year. Their total wealth increased by £30.7 billion ($38.2 billion) to £683.9 billion ($851 billion), or £1.5 billion. 4.5%
According to the ranking, a family of British businessmen of Indian Hinduja descent topped the UK’s “gold” list. Their budgets increased by £6.5 billion ($14.4 billion) from last year to £35 billion ($43.5 billion). Jim Ratcliffe, owner of the international chemical company Ineos, is in second place from last year’s 27th place. While the entrepreneur’s fortune is £29.7 billion, Ukrainian, American and British businessman Leonard Blavatnik is in third place with a fortune of £28.6 billion.
Forbes magazine previously First He called Andrey Melnichenko, the founder of Eurochem and SUEK, the richest man in Russia.