Hinduja brothers edge past Mittal to become Britain's richest Asians in 2014 - Times of India

The author has posted comments on this articleKounteya Sinha, TNN | Apr 13, 2014, 03.32AM IST

LONDON: Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja have been ranked as Britain's richest Asians in 2014 with a total worth of £13.5 billion pounds, an increase of one billion pounds over the previous year.

They maintain their lead over Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who was a close second.

Mittal's net worth has also seen an increase of £1 billion, taking him to £12 billion.

The Asian Rich List, released on Friday, shows the combined overall net worth of the featured 101 millionaires a staggering £51.5 billion, (an increase of £6.5 bn since 2013), with the top 10 representing 71% of the total figure.

Around 60 of the 101 millionaires have seen an overall increase in their net worth, with at least four of them more than doubling their wealth.

Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul and Angad Paul (Steel) have been listed as 10th richest with wealth amounting to 750 million pounds, whereas mining giant Anil Agrawal was ranked third (2.4 billion pounds) followed by Sri Prakash Lohia (Petrochemicals and textiles) (2 billion pounds).

Kishore Lulla of Eros International, who has nearly 2,000 films under its belt and digital rights to a further 700 saw his wealth increasing by £365 million to £670 million and placing him at number 11.

With the entry point for this year's list being set at £55 million, it's hard to expect any 'young guns' to earn their way on to the list.

However, the list sees two self-made under 40 millionaires climbing steadily up the list this year.

At just 39, Amit Patel, from one of the country's fastest growing pharmaceutical companies Auden McKenzie saw his net worth increasing by a staggering £160 million to take his value to £400 million and placing him at number 17 on the list this year.

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