Sunday Times Rich List 2012

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The Sunday Times Rich List 2012 is the 24th annual survey of the wealthiest people in the United Kingdom, published by The Sunday Times on 29 April 2012. [1]

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Top 17 fortunes

2012 [1] NameCitizenshipSource of wealth2011 [2]
Rank Net worth
£ bn 		RankNet worth
£ bn
1 Steady2.svg£12.70 Decrease2.svg Lakshmi Mittal and familyFlag of India.svg  India Steel1£17.50
2 Steady2.svg£12.31 Decrease2.svg Alisher Usmanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Mining and Investment2£12.40
3 Steady2.svg£9.50 Increase2.svg Roman Abramovich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Oil and industry3£7.40
4 Increase2.svg£8.60 Increase2.svg Sri and Gopi Hinduja Flag of India.svg  India Industry and Finance9£6.00
5 Increase2.svg£7.58 Increase2.svg Leonard Blavatnik Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Industry6£6.24
6 Decrease2.svg£7.40 Increase2.svg Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland & Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pharmaceuticals5£6.87
7 Decrease2.svg£7.35 Increase2.svg The Duke of Westminster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Inheritance, Property4£7.00
8 Steady2.svg£7.08 Increase2.svg David and Simon Reuben Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Property and internet8£6.18
9 Decrease2.svg£6.60 Increase2.svg John Fredriksen and familyFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Shipping and oil services7£6.20
10 Decrease2.svg£5.90 Decrease2.svg Galen Weston, George Weston and familyFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Retailing (George Weston Limited)9£6.00
11 Steady2.svg£5.49 Increase2.svg Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel CarvalhoFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [3] Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken)11£5.40
12 Increase2.svg£4.30 Hans Rausing and familyFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Packaging13£4.20
13£4.10 Joseph Lau Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Property
14£4.30 Nicky Oppenheimer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Mining, diamonds
15£3.90 Kirsten & Jörn Rausing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inheritance, investment
16£3.40 Sir Richard Branson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Internet, transport, finance (Virgin Group)
17£3.30 Sir Philip and Lady Green Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Retailing

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References

  1. 1 2 Beresford, Philip, ed. (29 April 2012). "2014 Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Beresford, Philip, ed. (8 May 2011). "2014 Rich List". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on December 31, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Fontevecchia, Agustino. "Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken". Forbes . Retrieved 9 October 2015.
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