The 2022 Sunday Times Rich List has revealed that billionaire brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja are the wealthiest people in the UK. The brothers are two of four siblings who control the sprawling industrial empire set up by their dad in Mumbai, India.
There are a record 177 billionaires in the UK, according to the figures. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty were just outside that list at 222nd with a joint fortune of £730m, largely made up of Ms Murty's 0.9% stake in her dad Narayana Murty's IT firm Infosys.
The total wealth of the 250 richest people in the UK is £711billion - an 8% rise on last year's £658bn. At the top of the list Srichand, 86, and Gopichand, 82, Hinduja both live in London where they own valuable buildings including the historic Old War Office in Whitehall. Their other brother Prakash lives in Monaco and younger brother Ashok lives in Mumbai where he oversees a multinational congomerate that makes everything from trucks and lubricant to providing cable TV and banking services.
