SP Hinduja, billionaire head of Britain’s richest family, dies at 87

SP Hinduja, pictured, and his brother Gopi chaired Hinduja Group, which employs 150,000 people. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

SP Hinduja, the billionaire patriarch of Britain’s richest family and chair of the globe-spanning Hinduja Group conglomerate, has died in London at the age of 87, his family have confirmed.

Srichand P Hinduja, who was known as SP or Sri, had dementia, according to reports.