Lakshmi Mittal tops Britain's Rich List 2011
8th May 2011

Lakshmi Mittal has once again topped The Sunday Times Rich List published on 8th May 2011 with a fortune of £17.51 billion, which is 22% below that of last year. Compiled by Philip Beresford, the list notes that fortunes in Britain are soaring as the world recovers from the 2008-09 crash. As a result, the collective wealth of the 1,000 multimillionaires in the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List has climbed by 18% overall with the super rich gaining £60.2 billion in total. They are now worth £395.8 billion compared to £335.5 billion last year and "within striking distance of their all-time pre-recession high of £413 billion set in 2008". The increasing level of wealth has made the bottom line for entry into the list £70 million, up £7million from last year.

Sri & Gopichand Hinduja have made a re-entry into Britain Top Ten rich with an estimated fortune of £6 billion and Sri Prakash Lohia is at number 13 of the 'Biggest Risers' in the Rich List have jumped 71 places. Lohia is one of three brothers running Indorama, a textile and plastics business, putting his wealth at an estimated £1.3i billion. Ironically, Lohia is married to the sister of Lakshmi Mittal.

"The wealthy must do more for the society, or they will provoke public anger of the kind that is currently directed towards bankers" states the Rich List and thankfully Indian Anurag Dikshit has taken heed. He has topped the 'Giving List' with £172 million from share sales in his partygaming business being donated to The Kusuma Trust. The trust, founded by Dikshit, is dedicated to educational and social causes, particularly in India. "His residual wealth has plunged to £35m indicting that, in the past year, he has donated almost five times what he still has".

Although the 'Asian Rich List' was not specifically published this year, the Sunday Times does list Britain's 20 Richest Asian Millionaires.

Britain's 20 Richest Asian Millionaires