Top 17 fortunes
| 2012[1] | Name | Citizenship | Source of wealth | 2011[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Net worth £ bn |
Rank | Net worth £ bn | |||
1 
|
£12.70 
|
Lakshmi Mittal and family |  India
|
Steel | 1 | £17.50 |
| 2
|
£12.31
|
Alisher Usmanov |  Russia
|
Mining and Investment | 2 | £12.40 |
| 3
|
£9.50 
|
Roman Abramovich | Russia
|
Oil and industry | 3 | £7.40 |
| 4
|
£8.60
|
Sri and Gopi Hinduja | India
|
Industry and Finance | 9 | £6.00 |
| 5
|
£7.58
|
Leonard Blavatnik |  United States
|
Industry | 6 | £6.24 |
| 6
|
£7.40
|
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli |  Switzerland &  United Kingdom
|
Pharmaceuticals | 5 | £6.87 |
| 7
|
£7.35
|
The Duke of Westminster | United Kingdom
|
Inheritance, Property | 4 | £7.00 |
| 8
|
£7.08
|
David and Simon Reuben | United Kingdom
|
Property and internet | 8 | £6.18 |
| 9
|
£6.60
|
John Fredriksen and family |  Cyprus
|
Shipping and oil services | 7 | £6.20 |
| 10
|
£5.90
|
Galen Weston, George Weston and family |  Canada
|
Retailing (George Weston Limited) | 9 | £6.00 |
| 11
|
£5.49
|
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel Carvalho |  Netherlands[3]
|
Inheritance, banking, brewing (Heineken) | 11 | £5.40 |
| 12
|
£4.30 | Hans Rausing and family |  Sweden
|
Packaging | 13 | £4.20 |
| 13 | £4.10 | Joseph Lau |  China
|
Property | ||
| 14 | £4.30 | Nicky Oppenheimer |  South Africa
|
Mining, diamonds | ||
| 15 | £3.90 | Kirsten & Jörn Rausing | Sweden
|
Inheritance, investment | ||
| 16 | £3.40 | Sir Richard Branson | United Kingdom
|
Internet, transport, finance (Virgin Group) | ||
| 17 | £3.30 | Sir Philip and Lady Green | United Kingdom
|
Retailing | ||