A billionaire oligarch has been named Britain’s richest man.
Alisher Usmanov, who was born in Uzbekistan, owns almost one-third of Arsenal Football Club and is said to be worth £13.3 billion.
Usmanov, 59, owns Sutton Place, the former Surrey home of the oil baron J. Paul Getty, as well as a £48 million mansion in London.
He is married to Irina Viner, 64, the head coach of Russia’s rhythmic gymnastics team.
Mr Usmanov served six years in a Soviet jail in the Eighties after being convicted of fraud and extortion.
His conviction was later overturned.
According to the Sunday Times Rich List, his wealth has increased thanks to his Russian business empire which started with making plastic bags and includes the production of iron ore, an internet company and a controlling share in Russia’s second biggest mobile phone firm.
He replaces steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal who now drops to fourth place after eight years in the top spot.
The steel magnate, now worth £10 billion, is the biggest faller in wealth terms.
The 40 per cent stake he and his wife Usha hold in the steelmaking giant ArcelorMittal has plummeted from £28 billion at its peak to £5.95 billion.
In second place is Russian-born Len Blavatnik, whose rise in wealth from £3.4 billion last year to £11 billion this year, makes him the highest riser in wealth terms.
Mr Blavatnik owns Warner Music, and received £2 billion last month for his stake in TNK-BP.
Third place goes to Sri and Gopi Hinduja who made their £10.6 billion in industry and finance.
The highest placed UK-born person is the Duke of Westminster, who is worth £7.8 billion and ranked eighth.
The number of billionaires in the UK has increased ten-fold since the Sunday Times Rich List was first published in 1989, shooting from nine to 88. There were 77 last year.
According to the list, the 1,000 richest people in Britain have wealth totalling almost £450 billion.
The combined wealth of the top 200 people is £318.2 billion, a more than eightfold rise on the £38 billion for the combined wealth of the 200 people featured in the first list.
In 1989, the Queen topped the list with total wealth of £5,200 million. This valuation included all the Crown Estates and the royal art collection. In later years, the Queen has been valued solely on her personal wealth and no longer topped the list after 1993.
Roman Abramovich, who owns Arsenal’s rivals Chelsea and amassed his fortune through Russian oil and aluminium, is ranked as the fifth richest resident with £9.3billion – £200 million down on last year.
20 RICHEST PEOPLE IN 2013, ACCORDING TO THE SUNDAY TIMES RICH LIST
2013 rank (2012 rank), name, source of wealth, 2013 wealth (2012 wealth)
1. (2) Alisher Usmanov, mining and investment, £13,300m (£12,315m)
2. (5) Len Blavatnik, investment, music and media, £11,000m (£7,580m)
3. (4) Sri and Gopi Hinduja, industry and finance, £10,600m (£8,600m)
4. (1) Lakshmi Mittal and family, steel, £10,000m (£12,700m)
5. (3) Roman Abramovich, oil and industry, £9,300m (£9,500m)
6. (9), John Fredriksen and family, shipping and oil services, £8,800m (£6,600m)
7. (8) David and Simon Reuben, property and internet, £8,281m (£7,083m)
8. (7) The Duke of Westminster, property, £7,800m (£7,350m)
9. (6) Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, pharmaceuticals, £7,400m (£7,400m)
10. (11) Charlene and Michel de Carvalho, inheritance, brewing and banking, £7,000m (£5,490m)
11. (10) Galen and George Weston and family, retailing, £6,650m (£5,900m)
12. (15) Kirsten and Jorn Rausing, inheritance and investment, £5,109m (£3,900m)
13.(12) Hans Rausing and family, packaging, ££4,720m (£4,300m)
14.(13) Joseph Lau, property, £4,600m (£4,140m)
15, (new) Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family, hotels, food and industry, £4,515m
16, (17=) Sir Philip and Lady Green, retailing, £3,880m (£3,300m)
17. (14) Nicky Oppenheimer, diamonds and mining, £3,785m (£4,050m)
18. (19) Earl Cadogan and family, property, £3,675m (£3,225m)
19. (16) Sir Richard Branson and family, transport and finance and fitness clubs, £3,514m (£3,410m)
20. (21) Joe Lewis, foreign exchange and investment, £3,200m (£3,000m)
source: dailymail
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