Indian-origin steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Sri and Gopi Hinduja, of the London-based global conglomerate Hinduja Group, are among the top 10 wealthiest people in Britain.
Sri and Gopi Hinduja climbed to the third place with a fortune of 10.6 billion pounds from the fourth position which they occupied last year
According to the BBC, however with a fortune of 10 billion pounds, Mittal came down to number four from the top position last year
Mittal, who topped the list for the past eight years, was the biggest faller in wealth terms after his 40 percent stake with his wife in steelmaker Arcelor Mittal plunged from a peak of 28 billion pounds to just under six billion pounds.
Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov topped the Sunday Times ranking of the wealthiest people in Britain and Ireland with a fortune of 13.3 billion pounds.
The Surrey-based tycoon, 59, who has a 30 percent stake in Arsenal football club, owns iron ore producer Metalloinvest.
Warner Music's Len Blavatnik came second in the 25th annual list with 11 billion pounds.
The highest British-born person in the list is the Duke of Westminster in eighth place with 7.8 billion pounds from property. He is the only person to make the top 10 of the list in each of its 25 years.
The survey found that Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin brand, is in 19th place with 3.5 billion pounds and Chelsea FC's Russian owner Roman Abramovich, who made his fortune in the oil industry, is down two places to fifth with 9.3 billion pounds.
Rich List top 10
1. (2) Alisher Usmanov (mining and investment) £13.3b
2. (5) Len Blavatnik (investment, music and media) £11b
3. (4) Sri and Gopi Hinduja (industry and finance) £10.6b
4. (1) Lakshmi Mittal and family (steel) £10b
5. (3) Roman Abramovich (oil and industry) £9.3b
6. (9) John Fredriksen and family (shipping and oil services) £8.8b
7. (8) David and Simon Reuben (property and internet) £8.2b
8. (7) The Duke of Westminster (property) £7.8b
9. (6) Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli (pharmaceuticals) £7.4b
10. (11) Charlene and Michel de Carvalho (inheritance, brewing and banking) £7b
Source: Sunday Times Rich List (last year's positions in brackets
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