Billionaires fall when the king rises

The number of billionaires in Great Britain has fallen, while King Charles' personal assets rose to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty after the last Rich list of the Sunday list.

The annual list of the 350 richest people in Great Britain showed the largest decline in billionaires in the history of the newspaper.

In the meantime, the king's assets have grown by GBP 30 million to 640 million GBP last year, which increased its rank by 20 places to 258 with Sunak and Murty.

The fourth year in a row is the Hinduja family behind the Hinduja group of the Indian Corporation, which is traced back despite a wealth, is worth more than 35 billion GBP.

The number of billionaires this year ran from 165 in 2024 to 156, which corresponds to the sharpest decline in 37-year-old Sunday Times Rich List.

“Our billionaire counts and the combined assets of those who can be seen in our research fall,” said Robert Watts, Compiler of Rich List, to PA Media.

“We also find that less of the great rich in the world live in Great Britain.”

He said that he was “impressed by the strength of criticism for Rachel Reeves' Ministry of Finance” when he spoke to wealthy people for the publication.

Mr. Watts said: “We expected the abolition of the status without cathedral status to annoy wealthy people from overseas.

“But local young tech entrepreneurs and centuries-old family businesses warn of serious consequences for a number of tax changes that were presented in the budget of the past October.”

In April, the Labor government abolished the tax status without a cathedral, on the inhabitant of Great Britain, whose constant at home or residence for tax purposes is outside of Great Britain.

Last year, the former conservative Federal Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made plans to scrap tax status before the successor Rachel Reeves accelerated the process.

1. Gopi Hinduja and family (£ 35.3 billion, down £ 37.2 billion)

2. David and Simon Reuben and family (£ 26.87 billion)

3 .. Sir Leonard Blavatnik (£ 25.73 billion)

4. Sir James Dyson and Family (£ 20.8 billion £)

5. Idan Ofer (£ 20.12 billion)

The king's fortune also made him richer than his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Charles appreciate the new figures at 270 million GBP more than his mother, with the majority of his assets benefit from the investment portfolio she inherited.

The deceased queen was said to be worth in GBP in 2022 compared to Charles' current assets of 640 million GBP.

After the Hinduja family with almost £ 27 billion, the Reuben brothers, who made their assets through property and technology.

Sir Leonard Blavatnik, a British-American businessman born in Ukrainian, who built a considerable net value of almost 26 billion GBP, was a tight third place.

Among other things, the list of Formula 1 champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, David and Victoria Beckham, Sir Elton John and Manchester United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe.

And the 29 -year -old pop star Dua Lipa is the youngest person who is on this year's list. At 34, she comes on the list with an estimated property of 115 million GBP.

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