And Britain’s richest person is…

An Ukrainian-born American businessman, Len Blavatnik has taken the top spot in the Sunday Times Rich List with a fortune of £13.17 billion.

Among his multitude of investments and businesses is Warner Music Group who’s roster include Coldplay, Katy Perry and K.C and the Sunshine Band.

Where did Richard Branson come? Ouch, down at a lowly number 20 with a measly £4.1 billion.

Chelsea football club owner, Roman Abramovitch saw his colossal wealth reduce by £1.23 billion – big ouch.

The Sunday Times' top 20 richest Brits
Len Blavatnik £13.17 billion
Sri and Gopi Hinduja £13 billion – Oil and investments
Galen and George Weston and family £11 billion – Food and distribution
Alisher Usmanov £9.8 billion – Metals and Mining
David and Simon Reuben £9.7 billion – Metals and mining
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli £9.45 billion – Pharmaceutical
Lakshmi Mittal and family £9.2 billion – Steel
Kirsten and Jorn Rausing £8.7 billion – Packaging (Tetra-pak)
The Duke of Westminster £8.56 billion – Property
Roman Abramovich £7.29 billion – Oil and Gas
John Fredriksen and family £7.24 billion – Shipping
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho £7.145 billion
Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £6.5 billion – Media, property and retail
Hans Rausing and family £6.4 billion – Tetra-pak
Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family £5.935 billion – Hotels and Resorts
Carrie and Francois Perrodo and family £5.8 billion – Oil and Gas
Nathan Kirsh £5.06 billion – Property
Earl Cadogan and family £4.8 billion – Property
Nicky Oppenheimer and family £4.55 billion – Diamond mining
Sir Richard Branson and family £4.1 billion – Virgin Group

This latest tally of our richest residents listed 117 billionaires building on the 104 recorded last year…gotta love to be a billionaire.

    

Virgin Group Ltd. Founder Richard Branson (Picture: Getty Images)