{"id":173765,"date":"2017-05-08T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T13:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=173765"},"modified":"2017-05-08T17:07:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:07:01","slug":"the-two-south-africans-who-are-listed-among-the-25-richest-people-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/173765\/the-two-south-africans-who-are-listed-among-the-25-richest-people-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The two South Africans who are listed among the 25 richest people in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sunday Times in the UK has published its annual Rich List, which features two familiar South African businessmen among the top 25 richest people in the country.<\/p>\n

The list covers the 1,000 richest individuals and families in the country, including many businessmen and women who have dual citizenship (through business, investments or residency).<\/p>\n

The 29th edition of the list revealed that the 500 richest individuals and families in the UK in 2017 are now wealthier than the entire top 1,000 were in 2016.<\/p>\n

The total wealth of the top 1,000 people on the list has increased by 14% since last year, rising by \u00a383 billion to \u00a3658 billion (R11.53 trillion).<\/p>\n

The combined wealth of the top 500 individuals was \u00a3580.4 billion, which is more than the \u00a3575.6 billion total of all 1,000 richest people last year.<\/p>\n

There are 134 billionaires based in Britain, led by Sri and Gopi Hinduja, with the wealth of the Indian-born brothers put at \u00a316.2\u00a0billion (R283 billion) –\u00a0up \u00a33.2 billion from last year.<\/p>\n

The Hinduja brothers amassed their wealth through a diversified portfolio of business, ranging from property development to car manufacturing.<\/p>\n

South Africans among the top<\/strong><\/p>\n

As with previous years, South Africans featured among the top ranks – with retail businessman, Christo Wiese and diamond magnate, Nicky Oppenheimer showing up.<\/p>\n

Only the two South African businessmen are listed among the top 25 in 2017, down from three who made it in 2016, with\u00a0SA-born, Swazi businessman Nathan Kirsh dropping from the upper rankings.<\/p>\n

Both Oppenheimer and Wiese saw their wealth increase between the 2016 and 2017 lists, though both dropped in the rankings themselves – Wiese from 22nd richest to 24th, and Oppenheimer from 18th richest to 19th.<\/p>\n

Oppenheimer comes out tops for South Africa with a net worth of\u00a0\u00a35.53 billion (R96.9 billion), with Wiese listed as having a net worth of\u00a0\u00a34.62 billion (R80.9 billion).<\/p>\n

The South African businessmen have many business interests and some property in the UK, which qualifies them for inclusion on the list.<\/p>\n

Wiese, through investment, owns UK retail brands, and the Oppenheimers own an estate and organic farm in the country.<\/p>\n

Richest South Africans<\/h3>\n
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#<\/th>\nName<\/th>\n2015 wealth (GBP)<\/th>\n2016 wealth (GBP)<\/th>\nChange (%)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nNicky Oppenheimer<\/td>\n\u00a34.83 billion<\/td>\n\u00a35.53 billion<\/td>\n+14.5%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nChristo Wiese<\/td>\n\u00a34.33 billion<\/td>\n\u00a34.62 billion<\/td>\n+6.7%<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Top 25 richest people<\/h3>\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>\nName<\/th>\nWealth (GBP)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nSri and Gopi Hinduja<\/td>\n\u00a316.2\u00a0billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nLen Blavatnik<\/td>\n\u00a316.0\u00a0billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nDavid and Simon Reuben<\/td>\n\u00a314.0\u00a0billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLakshmi Mittal<\/td>\n\u00a313.2\u00a0billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nAlisher Usmanov<\/td>\n\u00a311.8 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nErnesto and Kirsty Bertarelli<\/td>\n\u00a311.5\u00a0billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGuy, George and Galen Jr Weston and family<\/td>\n\u00a310.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKirsten and Jorn Rausing<\/td>\n\u00a39.7 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nThe Duke of Westminster and the Grosvenor family<\/td>\n\u00a39.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nCharlene de Carvalho-Heineken and Michel de Carvalho<\/td>\n\u00a39.3 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nHans Rausing and family<\/td>\n\u00a39.25 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJohn Fredriksen<\/td>\n\u00a38.06 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nRoman Abramovich<\/td>\n\u00a38.05 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nSir James Dyson<\/td>\n\u00a37.8 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nSir David and Sir Frederick Barclay<\/td>\n\u00a37.2 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nMohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber and family<\/td>\n\u00a36.8 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nEarl Cadogan<\/td>\n\u00a36.5 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nJim Ratcliffe<\/td>\n\u00a35.75 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/strong><\/td>\nNicky Oppenheimer<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a35.53 billion<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nCarrie and Francois Perrodo and family<\/td>\n\u00a35.18 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nJohn Grayken<\/td>\n\u00a35.09 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nDenise, John, and Peter Coates<\/td>\n\u00a35.0 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nSir Richard Branson<\/td>\n\u00a34.86 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/strong><\/td>\nChristo Wiese<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a34.62 billion<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nJoe Lewis<\/td>\n\u00a34.6 billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Conversions done at 1 GBP = 17.52 ZAR<\/em><\/p>\n

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