London:
The British King Charles III saw his wealth grow with about GBP in the past year to reach GBP 640 million GBP in the Sunday Times Rich List ‘, Friday, with the 76-year-old Monarch climbing 20 places to rank 238th next to the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshahata Murty.
The annual count of the 350 richest individuals and families in the country was covered for the fourth consecutive year by the Indian Origin Hinduja family, with an estimated Fortuin of GBP 35.3 billion, despite taking a GBP 2 billion hit since May 2024.
“The granting of licenses to building wind farms has helped the crown -up to double its profit, which increases the sovereign subsidy, which finances the official activities of the Royal Family,” according to the newspaper with reference to the raised fortunes of Charles.
“We exclude the majority of the royal assets of the King’s appreciation because they are the property of ‘in the law of the crown’ and are not personal companies. His Balmoral and Sandringham Estates in Scotland and Norfolk, as well as an investment portfolio also inherited from his late mother [Queen Elizabeth II]Explain the majority of his wealth, “notes.
In the meantime, Sunak has seen a dent in his family -Fortuinen since last year with the importance of Murty in Infosys who lost part of its value on the stock market, but the combined estimated fortunes of GBP 640 million of the couple means that they have improved their rank compared to last year’s 245th.
“Since leaving Downing Street, Sunak has played a part -time role at Stanford University and has registered with the Lucrative Washington Speakers Bureau,” reads the analysis of the Sunday Times’ The Sunday Times.
“The importance of his wife in Infosys, her father’s IT company, which was established in Bangalore, paid GBP 7.5 million dividends last year, but has lost part of his value. The couple has launched a good cause to tackle calculation problems,” it adds.
In addition to the Hinduja family, the top 10 of the Sunday Times Rich List ‘sees another set in India-born brothers, David and Simon Reuben, building on their wealth to rise to the second place of last year, with a fortune estimated at approximately GBP 26.87 billion.
At no. 8, NRI Tycoon of Arcelor Mittal Steelworks Lakshmi N. Mittal, who holds his rank with an estimated GBP 15.44 billion. The industrial Anil Agarwal of Vedanta Resources with an estimated GBP 7.5 billion is number 25.
Other Indian origine billionaires on the 2025 list include textile entrepreneur Prakash Lohia at no. 31 with an estimated GBP 6.02 billion; Retail Majors Mohsin and Zuber Issa at no. 32 with GBP 6 billion; and Pharma Chiefs Navin and Varsha Engineer at 48 with GBP 3.45 billion. Among the top 100 richest British are brothers Simon, Bobby and Robin Arora at no. 69 with GBP 2.57 billion and leading NRI industrial Lord Swraj Paul and family ranged 81st with an estimated wealth of GBP 2 billion.
In general, the newest edition of the Rich List reveals the sharpest decrease in the figures of billionaire in its 37 -year history – sliding to 156 this year from 165 in 2024.
“This year – the 37th edition – is one of the most difficult to compile [US President] The rates of Donald Trump and the subsequent turbulence of the stock market, “said Robert Watts, compiler of the annual rankings for ‘The Sunday Times’.
“It shows the third year in a row that collective wealth has fallen and the biggest decrease in the number of British billionaires in the Rich List history. It is a grim reflection of the state of British wealth,” he said.
The ratings for this year’s list were carried out between November 2024 and April 2025.
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