8) Kirsten and Jorn Rausing – £8,700 Million
Swedish siblings Jorn and Kirsten are leading shareholders in the Swiss packaging group Tetra Laval. The sales of Tetra Laval increased in 2013 to £9.2 billion. 55-year-old Jorn and 62-year-old Kirsten reside in the UK. They are the children of Gad Rausing, who inherited Tetra Pak along with his brother Hans. Tetra Pak later became Tetra Laval. Kirsten owns stud farms and Jorn’s stake in online retailer Ocado is worth £ 276 million.
7) Lakshmi Mittal and family – £9,200 Million
Lakshmi Mittal is the Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal. This Indian business magnate’s fortune has suffered as falling steel and commodity prices had a negative impact on the share value of his company. He has a £4.7 billion stake in ArcelorMittal, £27 billion down on its 2008 peak. Mittal and his son-in-law Amit Bhatia are major shareholders in QPR football club. Mittal had bought the former Philippines embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens for his daughter Vanisha.
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