The Hinduja brothers have emerged as the richest Asian-origin entrepreneurs in Britain for the fourth consecutive year with an estimated personal fortune of 16.5 billion pounds.

• The India-born brothers GP Hinduja and SP Hinduja topped the ‘Asian Rich List 2016’ released and the annual rankings showed that they had added one billion pounds to their personal fortune in a year to be worth an estimated 16.5 billion pounds.
• The ‘Asian Rich List’ assesses the total wealth of Britain’s top 101 richest Asians and is compiled by UK-based publishing house Asian Media and Market.
• Steel tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal was ranked second in the list, released by the Indian High Commissioner to the UK Navtej Sarna. The fortune of Mittal, however, has plummeted by 3.3 billion pounds to finish with 6.4 billion pounds.

• Sri Prakash Lohia, chairman of the Indorama Corporation, is listed 3rd richest with fortune worth 3 billion pounds.
• Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul is listed as 15th richest with fortune worth 500 million pounds.

This year’s analysis showed that the UK’s richest Asians have their fortunes worth 55.54 billion pounds up from 54.48 billion pounds in 2015.