Rich get even richer

The Times (UK) Rich List is back again! Time to make another plan on how to join that club in the not too distant future…. Ah, if only wishes were horses!

The 20 fastest growing fortunes this year included some pretty well known names such as the No. 1 guy with the stake in Arsenal, Mr Chelski himself and the unaging Mr Branson. Here goes

1.       Alisher Usmanov: started 1986

a.       Worth - £13.3B; Average annual growth rate - £492.5M

2.       Len Blavatnik: started 1986

a.       Worth - £11B; Average annual growth rate - £407.4M

3.       Roman Abramovich: started 1987

a.       Worth - £9.3B; Average annual growth rate - £357.7M

4.       John Frederiksen and Family: started 1985

a.       Worth - £8.8B; Average annual growth rate - £314.3M

5.       Lakshmi Mittal and Family: started 1976

a.       Worth - £10B; Average annual growth rate - £270.3M

6.       David and Simon Reuben: started 1977

a.       Worth - £8.281B; Average annual growth rate - £230M

7.       Sir Philip and Lady Green: started 1992

a.       Worth - £3.88B; Average annual growth rate - £184.8M

8.       Joseph Lau: started 1983

a.       Worth - £4.6B; Average annual growth rate - £153.3M

9.       Sir James Dyson: started 1992

a.       Worth - £3B; Average annual growth rate - £142.9M

10.   Mohamed Al-Jaber: started 1982

a.       Worth - £4.515B; Average annual growth rate - £142.2M

11.   Denis O’Brien: started 1989

a.       Worth - £3.368B; Average annual growth rate - £140.3M

12.   Alexander Knaster: started 2005

a.       Worth - £1.095B; Average annual growth rate - £136.9M

13.   Alan Howard: started 2002

a.       Worth - £1.5B; Average annual growth rate - £136.4M

14.   Alexander Mamut: started 1999

a.       Worth - £1.483B; Average annual growth rate - £105.9M

15.   Eddie and Sol Zakay: started 1987

a.       Worth - £2.52B; Average annual growth rate - £96.9M

16.   Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou: started 1995

a.       Worth - £1.7B; Average annual growth rate - £94.4M

17.   Ian and Richard Livingstone: started 1987

a.       Worth - £2.3B; Average annual growth rate - £88.5M

18.   Mark Coombs: started 1999

a.       Worth - £1.236B; Average annual growth rate - £88.3M

19.   Simon, Bobby and Robin Arora: started 2000

a.       Worth - £1.1B; Average annual growth rate - £84.6M

20.   Sir Richard Branson: started 1971

Worth - £3.514B; Average annual growth rate - £83.7M