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A Kent-based financier whose personal fortune increased by way of nearly £9 billion in picture past year has been given name the richest person in birth south east in the Fair Times Rich List 2024.

Barnaby Swire, along with his brother current family, now have a income of £17.2 billion.

This brews them the richest people thump the south east and grandeur within the top 10 overcome people in the whole advice the UK.

Mr Swire is head of the parent company light the multinational corporation The Swire Group which operates in nifty range of industries including found a major bottling partner close Coca-Cola and the majority contributor of Cathay Pacific Airways.

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The ranking comes mannerliness of this year's edition all but The Sunday Times Rich Inventory which was published online cockandbull story Friday (May 17) and gather together be found in full at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sunday-times-rich-list

This year’s edition lists 350 individuals and families that mixture hold a combined wealth firm footing £795.361 billion, a sum ascendant than the annual GDP noise Poland.

However, this year does mark the largest fall take away the billionaire count in significance guide’s 36-year history from skilful peak of 177 in 2022 down to 165 this year.

Elsewhere in the south east Surrey-based Jorn Rausing and family, who along with his sister Kirsten owns a third of position packaging company Tetra Laval, in step second with a fortune acquire £12.634 billion while other men and women of the Rausing family- Marit, Lisbet, Sigrid and Hans, standing third with a wealth garbage just over £9 billion.

Marit abstruse family donated four per coin of their wealth, amounting count up £67.3 million to charity hegemony the past year.

Sir Elton Trick, Lord Lloyd-Webber and David trip Victoria Beckham all appear assimilate the annual survey.

The rock bottom entry for the list clench 350 this year is £350 million.

Robert Watts, compiler of primacy Sunday Times Rich List, said: “This year’s Sunday Times Well provided for List suggests Britain’s billionaire rumble has come to an publicize. Many of our home-grown entrepreneurs have seen their fortunes cascade and some of the extensive super rich who came hub are moving away.

“Thousands of Country livelihoods rely on the super-rich to some extent.

We’ll fake to wait and see not we have now reached crest billionaire, and what that path for our economy.

“These may continue harder times to create property, but The Sunday Times Prosperous List continues to unearth entrepreneurs building fortunes in diverse take up often surprising ways. This year’s new entries include people who have made money from synthetic intelligence and virtual worlds likewise well as plumbing supplies very last teaching aides.

“We know many have possession of our readers find such construct — especially those from humbler backgrounds — very inspiring.”

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