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The Hindujas’ wealth is put at £35.304 billion, down from £37 billion last year. The 76-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine reveals the largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide’s 37-year history, from a peak of 177 in 2022 to 156 this year. The number of billionaires has dropped for three successive years – this year's decline is the sharpest yet. This year’s list of 350 individuals and families together hold combined wealth of £772.8 billion — 3 per cent down on last year. Sir Elton John, Lord Lloyd-Webber, Sir Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Euan Blair, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Sir Christopher Nolan all appear in the annual survey. The combined wealth in the 37th annual edition is £772.8 billion — a sum larger than the annual GDP of Switzerland. The minimum entry level flatlines at £350 million — another indicator of a subdued year. Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: “The Sunday Times Rich List is changing. Our billionaire count is down and the combined wealth of those who feature in our research is falling. We are also finding fewer of the world’s super rich are coming to live in the UK. “This year we were also struck by the strength of criticism for Rachel Reeves’s Treasury. We expected the abolition of non-dom status would anger affluent people from overseas. But homegrown young tech entrepreneurs and those running centuries-old family firms are also warning of serious consequences to a range of tax changes unveiled in last October’s budget. “Our research continues to find a wide variety of self-made entrepreneurs building fortunes not just from artificial intelligence, video games and new technologies but also mundane, everyday items such as makeup, radiators and jogging bottoms. We know many of our readers find these people and their stories inspiring — especially the many who had tough starts or setbacks to their lives and careers.” Maintaining a pattern seen last year, numerous familiar names on the Rich List have faced significant financial setbacks. Sir Jim Ratcliffe has suffered considerable losses for a consecutive year with a £6.473 billion decline in wealth. The biggest fallers on this year’s list are as follows: Sir Jim Ratcliffe Founder of the petrochemicals giant Ineos that now operates 194 sites in 29 countries, the father of three resides in Monaco and has bought a stake in Manchester United (down £6.473bn to £17.046bn). Sir Leonard Blavatnik A keen philanthropist, Blavatnik's stake in Warner Music Group has lost nearly 20 per cent of its value since February. He also owns the music service Deezer and the sports streaming outfit DAZN. Born in Ukraine, he has US and British citizenship (down £3.521bn to £25.725bn). Alex Gerko Revenues at the Moscow-born Gerko's largest trading company fell by nearly 40 per cent in 2023. He has renounced his Russian citizenship (down by £3.31bn to £8.745bn). The biggest risers this year are: Igor and Dmitry Bukhman The Russian-born brothers have built a fortune from mobile games such as Gardenscapes and Fishdom. They became British citizens earlier this year. (up £6.191bn to £12.54bn) Idan Ofer The art-loving son of Sammy Ofer, who built a shipping empire after serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War (up £5.161bn to £20.121bn) Guy, George, Alannah and Galen Weston and family A transatlantic dynasty owns Primark and Fortnum & Mason. Other investments include Silver Spoon, Ryvita and Twinings. Shares in their Canadian business, George Weston, are up 40 per cent (up £3.253bn to £17.746bn) And in percentage terms, Stephen Fitzpatrick has had a very strong year, rising by 73 per cent to £3.073 billion; both founders of Revolut, Vlad Yatsenko (£1.025bn) and Nik Storonsky (£6.978bn) are top performers, as is Sir Michael Gooley, the SAS veteran who runs Trailfinders (£679m). There are a lot of new tech and celebrity names, especially from the worlds of TV and film. This year’s new entries include: Mark and Lindy O’Hare amassed a £1.836 billion fortune when they sold their data company to BlackRock last year. They live near Southwold and have installed a 350-seat open-air theatre in the grounds of their farmhouse from a clearing created by a Second World War bomb. Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson are valued at an estimated £450 million thanks to their deal ceding creative control of James Bond to Amazon MGM Studios. Ellen DeGeneres makes the list (£363 million) following her move to the Cotswolds in the wake of last year's US election. Dubai property has been fruitful for James Stephens who made his first fortune in office equipment with an estimated wealth of £373m. His Bitcoin investments are worth more than £50 million. A secretive Italian fund manager, Edoardo Mercadante has built up a 7 per cent stake in Ryanair. His London-based operation Parvus manages about £4.4 billion of assets. Piotr Dabkowski and Mati Staniszewski founded ElevenLabs, a tech firm letting users turn text into human-like speech in 32 languages after watching badly dubbed American films in their native Poland. Tom and Phil Beahon, the brothers who launched Castore, their sporting brand worn by England’s rugby and cricket teams, from their parents’ home, hit the big leagues at £350 million. Charlotte Tilbury (£350 million) whose magic with a make-up brush ensured she became sought after by supermodels and Hollywood A-listers. 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