Hinduja brothers named wealthiest people in UK for the third time

London: The billionaire Hinduja brothers have been named as the wealthiest people in the UK for a third time, according to the annual Rich List survey.

Sri and Gopi Hinduja saw their fortune increase by 1.356 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in the last year to 22 billion pounds.

The brothers knocked British businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe from the top spot.

The Hinduja Group, a family business, was founded in Mumbai in 1914, and now it has interests around the world including in oil and gas, banking, IT and property.

The two brothers topped the newspaper list in 2014 and in 2017.