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Srichand brothers and Gopichand Hinduja have a combined net wealth of £ 22 billion, the Sunday Times estimates
The billionaire Hinduja brothers have been named for the third time among the richest people in the UK, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
Sri and Gopi Hinduja have seen their fortunes rise by £ 1.356 billion over the last year to £ 22 billion, according to the newspaper.
Meanwhile, the founder of the chemical company, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who figured at the top of the list last year, slipped to third place.
And Valerie Moran becomes the first black woman entrepreneur to list the wealth of the newspaper.
A family business, the Hinduja Group was founded in Mumbai in 1914 and now has interests worldwide, including in the fields of oil and gas, banking, computer and real estate.
British citizens Sri, 83, and Gopi, 79, based in London, are two of the four brothers who control the empire.
Among the properties that they own, there is the Old War Office in Whitehall, which they hope to reopen as a luxury hotel.
The two brothers dominated the list of newspapers in 2014 and 2017.
The list, which assesses the 1,000 richest people in the United Kingdom, relies on an identifiable wealth, including land, property, other assets such as works of art and actions of companies, says the Sunday Times. It does not include the amount contained in people's bank accounts.
The brothers David and Simon Reuben – who made their fortune in real estate, carpets and scrap metal – are in second place on the list, with a combined wealth of 18.664 billion pounds sterling.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, founder of the chemical company Ineos, has seen his net worth fall by 2.9 billion pounds since last year, the newspaper said.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe once lived in a council house near Manchester and now has an estimated net worth of £ 18.15 billion
The inventor Sir James Dyson – who has campaigned for Brexit and announced that he would move his company's headquarters to Singapore – ranks fifth on the list, up from 12 in the final year.
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Born in Zimbabwe, Ms. Moran is the first black woman on the list of the rich, ranking 970th alongside her husband, Noel. The couple, whose total fortune is estimated at £ 122m, holds a 81.5% stake in prepaid Financial Services.
Kirsten Rausing, a member of the Rausing family who was originally from the Tetra Pak empire, is the highest ranked woman on the list. She appears alongside her brother Jorn Rausing in sixth place, with combined wealth estimated at £ 12.256 billion.
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The wealth of Kirsten Rausing and her brother Jorn would have risen by £ 1.408 billion over the past year.
Meanwhile, Sir Philip Green and his wife Tina are ranked 156th on the list, while they were 66th last year.
His fortune was estimated at £ 950m – the first time in 17 years that Sir Philip is not on the list of billionaires.
Sir Philip's company, the Arcadia Group, is facing a pension deficit.
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Sir Philip Green's Arcadia group – which includes Topshop, Burton and Dorothy Perkins – was rated worthless in this year's list
Robert Watts, who compiled this year's list, said: "Clearly, this looks like an exceptional year for the super-rich, with record wealth, more billionaires and an entry level of up to 120 million £.
"But many rich people suffer heavy losses after a year of turbulence in the stock market and political stalemate in Westminster.
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"Technology is making a fortune and breaking wealth, we are finding young entrepreneurs who are making big money out of online retail, dating apps and creating YouTube videos."
He added that online shopping "continues to have a profound effect" on the major streets of the UK, adding that reputable retailers "see their fortunes shattered by this seismic change."
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Dame Theresa Sackler and her family (£ 3 billion) were named the second highest ranked newcomer on the list of Riches behind the oligarch of Russian origin Mikhail Fridman (£ 10.9 billion)
For the sixth year in a row, the richest person in Scotland was named Glenn Gordon and his family, the Jersey-based tycoon behind the distillers William Grant & Sons. The group produces whiskey, including Grant's, Glenfiddich and The Balvenie, as well as Hendrick's gin.
And Cardiff-born venture capitalist Sir Michael Moritz remains the richest person in Wales with a fortune of £ 3bn.
The richest sports star, aged 30 or under, has been named Rory McIlroy, a Northern Irish golfer.
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Rich List debut, Stormzy, celebrated his first single in the UK, Vossi Bop, earlier this month.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, with a fortune of 820 million pounds, is at the top of the list of rich music in the UK, which includes writers and performers.
The musician Ed Sheeran doubled his fortune last year, while the artist grime Stormzy made his debut on the rich list of young musicians with 16 million pounds sterling.
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