The Sunday Times Rich List 2008

The annual Sunday Times Rich List was publisged today and though there is a "credit crunch" and most people seem to be suffering the pinch, the richest people in Britain are just getting richer.

1. Lakshmi Mittal and family - worth: £27,700m - Source of wealth: Steel


2. Roman Abramovich - £11,700m - Oil


3. The Duke of Westminster _ £7000m - Property


4. Sri and Gopi Hinduja - £6,200m - Industry


5. Alisher Usmanov - £5, 726m - Steel


6. Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli - £5,650m - Pharmaceutical


7. Hans Rausing and family - £5,400m - Packaging


8. John Fredriksen - £4,650m - Shipping


9. Sir Philip and Lady Green - $4,330m - Retailing


10. David and Simon Reuben - £4,300m - Property