Chairperson of the Hinduja Group, Gopichand Hinduja has topped the UK’s Sunday Instances Wealthy Record, which ranks the 1,000 richest people or households dwelling in the UK primarily based on their complete wealth. As per the Mirror, that is the sixth consecutive 12 months that the Hinduja household has been named the wealthiest in Britain. 

That is after the wealth of Mr Hinduja soared about £2.196 billion in 2024 and at present stands at £37.196 billion. 

Some details about Gopichand Hinduja:

• Born in 1940, Gopichand Hinduja, fondly generally known as ‘GP’ in enterprise circles, is the Chairman of the Hinduja Group and Hinduja Automotive Ltd, UK. It’s a multinational conglomerate with companies starting from vans, lubricants, banking and cable tv.
• He’s the second son of Parmanand Deepchand Hinduja. Parmanand Hinduja, who was from India’s Sindh area, established the household enterprise in 1914. As per the official website of the Hinduja Group, Mr Gopichand Hinduja was one of many architects who remodeled the enterprise from an Indo-Center East buying and selling operation right into a multi-billion greenback transnational conglomerate.
• Gopichand Hinduja, who joined the household enterprise in Mumbai in 1959, took over as chairman after his older brother Srichand Hinduja died final 12 months in Might.
• The 87-year-old graduated from Bombay’s Jai Hind School in 1959. He additionally holds an Honorary Doctorate of Regulation from the College of Westminster and an Honorary Doctorate of Economics from Richmond School, London.
• Gopichand Hinduja is considered one of 4 brothers, two of whom took management of the household enterprise empire. Internationally, the enterprise was collectively owned by all 4 brothers – Srichand, Gopichand, Prakash, and Ashok.

In the meantime, the British American businessman and philanthropist Leonard Blavatnik, has occupied the second place on the wealthy record. That is after his fortune rose £621 million and now stands at £29.246 billion.