Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal tops 2009 UK football rich list
London, Oct. 8 : London-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal stands at the top of a football rich list prepared by the sports-oriented web site FourFourTwo. com.
According to The Sun, the wealthiest people connected to the British game is as follows:
1. Lakshmi Mittal, QPR, £18.4bn
2. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Man City, £17bn
3. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, £7.8bn
4. Joe Lewis, Tottenham, £2.5bn
5. Stan Kroenke, Arsenal, £2.079bn
6. Denis O''''Brien, Celtic, £1.73bn
7. Malcolm Glazer and family, Man United, £1.5bn
8. Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, £1.466bn
9. Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, £1.3bn
10. Lord Grantchester and family, Everton, £1.2bn
11. Lord Ashcroft, Watford, £1.1bn
12. Dermot Desmond, Celtic, £1bn
13. Mike Ashley, Newcastle United, £900m
14. Randy Lerner, Aston Villa, £800m
15. Mohamed al-Fayed, Fulham, £650m
16. Tom Hicks, Liverpool, £500m
16. George Gillett, Liverpool, £500m
18. Sir David Murray, Rangers, £450m
19. The Walker family, Blackburn Rovers, £400m
19. Peter Coates, Stoke City, £400m (ANI)